BITTER LEAF SOUP

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BITTER LEAF SOUP 

Bitterleaf soup – Ofe onugbu (as the Igbos like to call it) is very delicious and also comes third on my list of Nigerian popular soups. This soup is popular because it could be made in more than five different ways and can also be refrigerated for a very long time (even though I recommend two weeks at most for most Naija soups)

This soup can be made with either egusi (melon seeds), ede (cocoa yam), ofor, achi or even ogbono. Yes, we made the ogbono soup with bitter leaves. But the most popular of them all is the cocoa yam and bitter leaves. 

Bitter leaf soup, like most other Nigerian soups is named after the particular leaf which is used in preparing it. But of course you need to wash this leaf to remove at least ninety percent of the bitter taste, just so you don’t end up with a very bitter soup.

Ingredients For making Bitterleaf Soup

This would serve about ten person person or more depending on stomach size and all. You are free to increase the size of the ingredients if you want to serve a larger number of people. You can also refrigerate the remainder in case you have a smaller family.

Ingredients For Nigerian Bitter Leaf Soup

2kg Meat of choice (beef, chicken, pork, turkey)

Bitter leaf (wash to desire)

Half cup of ground Crayfish

Maggi or knorr seasoning (3 cubes

Ogiri (a product of castor seeds)(optional)

Dry fish (2 medium sizes)

Stock fish head (1 big size)

Palm oil (about 25cl)

Salt and pepper to taste.

Cocoa-yam (pounded) or

4 cups of Egusi (if you choose to make bitter leaf soup with egusi)

The bitter leave soup takes almost the same process as the making of uha soup, as a matter of fact, one pot of soup could be cooked up to the point of adding the leaves then you divide it to add uha to one and bitter leaf to the other.