DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Bini Owo Soup
Also known as: Benin Owo Soup, Owo Soup
Southern Nigerian soup with goat, smoked fish, prawns, tomato and palm oil.
About Bini Owo Soup
Guardian Life presents Bini owo soup as a traditional southern Nigerian dish. This selected version combines goat meat and smoked fish with native cray fish, dried prawns, fresh tomato and palm oil.
Pepper and onion season the meat-and-seafood base, with salt and a seasoning cube contributing additional savoury flavour. The fresh-tomato option gives the mixture its tomato character.
The source describes thickening when the dissolved potash liquid joins the soup. Meat and fish remain distinct components within that thicker liquid, and yam is the selected serving accompaniment.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish, Crustaceans.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Bini Owo Soup
Guardian Life’s Bini owo soup with goat and smoked fish.
- Smoked fishProtein
- Palm oilCooking medium
- Goat meatProtein
- Cray fishSeasoning
- Dried prawnsProtein
- Potash (akaun)BinderIngredient page not linked
- Fresh pepperSeasoning
- OnionAromatic
- Ground fresh tomatoesBase
- Seasoning cubeSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- YamAccompaniment
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Smoked fish: Fish. Smoked option chosen from dried-or-smoked fish; species/full product formula unresolved.
- Palm oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Goat meat: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Goat selected rather than unspecified assorted meat.
- Cray fish: Crustaceans. Broader crayfish candidate; exact Nigerian native product species/form unresolved, but crustacean identity supported.
- Dried prawns: Crustaceans. Broader prawn candidate; dried form retained.
- Potash (akaun): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named culinary alkali; exact composition/catalogue mapping unresolved. Detached half-teaspoon fragment not assigned.
- Fresh pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Fresh chosen rather than dried; broader chilli candidate, exact cultivar unresolved.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Ground fresh tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Fresh ground-tomato option selected rather than tomato purée.
- Seasoning cube: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Unspecified compound cube; full product/allergen formula unresolved.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit method-only hot water for potash; no additional stock invented.
- Yam: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Yam selected from source serving alternatives; exact yam variety and preparation are unspecified.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Nigeria
- NigeriaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Edo Cuisine
- Edo CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.