🇱🇷 Liberian Cuisine

Torborgee

Fermented Seafood Soup

Prep Time 1 hour

Servings 6

Difficulty Hard

Calories 392 kcal

A pungent, intensely flavoured soup made from fermented seafood, bitterball, and country spices — an acquired taste beloved by Liberians.

Ingredients

1 Boil fermented fish in water for 10 minutes. Drain and rinse to reduce extreme pungency.
2 Heat palm oil, sauté onions. Add all seafood and cook 10 minutes.
3 Add bitter balls, peppers, and bouillon. Add water and bring to a boil.
4 Simmer 30 minutes until bitter balls are tender and soup is thick.
5 Add potato leaves in the last 5 minutes. Season and serve with fufu or rice.

Did You Know?

Torborgee is so pungent that Liberians joke you should warn the neighbours before cooking it — but those who love it would eat nothing else.