{"id":2372,"slug":"ofe-owerri","title":"Ofe Owerri","description":"Ofe owerri is a popular Igbo soup indigenous to the people of Owerri, Nigeria. It is made from either ugu or okazi vegetables. Many different recipes and variations are possible.","ingredients_raw":["1 kg assorted meat (beef, goat, cow tripe, etc.)","4–6 seasoning cubes","3–4 cups water","500 g dryfish, smoked fish, or stockfish","1 cup cocoyam paste","1 cup palm oil","3 tablespoons ground crayfish","2 tablespoons ogiri (fermented melon seed paste)","Fresh bell pepper or chile pepper","1 cup okazi or uziza leaves, thinly sliced","2 cups ugu leaves, chopped"],"ingredients_norm":["assorted meat","seasoning cube","water","dryfish smoked fish or stockfish","cocoyam paste","palm oil","ground crayfish","ogiri","fresh bell pepper or chili pepper","okazi or uziza leaf","ugu leaf"],"steps":["Clean the meats and dryfish, and cut into pieces.","Simmer the meat with seasoning cubes and water in a pot until tender. Add stockfish and dried fish.","Stir in the cocoyam paste to thicken the soup, making sure it's well incorporated.","Stir in the palm oil, crayfish, ogiri, and pepper. Simmer for 5–10 minutes.","Add okazi leaves, and simmer for 3 minutes.","Stir in ugu leaves, and simmer for 2–3 minutes.","Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve hot with pounded yam or fufu."],"categories":["Soup recipes","Recipes for soup","Vegetarian recipes","Nigerian recipes","Recipes using pepper","Recipes using fish","Recipes using meat","Recipes using afang","Recipes using ashanti pepper","Recipes using bell pepper","Recipes using chile","Recipes using dehydrated broth","Recipes using dryfish","Recipes using taro","Recipes using palm oil","Recipes using ground crayfish","Recipes using fluted pumpkin"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":15,"servings":"6–8","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Ofe_Owerri","source_ref":"4524801","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Ofe_Owerri&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"0ad0563d6c9577609c0ae2e360ad221c6fd5402ce8bb4de79464fc9774394858","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:12Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:12Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/ofe-owerri"}