Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, ofe nsala w/ chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Ofe Nsala and pounded for Sunday lunch is just the real deal. Cook up a storm , get the family to table and enjoy. As I like peppery meals, my nose was dripping on this one but I enjoyed it.
Ofe Nsala w/ Chicken is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Ofe Nsala w/ Chicken is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have ofe nsala w/ chicken using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Ofe Nsala w/ Chicken:
- Get 1 whole hard chicken cut in pieces
- Take Cocoyam boiled and pounded
- Take 1 Tbs ground Uziza seeds
- Prepare Handful chopped Uziza leaves
- Make ready 4 Tbs ground crayfish
- Make ready 2.5 Tbs ground cayenne pepper
- Prepare 2 Uda crushed and deseeded
- Get Salt
- Prepare Cubes Seasoning
- Make ready Dried Fish
The authentic Nsala soup recipe calls for fresh chicken or Cat Fish, if used its gives the soup a distinctive and unique taste. Ofe nsala is a bit similar to the Efik soup called Afia Efere, but the extra condiments make it different from Nsala. In this article, however, we would be discussing how to cook Nsala soup with goat meat and catfish. To cook Nsala soup with goat meat, you would need the following ingredients: Just showing you how I make the all too popular Ofe Nsala.
Steps to make Ofe Nsala w/ Chicken:
- In a clean pot, add chicken, pepper, crayfish, seasoning cubes, salt, uda, and ground Uziza seeds. Remember to add the amount of salt and seasoning that suit your taste.
- With a wooden spatula, mix ingredients thoroughly, add water to a but above the chicken, cover the pot and allow to cook till the chicken is almost completely cooked. Please, note that you may need to add more water for the chicken to cook properly.
- Add in chopped Uziza leaves and dried fish, stir, and allow to cook for 3 mins.
- Stir, then add pounded cocoyam, in small balls to the pot, stir again and allow to cook for 5 mins and your Ofe Nsala is ready. Please, note that the cocoyam is just a thickener. In the absence of cocoyam, you can use a bit of poundo powder or cocoyam powder, using a bit of water to make into a paste and add it to the pot, it will also thicken the dish. Ofe Nsala is supposed to be thick but also runny, that means you don't want the soup to be too thick that it becomes globby.
- After adding the thickener, if the soup is too thick, add some water until you get your desired consistency.
It is very popular in the south and eastern part of Nigeria, the efiks and Igbos are the top makers and consumers of this delicious soup. So if you are dating or married to a man from the south or eastern part of Nigeria, you can try giving him a meal of pounded yam and ofe nsala tonight. Ofe Nsala (Nsala Soup) is a delicious soup, popular in the eastern part of Nigeria. It is also known as ''white soup" because of its light color , due to the absence of palm oil. The authentic Nsala soup recipe calls for fresh whole Cat Fish, which gives this soup its unique taste.
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