Fried rice is one of the most widely eaten Nigerian food; almost every Nigerian accepts it both at home and in Diaspora. I will show you how I make it.
This recipe shows you how to make fried rice the Nigerian way.
I make this once every month and my family always looks forward to it. Most often I serve with fried chicken, you can grill your chicken instead.
I am sure I detailed this recipe enough and would make the entire process a cakewalk.
Here is the complete ingredient for making this delicious Nigerian food.
Complete Ingredients for Fried Rice
Serving: 8 Persons
4 cups of rice.
5 cups of sliced Cabbage.
2 cups of sliced Carrot.
2 cups of sliced Green beans.
Half cup of peas.
1 cup of sliced Green pepper.
Cow Liver {300g}.
2kg of Chicken.
Vegetable oil.{200ml}
1 cup of sliced Onions.
Curry powder (coloring spice) {2 Tablespoons}.
Salt and pepper to taste
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Preparation
Most Nigerian foods start with you parboiling the meat to be used, Most Naija foods including fried rice goes along with fried or cooked meat. The most popular meat in Nigeria is chicken.
So let’s make fried rice and chicken the Nigerian way.
Step 1
Parboil chicken and liver (both together) with all the spices (a teaspoon of salt, half cup of sliced onions, a teaspoon of thyme spice, a teaspoon of curry, two seasoning cubes teaspoon each of powdered ginger and garlic).
Allow the meat to cook for ten to fifteen minutes, taste for salt, then pick out and deep-fry. Be sure to reserve the stock (meat water)
Step 2
Chop the cabbage, green beans, carrot, liver and set aside in a wide tray as you can find in the video below or the image above.
This process is easy, I normally use just a knife and chopping board or a tray.
The sample image below shows you some ingredients in small quantities.
Chopped cow liver(1), chicken stock (meat water)(2), green peas(3) Chopped cabbage(4) chopped carrot(5), green beans(6), and sweet corn (7).
Remove the white center seeds from the green pepper and also slice and set aside.
Step 3
Parboil the 4 cups of rice also and cook with half of the meat stock (water from the meat) and two cups of water, cook until it is about 70% done.
Observe the rice closely. It doesn’t need to be too soft or too hard, just almost done.
How to Cook Fried rice Step By Step
Step 1
Set your cooking pot on heat, allow drying, then pour in about 200ml of vegetable oil.
Note: It is better to continue with the same oil you used while frying the meat (that is only if you fried the meats), you can reduce it to 200ml.
Step 2
Allow heating, then add the sliced onions, stir for 1-2 minutes.
Step 3
Then add the chopped carrot and green beans, any of these two can actually go first.
Add the chopped liver and sweet corn, stir.
Meat stock (water from the meat) should follow, add ground pepper (optional), add a teaspoon of salt and, add 1 seasoning cube then stir and taste, you may add more salt.
Add the green peas.
Step 4
Stir for 1-2 minutes then add cabbage and the curry powder (Curry is a yellowish spice that actually adds the yellowish color to fried rice, add and stir till you are satisfied with the color.)
You would have a yellowish mixture that would often taste overly spiced, don’t worry the rice would balance the taste.
If you are satisfied with the taste, then add the green pepper, stir.
Step 4
Add the almost-done white rice and stir
Stir all together, cover your pot and allow to simmer for 5-7 minutes.
That is how to make fried rice.
Step 5
Serve with the fried or fried meat (chicken), I fried my chicken as you can see above.
You can also grill the chicken.
I think grilled chicken is way better than fried chicken, for one, you will avoid the oil and accompanying cholesterol
Above is a video for making Nigerian fried rice, here I made it with goat meat and also covered the process of making the goat meat barbecue.
We also made a goat meat barbecue in the video above, which was served together with the rice. Remember that most Nigerian foods are often served with either fried/cooked meat or fish.
