How to Cook Bitter Leaf Soup with Cocoyam (Ofe Onugbu)

Bitter leaf soup can be made with various ingredients such as cocoyam or waterleaf. The cocoyam is a special ingredient that serves as a very good thickener for this soup. It can be served with fufu, pounded yam, semolina or eba.
Ingredients:
1 Kilogram meat (goat or beef)
3 Tablespoons of grounded crayfish
4 Scotch bonnet peppers
2 Cups of washed bitter leaf
10 Pieces of medium cocoyam
One Stockfish head
3 Medium size Smoked fish
Traditional seasoning ingredients (Ogiri/Okpei)
Palm oil (20cl)
1 large bulb onion
3 Seasoning cubes
Salt to taste -
2 Cups of shelled periwinkles, optional
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[@ArewaExplorer]

I just followed this step by step and my soup came out yummy. Thank u so much

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Aww, I'm really excited to hear this, thanks so much for the feedback ❤️❤️, I'm glad it turned out great for you💗

[@UKENNADIKITCHEN]

Waoh this looks very appetizing good job

[@OnyxFoodHill]

+UKENNADI KITCHEN, thanks so much

[@meetanfi3682]

I learnt alot of wonderful recipes from ur channel may God reward u abundantly

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Awww, thanks so much dearie for your kind words, I appreciate those a lot. God bless you too

[@brightjames5263]

Nice one

[@blessingomale4992]

So delicious 😋, thanks I followed the step and my bitter leaf soup was wow

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Wo, I love to hear this, thanks for the feedback

[@fansobelle8981]

Very delicious

[@tamunoibiakobo-tanno2011]

im salivating ohhhh..Im so making this soup for my husband..Thanks

[@rebeccaabaslewion9320]

My mouth is already watering.Thanks

[@rosemarysunday352]

Thank you am about cooking this, for the first time,i leant a lot from here

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Thanks so much, I'm glad it helped and I wish you a good luck on your first trial

[@amechiokoloafor8715]

Ur method i have watched so far

[@marceljudith2395]

Am making this soup right away before my husband gets back

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Awww, that's nice to hear, I assure you he will love it

[@Graceyhairs]

Yummy, am salivating already 😊

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Wow, thanks

[@amakachy998]

You don't add onions in onugbu soup.

[@ifeomajoyonuoha140]

Inukwa

[@uchechiprecious7487]

yummy!!

[@queenterhemen5008]

My best soup😋😋

[@nwachukwuchioma]

Thank you for this recipe.

[@OnyxFoodHill]

You’re specially welcome 🙏🏻

[@JenniferOrukpe-ox8cv]

I came back to say thank you for this recipe 😊

[@OnyxFoodHill]

It's my pleasure dearie and I hope you enjoyed it❤️❤️

[@sophiankomadu6029]

Very simple thanks

[@OnyxFoodHill]

You are welcome

[@BernadineNwarie]

Thanks

[@OnyxFoodHill]

You are welcome

[@goodnewstangban7045]

Can I cook it without ogidi? I don’t know where to find it here in New Orleans

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Sure you can

[@charlesanayo3930]

Sorry to ask, in the absent of coco yam and ogiri base don seeing them might be very difficult here what else can someone use in replacement of coco yam and ogiri? Thanks

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Cocoyam flour can be substituted you can skip using ogiri or you can go for fermented locust beans. However, I can only suggest other thickeners for making soup: achi, ukpor

[@tiaj3007]

Can we use potatoes or yam instead of cocoyam?

[@laughandlearn3299]

Pls it red cocoyam or white cocoyam

[@ekaeyo3193]

Wow I like the way you take time to explain

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Thanks so much 🙏

[@brightjames5263]

Very sweet

[@OnyxFoodHill]

+Bright James, thanks dear

[@wilsonlawan7575]

Tnx alot

[@OnyxFoodHill]

You are most welcome dearie

[@tribefenatic]

Na wa o! uber eats to the rescue, i just seen bitterleaf soup to order. Going to enjoy one tonight. 👌

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Hope you enjoy

[@chinazacelestina4310]

Very nice

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Thank you

[@mabelzoba1178]

Can I use any kind of Coco yam , in making the soap

[@OnyxFoodHill]

You should only use the edible type and not the itchy type. It works too.

