Ogbono Soup

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups ground ogbono
• 600 g assorted meat
• 200 g dried fish or stockfish
• 1 cup palm oil
• 120 g ground crayfish
• 2 red peppers
• 2 Scotch bonnet peppers
• 1 onion
• 2 seasoning cubes
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups meat stock
• 2 cups chopped spinach or ugu

How to make it

1. Cook meat with onion, salt and seasoning cube until tender. Add cleaned stockfish or dried fish.
2. Heat palm oil on low heat. Add ground ogbono and stir continuously until it dissolves and becomes glossy.
3. Gradually add warm stock while stirring to prevent lumps.
4. Add blended pepper, crayfish, fish and meat. Simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.
5. Add chopped vegetables and cook for 3 to 5 minutes.
6. Adjust thickness with stock and correct salt and pepper. Serve with eba, fufu, amala or pounded yam.