Another Nigerian Rice Recipe – Jollof Rice – Fried Rice, you will also understand why I think Nigerian jollof rice is the easiest Nigerian rice recipe
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Easy Nigerian Fried rice recipe
Equipment
- Cooker
- Pots
- Spoons
Ingredients
- 4 Cups Rice
- 5 Cups Sliced Cabbage
- 1 Cup Sliced Green Pepper
- 2 Cups Sliced Carrot
- 2 tbsp Curry Powder
- 2 KG Chicken
- 300 Grams Cow Liver
- 2 Cups Sliced Green Beans
- 1/2 Cup Green Peas
- 1 Cup sliced onions
- 1/2 tsp ground chilies (pepper)
- 200 mls Vegetable oil
Instructions
- Step by step Fried Rice Recipe
- Set your pot on heat and add 200mls of vegetable oil
- Allow the oil to heat, then add sliced onion (1cup), carrot and green beans. Stir all together, add the cabbage and allow to simmer for a minute while you continue to stir.
- Add the curry powder and stir evenly (2 tbsp should do), just sprinkle all over and stir. Add the ground pepper, a seasoning cube, chicken stock, and salt to taste.
- Taste, if you like the taste then go ahead and add the green peppers, stir and add the pre-cooked white rice. stir all together.
- Cover the pot and allow to simmer for 5 minutes, that is how to cook fried rice the Nigerian way.
Video
Notes
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Those are some of the most delicious Nigerian rice recipes.
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199 Comments
Thanks 🙂
Very nice recipe, tired it and everything came out perfectly
Nice recipe i will it a try this weekend thanks
I tried it,it was so good and tasty
I’ll definitely try this dish out sometime. I mean prepare it.
I just hope I do it awesomely ☺️😎
Today is Christmas so I tried it with my mom it was very fantastic ❤️
Hello chy i want to be a chef.
So a man ordered fried rice with sause and chicken,and he is willing to pay 10,000 naira cash,so pls can you help?
Thank you for this knowledge impacting on us, God bless you real good.
Wow!
this is so great,thanks dear..am into catering service and wit sm of ur recipe think i wil achieve my goals..thanks u r absolutely the best,more grace
I TRIED YOUR FRIED RICE RECIPE AND IT CAME OUT NICE, MY HUBBY SO MUCH LOVE IT, THANKS YOU ARE A LIFE SAVER❤❤❤.
Waw! thanks so much for this really appreciate, I’m gonna try it, but MA is it necessary to add water after adding the almost done white rice?
Remember you said that rice should be pre-cooked one.
Wow I have never cooked fried rice before thinking that it will not be good but using this recipe now it turned out better than expected I love it
Very nice
Pls ma why does fried rice go sour on time .I seen same that last 2 days without losing it taste why some 3hr from the preparation time it goes bad why?
I love this method so much is the best…. thanks so much for the idea ❤️
The cabbage caused it when you add it, you should eat all the meal maximum of 4 hours.
Thanks for the recipes. I will try this on Sunday
Tank for the recipe
I Want to cook the fried rice for my birthday
please how can i get the rice to be green
Thank you for teaching it out I love it but i will give it a try, is not easy to make fried rice. God bless you for your time and consideration
The preparation for fried rice nice. but must fry it Co’s not good frying things.
i love the recipe it helped me a lot . thanks
Hi chy, I really appreciate your effort, thanks so much,fried rice is one of the food I like so far.
I’ve tried the moi moi recipe and it was great..
fried rice here I come
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chy dear, your recipes and procedures are amazing….tnx a bunch
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I tried this after reading it here, that was my first time and I vsn say everyone is impressed by the result thanks allot.
Pls do you have recipe on Meatpie
Good job. You didn’t talk about sweet corn. My wife prefers to add chopped ata-rodo instead of ground pepper.
I have a cook in my hotel but when it comes to fried Rice it is no go area… She got scared whenever the other comes.. thus morning she threw away a portion of rice because the curry was much.
great, adding tumeric to it would enhance the color of the fried rice. try it
You are the best
Did I have to parboil The rice
Chidi thanks for your method of preparing fried but sorry to ask what are peas
Wow! wow!! tnks dis is seriously helpful. keep up d great job. God bless u.
concerning the curry powder,is there a special curry to be used or the general widely known curry powder?
