🇬🇦 Gabonese Cuisine

Sauce Gombo

Okra Soup

Prep Time 30 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 324 kcal

A thick, mucilaginous okra soup with smoked fish and palm oil, beloved for its silky-slippery texture that pairs perfectly with fufu.

Ingredients

300g fresh okra, sliced thin
200g smoked fish, deboned
2 tbsp palm oil
1 onion, diced
2 tomatoes, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 scotch bonnet pepper
1 bouillon cube
Salt to taste
2 cups water

Instructions

1 Heat palm oil and sauté onion and garlic 3 minutes.
2 Add tomatoes and cook until soft.
3 Add water, bouillon cube, and scotch bonnet. Bring to a boil.
4 Add smoked fish and simmer 10 minutes.
5 Add sliced okra and cook 10 more minutes until soup is thick and viscous.
6 Serve hot with fufu or bâton de manioc.

Did You Know?

The viscous, draw-like texture of gombo is either loved or dreaded by newcomers, but Gabonese children grow up craving it.