Ofe Onugbu

Name: Ofe Onugbu
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 300g bitter leaf, washed and shredded; 400g assorted meat; 2 cocoyams, boiled and pounded; 1/3 cup palm oil

Ofe Onugbu/OH-feh oh-NOO-gboo/

Also known as: Bitter Leaf Soup

About this dish

A deep green bitter leaf soup thickened with cocoyam, cooked with assorted meat and fish.

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Ingredients

🥬300g bitter leaf, washed and shredded

🥩400g assorted meat

🍠2 cocoyams, boiled and pounded

🫒1/3 cup palm oil

Method

Serves 2

Simmer the assorted meat in seasoned stock until tender.

Stir in pounded cocoyam to thicken the soup.

Add palm oil and simmer until well combined.

Add the washed bitter leaf and simmer briefly.

Serve with fufu or pounded yam.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Ofe onugbu is a traditional Igbo soup, made from bitter leaf that is washed thoroughly to reduce its natural bitterness.

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