Ogbono Soup Recipe

What you will need:

• Beef, Stock fish, goat, smoked or dried turkey, (any meats or combination of meats of your choice) If using stockfish soak over night
• 1/2 cup - 1 cup Ground ogbono
• Okra (optional)
• Ground crayfish
• 1-2 scotch bonnet/Jamaican pepprs
• 1/4 cup Palm Oil ( substitute carotino oil for healthier option)
• Spinach/Collard greens/bitter leaf/ukazi( any one of your choice, bitter leaf or ukazi are best) finely chopped
• 1 tomato
• 1 oinion
• Salt to taste
• Ground red pepper to taste

Steps:

• If using stock fish start by boiling this until tender simply with a pinch of salt.
• Boil other meats in a separate bigger pot, with salt and chopped(diced) onions
• Grind pepper, onion, and tomato
• Wash and chop vegetables of choice
• Once meats are tender, add stock fish to pot with other meats. Add water just at the level of meats barely covering meat.
• If using okra add at this point
• Add oil, ogbono, crayfish, and all the ground ingredients
• Mix well, add salt and pepper to taste and let simmer on medium heat for 15mins or (until okra is fully cooked if using okra)
• Add chopped greens, mix well and let simmer for 10 mins 
• If to thick to your liking add more water and let simmer for addition 5-10mins 
• Voila, you have made Ogbono soup

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