Baku Kitchen! An independent reference of traditional food

Okporoko

Rock-hard air-dried cod broken into soups for chew and deep savour

Nigeria Charcuterie & cured

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
RATE

A full recipe for this dish has not been written yet.

History

Norwegian stockfish reached Nigeria through colonial trade and surged during the Biafran war as relief food; Nigeria remains a leading stockfish market.

Frequently asked questions

What is Okporoko?

Okporoko is a charcuterie & cured from Nigeria: rock-hard air-dried cod broken into soups for chew and deep savour. Norwegian stockfish reached Nigeria through colonial trade and surged during the Biafran war as relief food; Nigeria remains a leading stockfish market.

Made with

fish

Cooked

driedcured

Nutrition facts

Nutrition has not been calculated for this dish yet.

The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

Reviews

No reviews yet.

Cooked this? Say how it went — yours will be the first.

Leave a review

No account needed. Only the fields marked * are required, and an address is never published.

Your rating

More from Nigeria

street foodBoliRipe plantain roasted over coals, eaten with groundnuts or peppered fishAkaraBlack-eyed pea fritters fried in palm oilmainIsi ewuGoat head cut up in palm-oil sauce with utazi leaves and brainsnackChin chinCrunchy fried sweet dough cubes

You'll also love

CzechiaŠpekáčkyFat pork sausage scored and roasted over a campfire with bread and mustard.PolandKaszankaBlood sausage with buckwheat groats, fried with onion.ThailandSai UaCoiled northern pork sausage packed with lemongrass, galangal, kaffir lime and chilliLlonganissalong, thin dry-cured pork sausage heavy with black pepper