Quick & Healthy African Okro Soup

African Okro Soup-Quick & healthy. Oh so easy yet yummy! Okro Soup African style loaded with shrimp, oxtails with or without Egusi.

You’ll Need:

• One pound okra fresh or frozen
• ½ pound meat oxtail
• 1 tablespoon Beef or chicken bouillon
• ½ pound Shrimp
• ½ cup medium –sized Onions chopped
• ½ cup ground Crayfish
• 3 cups of chopped Spinach
• 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
• 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes
• ½ cup ground Egusi optional
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

1. In medium –sized sauce pan boil oxtail seasoned with garlic salt, smoked paprika, pepper and onions until tender (approximately 30 -40 minutes). You can shorten this process in half by using a pressure cooker.
2. If using fresh okra wash the okra, remove the tops and tails, and slice into rounds.
3. Blend the okra to a coarse consistency in a food processor or you can finely chop the okra into coarse consistency using a sharp knife
4. Add the ground crayfish, bouillon or Maggie and egusi into the pan of boiled meat , cook for 5 minutes
5. Then add shrimp, cook for another 5 minutes and finally add the spinach and stir for about a minute or 2 .
6. Serve warm with Fufu( any kind)

Source: africanbites.com