Waw thanks so much I can cook my fried rice myself now my girlfriend can’t do me Shankara again ?
Thanks so much for this method, never knew i could boil the rice with the meat stock.
Nice one. Will try out this method soon. I noticed there’s no sweet corn in the recipe.is it an omission or its not good to include it in fried rice? Thanks
I Really Love The Teste Of This My New Made Fried Rice, Thank You
such a nice recipe
thanks a lot
But,can tumeric serve as curry powder or can u make use of tumeric and curry powder together
Well dine chy I must try thi
Good work Ma! What if I am using preserved fried meat. That is I don’t have stock. What can use in place of meat stock?
OHMEN.UR COOKING STYLE ARE THOUGHT PROVOCATIVE.I AV BEEN COOKING SINCE I WAS LITTLE.BUT I AVENT COOKED FRIED RICE B4.I TRIED UR METHOD FOR MY FAMILY THIS XMAS.AND IT WAS GREAT.AM A GUY.BUT I DELIGHT IN COOKING.U’RE A WONDERFUL CHEF.THANKS ALOT.
Wow so its this easy. Am going to try it. Thanks alot.
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wow that’s great I learnt a lot here, but I’m a little bit confuse here. should I parboil the rice with ordinary water to remove the starch on it before cooking it with the meat water? please answer me am confuse. thanks
Woow..! thats really great, thank you very much, more grace to you
how much is the book
Nice recipe, keep up the good work.I usually wash my rice l,drain it and then fry it for a while before cooking further with meat stock n water.though I learnt to add cabbage to my fried rice on ur blog n i have stick to doing dat for years.once again tanx chy.
so so perfect’ i so much love the taste’ thanks chy’ my bf and bff love it…
Tnks much chy,so when do I add d cabbage? Didn’t see it in your post
I just cooked it now…. And it turned out good n nice.hubby said it’s really delicious…. Asking whr I learnt dz recipe.. All thnks to you dear
I used this method it was amazing, I wish to cook more, I can’t wait to eat it
I love your method, it really cool, thanks a lot
i love ur lesson i will try ur style
I tried your recipe for fried rice, I must confess its d best I have prepared so far. I only added sweet corn and crayfish, d taste was great.
Thanks for this wonderful recipe. Sure am gonna try it this weak. Continue to shine ma.
Can’t see the video. Where do I watch the video of how to make fried rice? Thank you!
can you parboil your rice with the meat pulp ( ie the meat stock)? and then mix up the vegetable with the rice after the vegetables must have being fried.
Plz how can we Fry our chicken to b as red as urs in the picture above?n must we grill for it to look that way?wat if u we don’t have a griller how else can we make our chicken red?
I really love ur cooking lessons please can’t I get your book by cash on delivery am in Ibadan I don’t want issue of sending money and not getting the book tanx …please reply as soon as possible
I got ur two cook book last week. As for the fried rice, I prefer to add the curry, Maggi, salt and pepper and any other spice I want to use when I am cooking the rice with chicken stock. Then I add the vegetables to the frying oil. I put in the cooked and spiced rice two cooking spoon at a time and I turn in the frying vegetables. It always comes out well.
Oh mehn I hv not try to or cooked fried rice in my life but with what am seeing here am already salivating. Cant wait to try dis. Tnx my love for teaching me. Luv ya…
wao, this is great, God bless u for dis wonderful recipes
wow dis fabulous and educating tanx
Wow! Chi, you’ve simplified cooking, Thanks a trillion.
Very nice. Plz is it the same method if am preparing fried rice for large numbers of people. Thanks.
I cook fried rice a lot, but i usually add most of my ingredient while parboiling before mixing it with d fried veggie. Sure would try yours and see how it turns out.
