Name: Egusi Soup Recipe By Asoebi Mall
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Nigerian Recipes
Ingredients: Beef, Turkey or Goat Meat; Garlic and Ginger; Assorted meat; Stockfish.Smoked fish; Shrimps; Chopped Water Leaves or Pumking Leaves (Ugu); Bitter leaves (chopped); Tomatoes(Fresh or Paste); 4 Habanero peppers (Ata rodo); Onions (chopped); 3 cups Egusi; Grounded Crayfish; Seasoning cubes; 3 cooking spoons of Palm Oil; Ogiri okpei/Iru; Water; Salt to taste

Egusi soup is a native Igbo soup and one of the most popular soups in Nigeria. Other tribes in Nigeria have their own variations of Egusi soup including the Yoruba Efo Elegusi and the Hausa Miyan Gushi.

RatingDifficultyBeginner

Yields8 Servings

Prep Time15 minsCook Time50 minsTotal Time1 hr 5 mins

You can cook it for a special occasion, dinner for your family, or refrigerate it as a simple go-to meal on busy weeknights. This scrumptious egusi soup recipe will have everyone back for more.

Follow our simple recipe to learn how to make egusi soup.

Beef, Turkey or Goat Meat

Garlic and Ginger (Optional)

Assorted meat(Kpmo,Tripe)

Stockfish.Smoked fish(Titus or Panla)

Shrimps(Optional)

Chopped Water Leaves or Pumking Leaves (Ugu)

Bitter leaves (chopped) optional

Tomatoes(Fresh or Paste)

4 Habanero peppers (Ata rodo)

Onions (chopped)

3 cups Egusi

Grounded Crayfish

Seasoning cubes

3 cooking spoons of Palm Oil

Ogiri okpei/Iru(optional)

Water

Salt to taste

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CategorySoup, One PotCuisineNigerian Recipes, West African RecipesCooking MethodMain Course, SoupTags#africanegusisoup, #africansoup, #bestafricanegusisoup, #egusisoup, #nativeigbosoup, #nigerianegusisoup, #popularafricansoup, #popularsoupinnigeria

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