Isi ewu
Spicy goat head, Igbo bar-food style
Think of it as: Like a spicy head-cheese salad, but fresh and hot
The whole goat head. Yes, the brain too.
What does it taste like?
Rich, creamy sauce with chili heat and bitter utazi leaves.
SweetSpicySourSaltyFunkSmellTextureGelatinous and chewy
What is it?
An Igbo dish from Nigeria: a goat's head boiled until tender, with the brain mashed into a spicy palm oil sauce and tossed with the meat. It's served in a wooden bowl topped with utazi leaves.Source: Wikipedia
How locals eat it
Eaten slowly at bars with palm wine or beer.
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Ingredients
- 1 goat head
- 4 tbsp red palm oil
- A little akanwu (potash)
- 50g ugba (fermented oil bean)
- A few utazi leaves
- 2 chilies
- 1 onion
- Salt
How to make it (one way)
- Singe, clean and split the goat head
- Boil about 2 hours until tender
- Mix palm oil with dissolved potash into a yellow paste
- Mash in the brain, add chili and ugba
- Toss with the meat, top with utazi and onion
⚠️ Prep is serious work and the ingredients are hard to source.