Name: Nigerian Ogbono Soup Recipe By Sisi Jemimah
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Nigerian Recipes
Ingredients: 1 cup Ogbono Seeds; 2 Cooking Spoons Palm Oil; Ugu Leaves; Efinrin/ Basil leaves (Optional); 3 tbsp Ground Crayfish; ½ cup Smoked/ Raw King Prawns; Smoked Catfish; Dried Stockfish; 1 or 2 Scotch Bonnet/ Ata Rodo (Optional); 1 Red Onion chopped; 1 tbsp Cayenne Pepper (Atagungun); Bouillon cubes; 2 tbsp Iru (Locust Beans); Assorted meats (Ponmo, Shaki, Bokoto, Beef, Goat meat and Offals (internal organs) are ideal)

Ogbono soup is a Nigerian soup made with ground Ogbono (wild African mango) seeds. Ogbono soup is very popular and the method of preparation differs from tribe to tribe. This is my mum’s method of preparation and it has never failed me.

RatingDifficultyBeginner

Nigerian Ogbono Soup Recipe By Sisi Jemimah

Yields6 Servings

Prep Time5 minsCook Time40 minsTotal Time45 mins

Ogbono soup is incredibly versatile. Babies and toddlers are introduced to solids with Ogbono, the sliminess helps them swallow with ease. Loads of people eat Ogbono soup with rice and I remember posting a photo of Ogbono on Instagram and was advised to try it with pasta. I did and it was really yummy. You can choose to make your Ogbono soup plain; without adding vegetables. This is also a tasty method. If you do choose to use vegetables, Pumpkin leaves(Ugu), Spinach and Bitter leaf are the most common vegetables used.

1 cup Ogbono Seeds

2 Cooking Spoons Palm Oil

Ugu Leaves

Efinrin/ Basil leaves (Optional)

3 tbsp Ground Crayfish

½ cup Smoked/ Raw King Prawns(optional)

Smoked Catfish

Dried Stockfish

1 or 2 Scotch Bonnet/ Ata Rodo (Optional)

1 Red Onion chopped

1 tbsp Cayenne Pepper (Atagungun)

Bouillon cubes(I’m using two Knorr cubes and 1 Maggi crayfish)

2 tbsp Iru (Locust Beans)

Assorted meats (Ponmo, Shaki, Bokoto, Beef, Goat meat and Offals (internal organs) are ideal)

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Nigerian Ogbono Soup Recipe By Sisi Jemimah

CategoryOne Pot, Breakfast, Dinner, LunchCuisineNigerian Recipes, West African RecipesCooking MethodSoup, Main CourseTags#groundogbono, #nigerianogbonosoup, #nigeriansoup, #ogbonosoup, #ogbonosouprecipe, #wildafricanmango

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