What is the Most Expensive Soup in Nigeria and How to Make It

Nigerians are known as a people with a lot of vibes, the energy is there it can not be matched, even among the African people Nigerian are known to start out and so it goes for their culture, beliefs, heritage, and all they do they always want to give there best and when it comes to food, soup especially, they tend to go all in making it the best it can be.

If you ever dream of experiencing or having a taste of African cuisine then Nigeria is a one-stop place for you to visit, having over 370 ethnic groups, you know that the number of food will have to double that and more.

Nigeria not only have one of the best African cuisine but one of the best dishes in the world, especially in the southern part of the country that likes to eat every which includes, the Igbos, Yorubas, Ijaws, Akwa Ibom that really loves to eat the best of their meal with all that is expected to make it as tasteful and delicious as it is present in the soup you can find here some of the most expensive soup in Nigeria.

However you see it, the soup says a lot and it is very important, if not more important than the food itself, and connote a meaning with each south speaking in its own language and each soup for different occasion and different people of different status or need in the society.

What is the Most Expensive Soup in Nigeria?

When talking about what makes food expensive, you talk about the recipes, the difficulty, and maybe the time that goes into cooking that particular food. The most expensive soup in Nigeria is Ofe Owerri and it is one of the best soups you can get in Nigeria, especially in the southeastern part of the country. Additionally, there are some of the soup that falls in the category of one of the most expensive soup in Nigeria, like Ofe Onugbu and Fisherman soup which are also quite expensive.

Ofe Owerri Soup

Ofe Owerri is the most expensive soup on this list and it is particularly mostly to the Igbo community in the Imo state of Owerri. Well, you don’t need to break the bank or steal money before you can actually prepare this soup, but as mentioned earlier that Nigerian love to prepare their mean with the best of recipes and ingredients which makes the food more expensive than it ought to be. Additionally, Ofe Owerri is one stop soup you won’t want to miss out on. When you are ready to make this amazingly delicious soup make sure you buy what your “pocket can collect” as the saying goes in Nigeria which means (buy what you can afford)

Ingredients for Making Ofe Owerri Soup

Below we have listed the most important set of ingredients you will need to achieve cooking this expensive soup that is desired by many. While you can buy as many as you want for better taste and result you can however decide which of these items you will like to reduce in quantity in case you are looking at the expenses you have to incur.

• Palm oil
• Assorted meat ( beef, goat meat, ponmo, snail)
• Stockfish
• Dry fish
• Cocoyam (used as a thickener to thicken the soup)
• Fresh pepper (chopped or sliced)
• Uziza Leaves
• Utazi Leaves
• Okazi Leaves
• Seasoning
• Spices
• Crayfish (ground)
• Pumpkin leaves

How To Make Ofe Owerri?

Here is a basic recipe for making Ofe Owerri one of the most expensive soups in Nigeria

• Wash and season the assorted meat and fish with salt and seasoning cubes. Cook them until tender in a pot with enough water to cover.
• Remove the cooked meat and fish from the pot, leaving the stock in the pot.
• Peel and wash the cocoyam (or yam) and boil in a separate pot until soft.
• Remove the boiled cocoyam (or yam) from the pot and mash it with a mortar and pestle until smooth.
• Add the mashed cocoyam (or yam) to the pot with the meat stock, and stir until it thickens.
• Add the palm oil, chopped onions, ground crayfish, and pepper to the pot, and stir well.
• Return the cooked meat and fish to the pot, and add more water if necessary to achieve the desired consistency.
• Let the soup simmer for 5-10 minutes.
• Add the sliced utazi and uziza leaves (if using), and let the soup cook for another 2-3 minutes.
• Taste and adjust the seasoning as necessary.

How Much Does it Cost To Make Ofe Owerri?

Basically, to prepare a standard Ofe Owerri soup with all the ingredients to make it excellent, you will have to spend nothing less than N15,000 naira, well depending on the quantity of what you want and the number of people you want to feed you will have to spend more than that it can be exclusively stored up in the fridge for up to a month in some instance.

Other Expensive Soup in Nigeria

Onugbu Soup

Onugbu soup is a soup that matches many events in the Nigeria Igbo community or celebration, hardly will there be an event in the Igbo land without Onugbu soup being on the menu. Also, Onugbu soup is the favorite soup among the Igbos, and it is popularly known as bitter leaf soup but that doesn’t mean the soup is bitter. Ingredients to cook this soup include,

• Water (stock)
• Palm oil
• Bitter leaves (fresh or dried)
• Cocoyam (ede),
• Smoked fish,
• Stockfish
• Grinded Crayfish
• Ogiri Okpei
• Ground dry pepper
• Bouillon Cubes
• Salt

Fisherman Soup

The soup which is mostly synonymous with the riverine community of the Rivers State and Awka-Ibom where it earns its name is also one of the most expensive soups in Nigeria. Living with rivers winding through their towns and villages and bound by the Atlantic Ocean, they have an abundance of seafood. Well, this is one of the reasons why this food is among the most expensive soup in Nigeria as it involves a lot of seafood to prepare it.

To prepare fisherman’s soup you will need some of the following ingredients:

• Fresh catfish
• Prawn or shrimp
• Periwinkle (Isam)
• Ngolo (Whelks)
• Dryfish
• Stockfish cooked
• Cameroun pepper
• Ground Scotch bonnet (Fresh Pepper)
• Spices (Onion and other spices)
• Ground Uziza seed
• Ground Crayfish
• Palm oil
• Seasoning cubes
• Salt
• Sea snails
• Cocoyam
• Uziza leaves, shredded
• Okro (sliced)
• Yellow habanero peppers

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