Trying it out this Xmas.. Thanks.. I have been following ur site n I have tried most of the foods there n it turned out wonderful.. Thanks
Nice 1,i just prepared it now,and it was wonderful!the best I have ever done.
yummy gummy !!!!thanks can’t wait to start cooking!
I love ur recipe, God bless
wow dis is great, I will try it dis wknd
looks yummy, thanks dear
I will give it a trial
hi chy…… I luv d fried rice recipe nd when i applied it..lt came out really nice. …fnks..
Thank u very much for the fried Rice recipe I love it. Happy Independent .
Wit dis site, i’v nw learn hw 2 prepare fried rice
will really be delighted
Wow am so happy dat am connected to dis kitchen, before I do fry rice before d ingredients, hmm, but nw is different, am so happy to be part of Nigeria kitchen, Thanks
Hi chy. U r really a God sent. I love all ur recipes, I tried dis method nd it works. Pls I’ll need more recipe. Kisssssses. Love you.
Helo chy I luv ur recipes so much because they are wonderful, but how abt boiling d rice with d curry? instead of adding d curry to veggies when frying and den pouring in your white rice because I v always prepared my fried rice dat way, is it a bad method?
pls can i add my chicken boiled water t
o the ingredient
Wow very lovely and delicious fried rice. Thanks for teaching me. Pls I also need the 50 delicious recipes ebook and video. How do I get it and what does it cost? Pls am very interested in learning different types of meals. Waiting for response thanks so much.
God I quarreled with my mum today and she then told me to cook fried rice for the family for the first time, I was scared because I didn’t know how to cook fried rice. Through out the service I was thinking of what to do then I remembered what my colleague says Google has it all, I typed how to make fried rice and your recipe popped up. I just finished cooking and everyone loved it. Thank you and God bless you
Tanx so much 4 dis right up, I tried it and it came out excellently well and very delicious. God bless u ma
Hi hav not tried dis method before but i will tried i think it will be easily 4 me in my new restuarant
Hi,
I am not really the cooking type but I’m married to a man who loves good food,lol thus the search for variety. I stumbled on All Nig. Food during one of my search online and now I am glued. Not only for the variety but also the simplicity involved in making these delicacies. Now I get more and more complement after each meal and guess what even his friends look forward to my meals whenever they have the opportunity to visit our home.
Now I feel like a queen all thanks to Chidi and her kitchen! #kisses #.
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I really love this. I make fried rice but not the way you made yours. I will try your style. love you
wow nice,this my first time of visiting this website. due to people’s comment on this website wow it is realy a helpin hand
wow!.its realy great method,I have been looking for a way 2 learn more on how 2 cook fried rice,just cant wait 2 try this method,the ones I have been making dont even givd a test of fried rice.tanx 4 sharing ur idea.
Vry gud nd helps in improvement on cooking for people
Thank u very much for making me kw more about kitchen.
Buh wen do i add d sweet corn n do i boil it?
Fnx 4 d procedure…i cn nw prepare fried rice for my fianace witawt mistake…kudooosss
chy,
You are gr8 and your recipes is gr8.You are sweet and surely the Fried rice Will be sweet too when I cook it for my family.pls send all useful materials to my mail and how to get them.Thank u………ma
do they use sausage in cooking of fried rice
Great Recipe! U’re really doing a great job here. Pls if i want to cook 10kg of fried Rice or for party, pls whats d quantity of d ingredients needed?
Have tried cooking fried rice couple of times but not with cabbage. So am gonna try your own method then with cabbage. Thanks you are doing a gteat work
Thanks so much for the recipe, I’m a zimbabwean but interact a lot with nigerians.I’m so much into your food and will definitely start making fried rice your way coz I’ve been doing it wrong all this while.
wow big thanks to you ut was a wonderful fried rice Saturday with my friend…. thank you… muah
tanks for your teaching on how to prepare fried rice, I will try it right away, please can u help me with how to prepare white chicken sauce, vegetable soup (with water leave) and moi moi, thanks please send to my email
very beautiful would difinately try this one
Waooo! Nice one.
