Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, ofe nsala w/ chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
This soup is a very RICH AFRICAN DELICACY from the Eastern part of Africa Nigeria. The soup has a deep AROMATIC FLAVORS due to the spices and condiments use. This is the Nigerian Soup you want to serve your in-laws or any other special August visitor if you are a correct Igbotic person.
Ofe Nsala w/ Chicken is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Ofe Nsala w/ Chicken is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ofe nsala w/ chicken using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Ofe Nsala w/ Chicken:
- Prepare 1 whole hard chicken cut in pieces
- Take Cocoyam boiled and pounded
- Get 1 Tbs ground Uziza seeds
- Prepare Handful chopped Uziza leaves
- Get 4 Tbs ground crayfish
- Take 2.5 Tbs ground cayenne pepper
- Make ready 2 Uda crushed and deseeded
- Get Salt
- Prepare Cubes Seasoning
- Take Dried Fish
Ofe Nsala is the quickest and easiest Igbo Soup to prepare making it the choice soup for special guests who are so familiar to us that they pay us impromptu visits. Do you want to know how to cook Nsala soup with chicken? This is very good because we will give you one simple recipe. Follow these steps and satisfy the appetite of your African dishes are very popular for their ingenious and delicious taste.
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.
One of such dishes is Ofe Nsala, it's also known as Afia Efere. 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 or White Soup as commonly called by Nigerians is a meal famous to the eastern tribe and riverine area of Nigeria. Nsala soup (ofe nsala) is one of the popular soups that are native to the Igbo Tribe in Nigeria. Ofe nsala, as we call it, is a delicacy in Igboland.
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