Nigerian Okro soup
This Nigerian Okra soup recipe is a delicious, brightly coloured medley of delectable meats, vegetables and spices. This slimy goodness is astonishingly easy to prepare and it will leave you very satisfied...right after you go back for seconds-hehe!
Ingredients
- 5 cups Chopped okra
- 1 Cup blended okra
- 3 Red bell peppers
- 2 Scotch bonnets
- 2 cayenne peppers
- 1 onion
- 1 lb meat of choice goat meat, tripe, smoked turkey
- 1 cup shrimp
- 1/2 cup palm oil
- 1 tbsp iru (locust beans)
- spinach
Spices
- salt
- Cameroon pepper
- stock cubes
- crayfish powder
Instructions
Boil meat of choice
- Wash goat meat and tripe (or meat of choice) and place it into a pot
- In a blender add 1/2 onion and 1 scotch bonnet. Blend into a paste and pour into the pot of meat
- Season the meat with salt, cameroon pepper and 2 stock cubes. Place on medium heat and boil for 30 minutes
- Separate stock and bake or fry meat
Prepare pepper base
- Blend Red bell peppers, scotch bonnet,1/2 onion and cayenne peppers and transfer to an empty pot to boil for 15 minutes( or till dry)
Prepare soup
- Add palm oil to the pot a and season with iru, crayfish and 1 stock cube
- Add pepper blend into oil and let it fry for 1 minutes. Then pour in the pot of meat( with stock),
- Taste sauce and season with salt, pepper and crayfish (to taste)
- Pour the blended okra into the soup and stir well. Wait a few seconds then add chopped okra and spinach into the pot
- Stir soup well and allow it to simmer for 10 minutes. Serve and enjoy!
Video
Notes
You can choose to fry shrimps in the palm oil at the beginning of the soup like I did in the video or you can add the shrimp towards the end.