Okra Soup (VIDEO)

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5 from 1 vote

After you taste this Okro Soup, you’ll cook many more okra recipes!

Prep Time5

Cook Time35

Total Time40

Course: Soup

Cuisine: African, Nigerian

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Servings: servings

Calories: 177kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

For the pepper sauce

1 red bell pepper (rinsed and chopped)
1 sweet pepper (rinsed and chopped)
½ onion (peeled, rinsed and chopped)
1 scotch bonnet (optional)

For the okra

15 cup okro / okra (rinsed and chopped or pulse with water)
1/2 cup water

For the okra soup

4 tbsp palm oil
8 tbsp pepper sauce (rinsed, chopped, and blended)
½ cup mackerel liquid stock
1 cup assorted meat liquid stock
2 pieces turkey (smoked, and chopped)
6 pieces assorted meat (chopped 1 cow foot, 2 beef, 1 imu eran, and 2 tripe)
½ tbsp locust beans
¼ mackerel chunks (seasoned and boiled or smoked)
1 stock cubes
1 pinch salt

Instructions

Heat palm oil in a pot over medium heat.
Add the blended pepper sauce.
Stir in the liquid stock from the beef and mackerel.
Season it with a stock cube.
Then, stir the soup with a spatula.
Cover and leave to cook for 10 minutes.
Add assorted meat, turkey, or fish of your choice.
Coat the meat, turkey, and fish in the sauce.
Cover and cook for five minutes.
Then, add the locust beans.
Cover and cook for ten more minutes.
Mix in the blended okra.
Toss in the boiled mackerel chunks.
Season the soup with a stock cube and sea salt.
Cook for two minutes.
Once you’re happy with the texture and flavor, turn off the heat and serve!

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Notes

Make the pepper sauce with tomatoes, red bell peppers, scotch bonnets, and onions in a blender.
Cook assorted meat and mackerel to get liquid stock.

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