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Bitterleaf Soup cooked with Wealth Foods ground crayfish
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Bitterleaf Soup

A hearty soup made with well-washed bitterleaf, cocoyam thickener, palm oil, fish, meat, and crayfish.

Cook time
1 hour 10 minutes
Serves
4 servings
Difficulty
Medium

Crayfish measure

2 tablespoons Wealth Foods ground crayfish

Ingredients

  • 2 cups washed bitterleaf
  • 6 small cocoyam corms, boiled and pounded, or 2 tablespoons achi
  • 700g assorted meat, stockfish, or dry fish
  • 1/2 cup palm oil
  • 2 tablespoons Wealth Foods ground crayfish
  • 1 tablespoon ogiri Igbo, optional
  • 2 scotch bonnet peppers, blended
  • 3 to 4 cups meat or fish stock
  • Seasoning cubes and salt, to taste

Method

  1. 1Boil the meat and stockfish until tender, then add dry fish if using.
  2. 2Add palm oil, pepper, ogiri, and Wealth Foods ground crayfish, then simmer for 8 to 10 minutes.
  3. 3Add pounded cocoyam in small lumps and cook until fully dissolved and the soup thickens.
  4. 4Stir in the washed bitterleaf and simmer for 5 to 8 minutes.
  5. 5Taste for salt and seasoning before serving with fufu, garri, semovita, or pounded yam.

Cooking tips

  • If the bitterleaf is too sharp, rinse it again before adding it to the pot.
  • The soup should be full-bodied, so let the thickener dissolve before adding extra water.