Hmmm, dis is yummy chy.Am salivating already. I dnt use cabbage for my fried rice. I even add chopped tatashe to mine, but dis sure looks greats. I’ll try it with cabbage.
I dnt use cabbage for my fried rice. I even add chopped tatashe to mine, but dis sure looks greats. I’ll try it with cabbage.
I’m in my late 20s I cook well expt for some dishes lik fried rice,came across ur site now nd I got the best result.simple and yummy!i bookmarked this site already
thanks a lot for the recipe. it helped me a lot.
Thanks a lot. I have learnt new tips on how to make tasty fried rice. Your tips on how to parboil the rice with the chicken juice is an eye opener. Keep up the good job.
You are truly a role model Ma. I always check your site before embarking on any cooking.. lol and always get great results. Infact, av been nick named small caterer at home. Thank you and pls keep up the good work.
Can i use margarine in place of groundnut oil.wat’s d taste like.
Thanks for your recipe. Its really educating. But my question is, should I boil the liver along with other meat before using?
mus i use the meat water ie my stock to perboil the rice? Thanks alot.
wow this is great can’t wait to try it out for my family this season. God bless u dearly.
U’re a blessing to Nigerians. Please keep up the good work.
You said parboil the rice with half of the meat water. Please expantiate. Do you mean after washing the rice it is the meat water that you use to parboil it? When does this meat water come in? I do love this recipe.
A big thank you to Nigeria Kitchen education on this page. Am going to prepare fried rice for my family this Xmas following your guide in this page.
Am so delighted to have come across this site. was planning to go to a part time catering school for over 3 months now to improve my cooking for my husband but time constraint in this Lagos. God bless you. Cant wait to try my hands on these few cookery video have watched. Am gonna surprise my husband this Xmas season. Thanks
i really love ur recipe and procedure on this medium thanks to u.
hi dear tanks for d recipes i like it i will give it a try,keep doing d good work.
Am really educated. Thanks alot
Hi, tanx 4 d expo on how to cook fried rice, I try it nd it works out perfectly
Looks delish 🙂
Hungry already
😉
Thanks very much for stating the ingredient for fried rice and direction to prepare it.
I really don’t know how to prepare it but I will try it now base on your direction
i really appricate u for taking time to help to state out recipe of making fried rice. But my qusion is this: what exactly recipe for prepararing 30 cups?
I Want To Get Your Book How Do You Get It Please Reply Before 18 Of September 2014 Or Through My Email Please. Thank You. God Bless You.
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Thanks for teaching us. I just made fried rice following ur directions, and d result is nice, hubby cleared his plate.*winks *. Thanks a bunch
This is so delicious. Please how will i get your book?
Thanks alot 4 d recipe.But can i use any type of curry or must it be a curry without chilli and what do i do if d meat water is really small?Tnks in advance.
Thank you so much 4 the recipe. But I thought sweetcorn and green peas is also important ingredient?. Thank you so much.
I have always used a different method for my fried rice, I tink I will give your method a trial and let you know how it turned out
I like green pepper in fried rice, how do I go about it seeing that your post didn’t include it? Do I also fry it?
Fried rice wif cabbage is awesome….I ve tried it n it turned out fine….I can’t subscribe for d weekly news letter it keep saying invalid email …help will love to receive more delicious recipe
Wow now I no how to prepare fried rice without any mistake but if I may ask can I use sweet corn when preparing my fried rice?
You are doing perfectly well.i’v realy learnt so much 4rm u.keep it up! I tried purchasing one of ur ebook (10 rice recipe) but my payment was not honoured.what do i do
you are wonderful, God bless u. i av red so much books about hw 2 prepare fried rice, yours were absolutely outstanding.
Wow dis is sweet and i cant wait 2 cook fried rice 4 my family, beliv me my family is going 2 enjoy it. Tanx so much
Wow nice one..thanks alot. Pls how do I get ur book?