[@nnenne1]

Onyx Food Hill the itchy one is the soup one though lol

[@JamesEsther-qb7ku]

Thanks for sharing

[@OnyxFoodHill]

My pleasure

[@wendychris7552]

Please 🙏 is it must to add ogiri ogbe??

[@OnyxFoodHill]

No it's not, it's just a flavouring ingredient

[@ImaobongUkpong-ff5zw]

Onions kee

[@ogbolesandra5318]

Can you add ginger and garlic to cook your meat when preparing bitter leaf soup

[@OnyxFoodHill]

No, there won't be any need for that, those spices will change the taste of the soup

[@ademolaopeyemi4362]

Please can I cook with locust beans iru in yoruba language because I'm not igbo.

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Though I have not tried it with iru, bit have used okpei to and it was still nice like that. There is always a first time

[@ademolaopeyemi4362]

Ok.thank you I will try it.

[@hanatujames8184]

Yummy ❤❤❤❤

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Thank you

[@wahabajetomobi469]

Which cocoa yam is that

[@OnyxFoodHill]

The slimy type which is specifically used for cooking soup

[@treasurekongobong7786]

Yummy

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Thanks so much

[@benitaobiakor6988]

What is the best cocoyam for this soup please?

[@kinkyebony]

Very wrong to cook Bitter leaf with ONIONS
Also with ÖHA soup, NSALA soup, etc.
You don't add ONIONS to any typical IGBO soup they use "Fermented CASTOR Seed (OGIRI) to cook.

[@ogechukwunwakaego1343]

Why putting onions in onugbu soup

[@areusurejoy280]

We don't cook bitterleaf with onion

[@joyokafor5887]

True we don't

[@tinadelada3828]

are u sure joy exactly what I was going to say. I wonder how it tastes.

[@yohannapatience183]

In my own case, i love putting onions in all my soap
It taste good.

[@dorothyuwalaka3783]

Really igbo don't cook many native soups with onions

[@oluchingam2652]

@@dorothyuwalaka3783 you are correct

[@joywahalaforwhonogetvalooo8505]

My dear we don't use onion for bitter leaf soup.

[@OnyxFoodHill]

My dear it is your choice. Who are "We"?

[@PaulWalker-ko3kl]

Lol what’s ogidi

[@OnyxFoodHill]

It's a local spice made from oil beans

[@ezeshalom7194]

Ogiri

[@annachacha43]

you don't cook bitterleaf with onion

[@ritaokike4346]

Why?what does it do to the soup?

[@godisgomes]

Why no onions. It makes perfect sense to put in onions.

[@judithanene3269]

Original Anambra bitter leaf soup doesn't need onions. Though other states do put onions.

[@nwaakaisodje7769]

So I learnt, the mamas will say... rule number one.."Never add onion in your bitter leaf soup". Same with our traditional owgho soup

[@isabelle_cynthia4721]

original Anambra woman does not use onions in preparing bitterleaf soup

[@favourmichael1955]

You mean ogiri?

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Yes

[@ezeshalom7194]

😜😜

[@annachacha43]

Bitter leaf doesn't need onion

[@ritaokike4346]

Why pls?

[@ArenaFilms042]

Sharap who told you you that 😳 na your type da cook and serve there husband rubbish

[@ainasanni5819]

@@ArenaFilms042 madam u too funny

[@nwaakaisodje7769]

@@ArenaFilms042 so you had to curse first to express yourself? The real traditional method they don't add onion.... Your great grandma should explain the reasons to you...

[@ArenaFilms042]

@@nwaakaisodje7769 onye oma C.y __ shaaa is for men that can't cook. Not for profs like me

[@felixgodwin2187]

Too much of palm oil..

[@MmesomaOgbukagu-ib4vu]

Baby pls u don't put onion 🧅 in bitter leave soup

[@OnyxFoodHill]

Okay

[@angelrichards3974]

Onion and Ogiri in the same soup? Who taught you that? Even the cocoyam is too much. Must everyone post on TH-cam? Besides it's called Ogiri Igbo and not ogidi

[@chocophilo8717]

I wonder, even me way be guy no dey use onion and my grandmother thought me that

[@dorothyuwalaka3783]

Ha choro isigbu madu

[@blkOnyx287]

Dont be rude. Its cooking the beauty is in the diversity