Fried Rice and Other Nigerian Rice Recipes

Fried rice in Nigeria is one of the most popular rice recipes, it is easy to make and generally accepted by the people of Nigeria. If you are new to Nigerian food and looking for easy Nigerian recipes, you may want to start with our different rice recipes, some of them are very easy to prepare as explained below.

I am going to talk about the different rice recipes that are eaten in Nigeria and then I will give detailed information on how to make Nigerian Fried Rice. I like fried rice and we made it for Christmas.

I consider myself one of the best when it comes to making Nigerian meals, I spent half of my teenage life in the kitchen as a cook for both my family and our local restaurant. During this time I have learned to make almost all Nigerian foods, both the generally accepted foods and those eaten by minority Nigerian tribes.

My story is surely not the topic of the day, just to give you a little background on my experience in Nigerian cuisine.

Over the last five to ten years I have successfully learned to make about five different rice recipes, with jollof rice being the most well versed. I also have Ofada rice on my list, local jollof rice, tomato rice, we also boil white rice and serve with any of the many stew recipes in Nigeria.

There is a lot about Nigerian food that would not be mentioned on this page, we have over a hundred different types of Nigerian recipes and this is just about making Nigerian Fried Rice which is perhaps the most acceptable recipe in Nigeria.

Here’s how to make Nigerian Fried Rice and Chicken, exactly how I made it for Christmas.

The ingredients below would serve five to seven people, you can increase or decrease the ingredients depending on how many people you want to serve.

3 cups of rice

Chicken wings (2kg)

Curry powder (for coloring)

Vegetable/peanut oil (15cl)

3 medium carrots

2 cups of chopped green beans

A medium sized cabbage

Half a cup of peas (optional)

Maggi cubes (natural sweetener)

Thyme (spice) 1 teaspoon

Salt and pepper to taste

The actual cooking of the fried rice takes about ten to fifteen minutes, the most time consuming is the preparation of the ingredient, I like to use as many hands as possible when I prepare fried rice for my family.

Step 1

Parboil the rice only with water for about five minutes, wash with clean water and set aside in a bowl or plastic container. Also parboil the meat with all the necessary ingredients, I like to use just an onion bulb, a cube of maggi, salt and thyme.

Parboil the meat for five to ten minutes, but do not allow the water to dry, as it is necessary for the actual cooking. You can fry or smoke the chicken after parboiling, that completes the preparation of the chicken, it is served with the cooked fried rice.

Step 2

Chop cabbage, carrot, onions and green beans in separate bowls. Boil the rice only with water until it is 80% cooked.

Here is the actual cooking of the fried rice, the rest has been the preparation process.

Step 3

Put your pot on the burner, let it dry before adding the peanut oil. Heat for about a minute, then add the onions, stir the onions for about a minute, and add the green beans, carrot, cabbage, and curry powder after a one-minute interval for each. The curry should be last, it’s supposed to change the color of the food to something yellowish.

Add the meat water (the juice left over after parboiling the meat), salt and pepper to taste, add a maggi cube or two (according to taste), stir everything together before adding the cooked rice. Remember that you were supposed to cook the rice until it is about 80% done.

Add the rice and cover to cook for the next five minutes.

You just made a very delicious pot of fried rice, you can go ahead and serve with the fried chicken wings.

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