Wow,u ar a darling
I will try this
Thanks for the step by step explanation on how to prepare fried rice.
Great recipe. Am Cameronian but I love cooking some Nigerian foods. I usually add canned fresh corn to the vegetables when frying, but I’ve. Never used cabbage. This is delicious! Thanks
Wow, is nice…Please how do I get your book?
Wow!!
U’re wonderful
We welcomed another baby into our home few weeks back and my wife had to move over to her parents’ place because her mom’s still works and the school our others kids attend is closer to that place. Aside seeing in the evening in most weekdays, I go to get them for church. I could cook but I felt I wanted to be more on point. So I searched for Fried Rice recipe in the internet and settled for your website. I followed your recipe and instructions, got my fried rice done, packed it to church and right in the car, I opened the cooler for my wife. She couldn’t believe it. As she took each spoon, she kept muttering, Femi, something is wrong with you. She didn’t drop the spoon until I told her, Madam, that good is for all of us and not for you alone o.
Your guide was simple and easy. I hope you make a lot of money doing this o.
thanks for the step by step of how to make fried rice i find very
helpful i will appreciate if u also help me with the step by step
making of salad and the best cream to use
my dear u r doing a very wonderful job. u r simply d best. pls keep d good work up
Am not clear wit the fried rice preparation cos hav heard u can use green pepper, tanx though, pls want 2 learn how to make chicken pepper soup for my friend birthday. Pls send it 2 my mail.
Pls can we get salad recipe and preparation too.
Thanks for this. Recipe, will try the one of cabbage. as soon as possible. Ure the best.
Wow that was awesome.i actually tried cooking fried rice bt mine did nt par boil the rice…but from what am seeing am goin to prepare the real fried rice..tnx so much.
I ℓ°̩kƸ ur fried rice recipe. Its delicious
Wow! I can’t wait to try this too. This seem like the most delicious Nigerian food. And it looks healthy too
Hello Ruth, you can use cabbage for fried rice, it all depends on taste and choice. Cabbage tend to increase its nutritional value and make it a lot enjoyable.
For the goat meat barbecue, can i fry the goat meat b4 mixing it b in tomato sauce?
Last time I used cabbage, the fried rice spoilt the next day, pls what really caused it
Wow this is Great new method for me
Thanks for the reCipe, but do you think it is right to use cabbage for fried rice? I was thinking that the only necessary ingredients are just carrot, green beans, peas, liver, onions and green pepper. Maybe I have to try the one with cabbage.
Thanks
Thanks for teaching me how to make fried rice, I eat a lot of friend rice because I love the taste.
Thanks for the fried rice video, looks great! Please how do I download the 50 Delicious recipes (ebooks and videos? I live in Nigeria and don’t have a credit card, can I pay cash?
It is nice to learn all of these wonderful recipes from you, fried rice is the most popular food in my house, my husband and kids love it very much but for a long time I have been doing it all wrong until I visited this page. Your method of cooking friend rice is fantastic, the first time I tried your method my husband cleared his plate, I felt on top of the world.
It is so nice to learn all of this from you, your products are great too, I have been using the 50 delicious Nigerian Recipes, I love everything about the Nigerian Kitchen please keep up the good work, God bless you
Hi Chidi, I really appreciate your message on how to make fried rice. I often get things done wrong whenever i’m preparing this meal. I always fry my cooked rice in the thick sauce made from my fried ingredients. But at the end of it all, i often realise that the taste of the fried ingredient doesn’t really enter the rice. Anyway, now i have a new method which i believe will produce a better result. Thanks so much. Please, is it advisable to use green colouring for fried rice? I’ve seen someone who used it and colour of d rice wasn’t bad.
Good day chy, I just messed up my Sunday fried rice, no taste again at all. Thanks will follow this method now on.
No is not good. Tumeric curry can give you the colour you want.
Thank you so much for the recipe, am always scared of cooking fried rice but with this your recipe am confident. Thanks alot MA. Looking forward to more sumptuous receipe for meals.
The best food ever i luv it