Abak Afang Soup

Recipe Description

It serves 4 to 6 person.

Ingredients

  • 1 kg / 2 lb assorted meats (beef oxtail, tripe, ponmo, bokoto and bushmeat)
  • 450 g / 1 lb stockfish (pre-soaked)
  • 1 medium dry fish (washed and flaked)
  • 450 g / 1 lb ukazi|afang leaves (pounded)
  • 225 g / 8 oz periwinkles (topped and tailed)
  • 225 g / 8 oz red pepper flakes|ground chillies
  • 225 g / 8 oz ground crayfish
  • 1 litre / 2 pints palmnut concentrate
  • salt to taste

Directions

  1. Wash the meat thoroughly and place in a large pot.
  2. Season with salt and ground chillies.
  3. Add some stock and cook for 30 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, wash the oil-palm and cook until soft to make the concentrate.
  5. Add the washed smoked fish and stockfish to the pot of boiling meat and cook for 10 minutes.
  6. Add the palm oil concentrate, bring to the boil and cook till slightly reduced and soup coats of a spoon.
  7. Add the pounded afang leaves and periwinkles.
  8. Stir in the crayfish and cook for 15 minutes until well blended.
  9. Check seasoning and serve with pounded yam.
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