Fried eggs are one of the easy breakfast ideas from Nigeria. You could serve with bread, yams or even noodles.
When you are running late to meet up with office hours, this recipe will save you lots of headaches. 😀
I made this for myself this morning; it was a quick fix. I eat this kind of food when I am in a hurry to meet up with an appointment.
In most cases, I combine the fried egg with sliced bread and serve with tea, as you can see below.
Not completely a healthy option, it sits somewhere at the bottom of my food menu. According to my article on healthy Nigerian foods – Fried foods are not to be consumed more than thrice in a week by grown-ups. 😀
But that’s a story for another day.
While there are hundreds of breakfast ideas in Nigeria, this still takes the cake.
Basically, we never serve fried eggs alone in Nigeria. I always pair it with other foods like bread, fried ripe plantain, noodles or even boiled white yams.
Eggs are one of the easiest breakfast recipes in Nigeria.
I fry anything between 2 and 4 eggs, depending on the number of persons and size of the frying pan.
Two fried eggs are usually for one person.
Ingredients for Fried Eggs
4 Fresh eggs
50 ml Vegetable oil
1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
Small chopped onions
1 sliced pepper (scotch bonnet)
Salt to taste
Seasoning cube (a pinch)
I like to fry eggs with lots of onions since I learned about the health benefits of onions. It is also good to eat as many vegetables as you can take.
How I Fried Eggs With Oil
Step 1
Heat your frying pan for a minute then add 50 ml of vegetable oil, allow to heat for 30 seconds before adding the sliced onions, then tomato/pepper as well.
Fry for 5 minutes before spraying a pinch of salt (to taste), then about a half of seasoning cube (I prefer less)
Stir, and then make sure they spread evenly it on the frying pan and boiling in very little oil. Then pour in the (already broken and mixed eggs) to cover the onions, tomato combination.
Allow frying for a minute before flipping.
Allow another 1 minute.
Flip. Flip again. 😀
Serve with bread and tea/pap.
Fried Eggs Recipes | Nigerian Recipes
Equipment
- Frying pan
Ingredients
- 4 Fresh eggs
- 50 ml Vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup chopped tomatoes
- Small chopped onions
- 1 sliced pepper scotch bonnet
- Salt to taste
- Seasoning cube a pinch
Instructions
- Fry the Onions, sliced tomatoes and peppers in a frying pan using 50ml of vegetable oil.
- Fry for 5 minutes while stirring continuously. You don't want it burned.
- Sprinkle a pinch of seasoning cube and salt to taste.
- Stir, and then make sure it is spread evenly on the frying pan and boiling in very little oil. Then pour in the (already broken and mixed eggs).
- Allow some minutes of frying before you flip.
- Allow 1 minute
- Flip again. ?
- Serve fried eggs with bread and coffee
Video
Video for Fried Egg – Nigerian style
Here is the video for making this delicious Nigerian Cuisine, It explains all the ingredients used in details and how you can replicate the same food.
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19 Comments
Thank for the recipe
This is quite a unique recipe, Nigerian foods are different and unique in several ways. We don’t fry eggs till they are solid completely. I guess this is delicious too.
hi!
This is one of d best ways of preparing delicious meals, u hve done a great job by teaching us this best ways. God bls u
Thanks so much for your great lesson
Everything about cooking, I learnt from your site. I even cook better than my friends that were cooking years before me. I found out about your site 2014 and now my meal taste great and cooking seems to be fun to me since I never liked doing it then.. thanks auntie
Sorry I meant maggi or knor
What is the flavor of the magic or knorr??
Thanks a million ma’am!
I tried d fried egg, plantain & custard for breakfast,
It was wow! He couldn’t help leaking the plate.
Thanks for teaching me how to fry eggs, You are jst too good.you ve encouged so many young girls n given them the courage to cook without fear .Thank you
pls, hw do i go with bitterleaf with egusi, in a delicous way.
Hi Chidi
I love to try your recipes, where can I find your books in South Africa??
Thanks for the fried egg, I always have issues with flipping the egg while frying it, I just like it when someone flips it up and turn it around (what you did in the video) above. Thanks for the recipes… Delicious!
Allnigerianfoods,u guys r great! More grease to ur elbows.
kudos to you dear ,i tried one of your listed soup it was so superb ,and the tomatoes stew i made last weekend was best among all thanks for assisting our inabilities.
Chidi,
This Breakfast was delicious, i added a few chopped mushrooms as well
Dave
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Amazing although why put seasoning cubes, makes no sense don’t understand why most Nigerians put seasoning cubes in everything even though I am one myself.