Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a creative dish, efo riro (vegetable soup). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Vegetable Soup with Ugu and Water Leaves Edikang Ikong Soup Recipe Efo riro as this vegetable soup is natively called in Yoruba literally translates to 'vegetable stir ' (where 'efo' translates to This Nigerian spinach stew, also called vegetable soup and natively known as "Efo Riro" is guaranteed to be one of the most savory and delicious spinach recipes you will ever taste! I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as I enjoyed putting it together for you guys!

Efo riro (Vegetable soup) is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Efo riro (Vegetable soup) is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook efo riro (vegetable soup) using 12 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Efo riro (Vegetable soup):

1. Get 2 bunches shoko leaves
2. Get 1/2 kilogramme of chicken
3. Get 2 medium sized tomatoes
4. Get 8 bell peppers (use the quantity you're comfortable with)
5. Make ready 1 table spoon grounded crayfish
6. Get 1 medium sized onion
7. Make ready 2/3 cup palm oil
8. Prepare smoked titus fish or any kind of fish you prefer
9. Get pomo
10. Prepare salt
11. Take cubes seasoning
12. Get locust bean

In Nigeria, the vegetables used for Efo Riro are 'Efo Shoko' (Lagos spinach) or Vegetables: Plum (roma) tomatoes, red bell peppers, habanero peppers, and onions. Plum tomatoes are best for Nigerians stews because they are denser. Efo Riro - The African Stewed Spinach also popularly known as Efo riro is a one-pot stew with layers of flavor. It requires quite a number of ingredients So basically, Efo riro simply means "stirred leafy vegetable".

Instructions to make Efo riro (Vegetable soup):

1. Wash your chicken, tomatoes, pepper, onion, pomo, deboned smoked fish, skoko leaves and rinse your locust beans in case it has sand in it
2. Blend the tomatoes and peppers separately. The tomatoes should be smoothly blended but not the peppers. Set aside.
3. Dice the pomo and onions. Set aside
4. Slice the shoko leaves, put in a bowl then pour some hot water into it. Leave for 5 minutes before rinsing it out with cold water. Ensure you squeeze out all the excess water in it. Set aside.
5. Cook your chicken. Season with salt, pepper, onion and seasoning cubes. When it is cooked, bring the chicken out of the stock, pour out some of the stock which you'the use for cooking and use the rest of it to cook your pomo.
6. Place another pot on the cooker, pour in your palm oil. Allow to heat up for a few seconds. Season your oil with salt and seasoning cube, add your diced onions. Allow to cook for 30 seconds.
7. Pour in your blended pepper. Allow to cook for a little while. Add your blended tomatoes, grounded crayfish and locust bean. Allow to cook until almost dry.
8. Add your chicken stock, pomo and chicken. Taste to know if there's need to add salt or seasoning. When this sauce is dried i.e there's no visible water in it.
9. Add your shoko leaves and stir properly​.
10. Finally, add your smoked fish and stir gently. Food is ready!

However, we just don't stir this by itself, we stir it in a rich pepper sauce which is loaded. Efo Riro is a rich vegetable soup that is native to the Yorubas of Western Nigeria. The vegetables that can be used to cook this soup are Efo Shoko or Efo Tete (Green Amaranth). If these are not readily available where you live, leafy or frozen spinach is a very good substitute. Efo Riro needs no introduction as it's one of the most popular vegetable soups in Nigeria and an absolute favourite of the Yorubas.

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