How to make EFO RIRO / Vegetable soup | Nigerian food

palm oil

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Coconut oil adds flavor while being healthier.

stockfish

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Chicken is a leaner protein option.

crayfish

🥗Healthier: shelled shrimp

💰Cheaper: dried shrimp

Dried shrimp is often more affordable.

locust beans

🥗Healthier: miso

💰Cheaper: soy sauce

Miso provides umami flavor.

Blend 5 bell peppers, 2 onions, and 3 scotch bonnet peppers until slightly chunky and set aside.

Chop the remaining onion into chunks.

Heat palm oil in a pot until hot but not smoking.

Add chopped onion, locust beans, and half of the crayfish to the pot and sauté for 3 minutes.

Add the blended pepper mixture, a pinch of salt, and 2 stock cubes to the pot.

Add stock fish and cook for 5 minutes, covered.

Add assorted meats and cook for another 5 minutes, adjusting seasoning as necessary.

Add spinach and mix well until fully incorporated with the sauce.

Add the remaining crayfish and turn off the heat, covering the pot to let it steam.

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