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Ogbono Soup

Ogbono Soup/og-BOH-noh/
Ogbono Soup
About this dish

A thick, draw soup made from ground wild mango seeds, rich with meat and fish.

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Ingredients
🌰1 cup ground ogbono seeds
🥩300g assorted meat
🐟150g smoked fish
🧈1/3 cup palm oil
Method
Serves 2
1
Boil the assorted meat until tender in seasoned stock.
2
Heat palm oil and stir in the ground ogbono seeds until it forms a paste.
3
Gradually add the meat stock, stirring continuously to avoid lumps.
4
Add smoked fish and leafy vegetables, simmering until well combined.
5
Serve with pounded yam, fufu, or eba.
✓ What Makes it Authentic

Ogbono soup is a popular Nigerian soup known for its distinctive mucilaginous, or 'drawing,' texture from ground ogbono seeds.

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