Afang Soup 🍲

Name: Afang Soup 🍲
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Nigerian
Ingredients: 15 cups Sliced fresh waterleaves; 1/2 cup ground crayfish; 3 cups Ground fresh Ukazi leaves; 3 cubes knorr; 2 medium-sized dried or roasted fish; Soft cow skin (pomo); Goat meat (optional); 1.5 cups palm oil; 1 cup Periwinkles (optional); Salt and Pepper to taste; 6 Red fresh pepper; 1 KG Assorted meat; stockfish

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Da-Princess Kitchen Culinary Concept(Chef DPK) @chefdpk

Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria

Afang soup (not to be misconstrued for Okazi soup or Ukazi soup, a soup from the Igbo cuisine), is a vegetable soup that originates from the Efik people of the Efik kingdom in Cross River State and the Ibibio People of Akwa Ibom in Southern Nigeria.

Ingredients

40mins

8 servings

15 cupsSliced fresh waterleaves
1/2 cupground crayfish
3 cupsGround fresh Ukazi leaves
3 cubesknorr
2medium-sized dried or roasted fish
Soft cow skin (pomo)
Goat meat (optional)
1.5 cupspalm oil
1 cupPeriwinkles (optional)
Salt and Pepper to taste
6Red fresh pepper
1 KGAssorted meat
stockfish

Cooking Instructions

40mins

1

Grind the ukazi leaves, it acts as the thickener for this soup.
Season the meat with a half cup of sliced onions, salt, two seasoning cubes and other spice of choice)
Slice the water leaves and set aside in a sieve so excess water will drain away.
2

Wash the stockfish, dried fish and add them to the cooking meat, let them cook till they are soft and the pot is almost dry.
Add the palm oil, crayfish and stir all together. Add one seasoning cube,
3

Allow to simmer for 6 minutes while you stir continuously.
Add the water-leaves;
4

Ground pepper, snails and salt to taste, allow cooking for 3-5 minutes.
Add the ground ukazi leaves.
5

Stir all together, cover the pot and allow another 5 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes.
6

You are done with a delicious afang soup.
Serve with eba, fufu or pounded yam
Go 🚶with yellow 💛 garri 😋

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Comments (6)

Favy Okon @cook_109549055

September 05, 2024 07:28

Thanks so much it really helpful

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Da-Princess Kitchen Culinary Concept(Chef DPK) @chefdpk

on May 07, 2022 20:38

Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria

I am Chef' DPK. My love for cooking has been since I was young. I love to help people satisfy their hunger by preparing different delicacies for them.The way I took care of my family by making delicious delicacies for them daily has really brought lots of love between us and other family members. They never cease to talk about my cooking skills all the time. This was what actually inspired me to learn about different techniques in cooking and futher my education in the culinary career. I am now a certified chef and I have trained a lots of students on this aspect too.I have a school called DA PRINCESS KITCHEN AND CULINARY CONCEPT in Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria. It is a practical oriented class session all through our course and you will be amazed at what you will learn when you attend. Expecting you all!