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Owo Soup

Name: Owo Soup
Total time: 45m
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Nigeria
Ingredients: 6 tbsp palm oil; 1 tsp potash dissolved in water; 2 tbsp cornstarch slurry; 200g dried fish; 100g stockfish; 2 tbsp crayfish; 2 scotch bonnets; 1 tsp ground ehu; Stock, salt

Bright-orange Itsekiri/Edo palm-oil soup thickened with potash and starch — the classic partner to starch and boiled yam.

45m 4 servings Easy

Ingredients

• 6 tbsp palm oil
• 1 tsp potash dissolved in water
• 2 tbsp cornstarch slurry
• 200g dried fish
• 100g stockfish
• 2 tbsp crayfish
• 2 scotch bonnets
• 1 tsp ground ehu
• Stock, salt

Method

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Whisk palm oil with potash solution until it turns bright yellow.

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1
Whisk palm oil with potash solution until it turns bright yellow.
2
Add stock and bring to a boil.
3
Stir in crayfish, chili, ehu, dried fish and stockfish.
4
Whisk in cornstarch slurry; simmer 5 min to a glossy soup.
5
Serve with starch or boiled yam.