“what is the national dish of Nigeria”?
I get lots of questions about Nigerian dishes daily and I try my best to answer them. Someone asked and lots of people have given appropriate answers below.
What do you think? Do we have a national dish? I thought every food in Nigeria counts.
Tell us your thought on this. I love Nigerian dishes and love to talk about them.
Most of the comments below suggest it is jollof rice. I don’t think they are wrong. Read them and drop your own comment too.
I think jollof rice is really the national dish of Nigeria since different Nigerian ethnic group makes it in different ways. Everyone loves the rice recipe and almost every Nigerian know just how to put together a pot of jollof rice.
So what is your opinion? Which is the national dish of Nigeria? Drop your answer using the comment form below.
Here is a better photo of Jollof rice, the Nigerian version. We serve with chicken most times.
National Food of Nigeria – Jollof Rice
Ingredients
- 4 cups of rice
- 1 kg beef
- 1000 ml of Ground Fresh tomatoes your blender is calibrated 1000ml = 1 liter
- 50 ml Ground Fresh peppers
- Spices Curry Thyme, Delice, Nutmeg, Chicken spice
- 3 Seasoning cubes
- 2 cups of sliced onions
- 300 ml Vegetable oil
- Salt to taste.
- 2 Cloves of garlic and
- 2 Fingers of ginger
Instructions
- Start by precooking your meat with the listed spices (a teaspoon each of thyme, curry, and salt; two seasoning cubes and sliced onion) Allow the meat to cook till tender.
- Peel of the outer back of the ginger/garlic, pound or grind.
- Parboil 4 cups of rice, wash and set aside in a plastic bowl.
- Once the meat is tender, separate from the stock and deep-fry.
- Fry the ground tomatoes until it is turning day (about 20-25 minutes) stir continuously to avoid burning it.
- When the tomato is well fried, add the chicken stock (meat water).
- Add the blended ginger/garlic, a teaspoon each of curry and thyme, two teaspoons of salt.
- Add 4 cups of water also, taste, add salt to taste.
- Add one seasoning cube. Stir and taste, you want it overly spiced. The rice will take some of it away.
- Allow to boil before adding the parboiled rice.
- Add the remaining half of the tomato that you removed initially.
- Then just cook till the rice is soft.
- Turn evenly and serve with the fried chicken.
- NOTE: If you don’t want your jollof rice to start burning before it is well cooked, you need to remove some fried tomatoes before adding the rice. Then add it later.
Notes
38 Comments
Rice all the way
I think GARRI is. There’s no Nigerian home without garri. Its also affordable for both the rich and the poor, making it more accessible to all.
#myopinion
Jollof rice is the most common in all parts of the country. I believe if there is any national dish, it is Jollof rice.
jollof rice and eba with egusi soup
ofcourse rice in any form, be it jollof, fried, coconut, concotion etc becos there is no home in Nigeria that don’t cook rice.
It’s jollof rice oo because witout it occasion is not complete
It’s joll of rice and eba,because it cut across all tribe.My opinion.
It is joll of rice and eba.Because it cut across all tribe.My opinion.
Nigerian dish is rice,be it jollof rice,fried rice,white rice with sauce or stew,etc
I agree wit dos that said jollof rice.I think is quiet popular to every tribe in nigeria
I think it is rice and stew
its jollof rice, coz does not require much ingredients, people for any class can afford it,without any due process nd it makes every bdy happy
Huh tough one Chidi but I think its egusi and pounded yam.
I think it is rice cause it’s cooked by all.
Nigerian dish is jollof rice and pepper soup is the favorite i know of.
Nigerian dish is absolutely jolly for rice. It is available in every occasion.
swallow and egwusi soup coz almost if not all tribes eat it
The National dish of Nigeria is jollof rice any day anytime.
I agree that it is jollof rice because it is present in all occasions in anywhere in Nigeria, whether small or big party
I think jollof rice or any dish with rice as the main ingredient.let just say rice.there is no ethnic group in Nigeria that doesnt eat rice.
Rice, anytime of rice, jollof, fried, white etc, but preferably JOLLOF RICE, is Nigerian National Food. My opinion.
Its definitely JOLLOF RICE, reason been that there is absolutely no party you will go to here in Nigeria that they wont prepare jollof, to the extent that Nigerians and Ghanaian s are still arguing on whose jollof rice is the best. I LOVE JOLLOF RICE.
well, we have alot of national dishes ranging from the one, the only jollificate, then we have egusi, amala, egufe and the bean soup,gbegiri, October and ofada. at most occasions these meals, maybe not all, are a plenty. Hmmm… yum! now am hungry. great job doll face.
I think rice is a general most eaten cereal in Nigeria, so it can go as the national food. It could be prepared differently depending on ethnic groups or regions. It is eaten by every body who calls him/herself a Nigerian.
The food every Nigerian will reach out for first is jollof rice, then white rice and stew
I think is rice generally, it can be in any form, jellof, fried white rice, kwuskwus, tuwo rice etc. But rice it is in any occassion or event in Nigeria.
I think i will go with dose dat said jollof rice bcos dat s a food dat almost all Nigerians cooks in every occasion. Every other one has particular pple dat love it more than d other
I would go with jollof rice too but EBA plus egiusi is a lot more popular in Nigerian homes.
I think it’s actually jollof Rice, every part of Nigerian tribe cooks it either as concoction or richly flavoured
oh my it’s so JOLLOF RICE without controversy
Akara.
Definitely `JOLLOF RICE’ every region cooks JOLLOF rice with their own special twist which is indigenous to them.
I will think its EBA and eguisi soup. Its loved and cooked by all ethnic group in Nigeria. So,i’ll go with it.
Nigerian national delicacy is Jolof rice, reason being dat there’s hardly an occasion in all parts of d country without jolof rice. So I tag it Nigerian national delicacy! #myopinion.
I love a Nigerian dishes and I don’t think there is a national dish. If there is, it would probably be fried rice and salad
Well, it is Nigeria rice and it’s a yummm meal