Recipe: Ogbono with beef


Ingredients:

Ground ogbono seeds

Ground crayfish

Currie powder

Salt

Sliced mashed onions

Sliced mashed scott bonnet

Scoop of old bay seasoning

Beef

Pieces of rotisserie chicken

Palm oil

Process

Add 1.5 cup of ground ogbono + .5 cup of ground cray fish + 1 tea spoon of currie powder + .5 teaspoon of salt + .5 cup of palm oil in pot on stove. Stir at medium heat for 90 seconds.

Add 2 cups of hot water to the mix. Stir for another 90 seconds as mix thickens. Leave on low-medium heat for 5 minutes.

Add clean fresh beef cut. Add sliced mashed onion and sliced mashed scot bonnet.

Add 1 cube of maggi or knor cube if you wish, or another .5 teaspoon of salt. Add 1 table spoonful of thyme spice.

Leave to cook for 5 minutes and stir to prevent sticking. Continue to stir every 5 to ten minutes.  Add .5 cup of hot water three to four more times during the next 45 minutes of cook time as needed for desired thickness.

Total cook time should be approximately 1 hour.

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