# Ofe Onugbu | Bitter Leaf Soup Recipe

A traditional Nigerian soup made with bitter leaves, meat, fish and spices, known for its unique and slightly bitter flavor.

- Cuisine: Other
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- meat
- simple seasonings
- salt
- pepper
- meat seasoning
- stock fish
- dried fish
- catfish
- African Smoked Catfish
- bitter leaves
- palm oil
- crayfish
- peppers
- fish powder
- achi
- Maggi Naija Pot seasoning
- ogiri
- iru powder
- Cameroon pepper
- smoked fish

## Instructions

1. Boil meat with simple seasonings, salt, and pepper, with meat seasoning optional.
2. Add stock fish and dried fish/catfish to cooked meat and cook for 15 minutes.
3. Wash and prepare bitter leaves, making sure they are properly washed, soaked, and boiled to remove excess bitterness.
4. Add palm oil to the stock.
5. Once the oil starts mixing with the stock, add all other ingredients: crayfish, peppers, Cameroon pepper, Maggi etc.
6. Add thickener, such as blended boiled coco yam or achi, bit by bit, watching how it thickens every 2-3 minutes.
7. Add ogiri or Iru as an alternative.
8. Add any other cooked fish or meat you want, adding it last so it doesn’t overcook.
9. Add washed bitter leaves.

## Equipment

- pot

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMBoxASHo/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/e28f81ac-b477-482e-a685-0cd2b2bc0d4b
- Extracted: 2025-05-08

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