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Black Soup
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30 Minutes
Cooking Time
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Medium
Difficulty
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60 Minutes
Prep Time
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2 People
Serves
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups of blended bitter leaves
- 1 cup of Efinrin - basil is a good substitute
- Assorted Meat
- Assorted offals
- 1 big piece of stock fish
- 1 piece of smoked fish
- 2 - 3 pieces of ata rodo
- 1/2 cup of crayfish
- 1 1/2 cooking spoon of Palm nut cream
- Knorr cubes
- Salt
Cooking Methods
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Boil and season your meats. If you are using offals like liver, heart and kidney, boil in a separate pot. For saki and cow leg, boil in the same pot as the meats. Remember to cook the meats with a strong tasting smoked fish variety like stock fish, smoked red prawns, Eja Sawa.
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Whilst the meats are boiling, proceed to wash your bitter leaves. Once the leaves are less bitter, pour in a blender and blend till smooth. Set this aside.
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Pick the Efinrin or basil leaves off the stalk, rinse and blend too, then set aside
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Blend the ata rodo and add to the pot of cooked meats and stock.
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Once the pepper has dissolved into the stock, add the palm kernel cream or use 3 cooking spoons of palm oil
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Let the palm kernel cream dissolve. This should take about 3 - 5 minutes, depending on your cooker. Then add crayfish and Knorr cubes
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Add the blended bitter leaf to the pot. Let it cook for 2 minutes
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Add the blended Efinrin. Let the soup cook for another 5 minutes and serve