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Afang Soup

Afang Soup/ah-FAHNG soup/
Afang Soup
About this dish

A rich vegetable soup made from afang leaves and waterleaf, packed with meat and seafood.

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Ingredients
🥬2 cups afang (okazi) leaves, shredded
🥬2 cups waterleaf, chopped
🥩500g assorted beef and tripe
🐟200g dried fish
Method
Serves 2
1
Cook the assorted meat and dried fish until tender.
2
Add palm oil and ground crayfish to the pot.
3
Stir in shredded afang leaves and simmer briefly.
4
Add chopped waterleaf and cook until just wilted.
5
Season with pepper and salt, then serve with fufu or pounded yam.
✓ What Makes it Authentic

Afang soup is a traditional dish of the Efik and Ibibio people of southeastern Nigeria, named for the afang (okazi) leaves at its base.

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