Vibrant Vegetarian Okra Soup

 

I have not cooked or eaten okra/okro/okworo soup in a while. I cannot overemphasize the simplicity of this incredible vegetable.

Without meat or fish, it still tastes incredible! Believe me, I have testimonies as to the deliciousness of my okworo soup.

A friend came over one day to eat. He polished the entire mound of foo-foo, was uncomfortable, but he just could not stop eating because of the soup. He mows calls it “Your world-famous okworo soup”. 

Another testimony: When an older Nigerian mother who is a renowned cook and who owns a restaurant asks for your recipe for herself and for her daughter-in-law (who also ate my okworo soup), you know you should open your own restaurant!

Simple ingredients for this okra soup: 2-12 oz packs of Kroger southern-style cut okra, water, Knorr chicken bouillon, spinach, and crushed red pepper. THAT’S IT. No palm oil or any oil, no broth, no black pepper, no onions, etc.

I got both the spinach and the okra free with my Kroger Rewards mailed-in custom coupons. Eating well has never been this financially painless.

Okworo is like salmon: unfettered, not belabored, just simple and fabulous!

I eat my soup without foo-foo most of the time, just spoonfuls of my incredible okra soup without the bulge of carbs. In rare occasions when I choose to eat foo-foo, I make either sweet-potato or ripe plantain foo-foo; nothing heavy. Actually, my daughter likes my okra soup on rice. I will get the nerve to try that combination one day soon.

I added halibut fish to my okworo soup.

Enjoy!

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