Fried rice is one of the most widely eaten Nigerian food; it is accepted by almost every Nigerian both at home and in Diaspora. The process of making fried rice is a bit complicating but gets easier with time.
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Here is the complete ingredient for making this delicious Nigerian food although some of them could be omitted depending of personal preferences.
Ingredients for Nigeria fried rice. (6-8 persons)
- 4 cups of rice
- 5 cups of sliced Cabbage
- 2 cups of sliced Carrot
- Green beans {2 cups}
- Peas {half cup}(optional)
- 1 cup of sliced Green pepper
- Liver {0.3kg}
- Meat {2kg}(chicken, beef or goat meat)
- Vegetable oil {150ml}
- 1 cup of sliced Onions
- Curry powder (coloring spice) {2 Tablespoons}
- Salt and pepper to taste
I made fried rice with goat meat in the video below; it is easier to follow the video if you are not on a mobile device (although most mobile devices can now play internet videos).
What you find above is a deliciously made fried rice with grilled chicken. I do have a Complete Resource Here for how to grill chicken, fish, how to make salads, plus recipes for the top ten Nigerian rice meals. Awesome!!!
Preparation
Most Nigerian foods start with you parboiling the meat to be used, Most Niaja foods including fried rice goes along with fried or cooked meat. The most popular meat in Nigerian is either chicken or beef.
Parboil the goat meat, chicken or any other you chose with all the necessary ingredient (teaspoon of salt, half cup of sliced onions, teaspoon of thyme spice, teaspoon of curry, 2 cubes of maggi or knorr). Allow the meat to cook for ten to fifteen minutes, taste for salt, then pick out and grill, deep fry or barbecue. Be sure to reserve the stock (meat water)
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.
Remove the white center seeds from the green pepper and also slice.
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 80% done. (You will learn more about this from the video below). You have to observe the rice closely. it doesnt need to be too soft or too hard, just almost done. You can add water as you observe.
Here is how to make Fried Rice In Nigeria
Set your cooking pot on heat, allow to dry, then pour in about 150ml of groundnut or vegetable oil (some folks also prefer cooking margarine) If you want to use cooking margarine 150g would be enough.
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 150ml.
Allow to heat then add the sliced onions stir for 1-2 minutes then add the chopped carrot and green beans, any of this two can actually go first. Add the cabbage also.
Stir for 1-2 minutes then add the curry powder (Curry is a yellowish spice that actually adds the yellowish color of fried rice, add and stir till you are satisfied with the color.) meat stock (water from the meat), add ground pepper (optional), add a teaspoon of salt and the chopped liver, add 1-2 cubes of maggi or knorr then stir and taste, you may add more salt.
You would have a yellowish mixture which would often taste overly spiced, don’t worry the rice would balance the taste. (If it doesn’t taste overly spiced it is advisable to add another cube of maggi and salt so it doesn’t become tasteless after you add the white rice {a trick}).
If you are satisfied with the taste then add the green pepper, stir, add the almost-done white rice, stir, cover your pot and cook for 5 to 10 minutes, you are done with fried rice.
Serve with the fried or grilled meat (chicken, beef etc.)
Video On Making Nigerian Fried Rice.
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 that the rice was served with.
We also made goat meat barbecue in the video above which was served together with the fried 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 recipe
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Comments
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March 24, 2016
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
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March 26, 2016
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?
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April 11, 2016
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.
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April 25, 2016
Can’t see the video. Where do I watch the video of how to make fried rice? Thank you!
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May 1, 2016
Thanks for this wonderful recipe. Sure am gonna try it this weak. Continue to shine ma.
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September 29, 2016
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.
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October 10, 2016
i love ur lesson i will try ur style
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October 17, 2016
I love your method, it really cool, thanks a lot
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December 26, 2016
I used this method it was amazing, I wish to cook more, I can’t wait to eat it
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December 28, 2016
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
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February 21, 2017
Tnks much chy,so when do I add d cabbage? Didn’t see it in your post
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May 4, 2017
so so perfect’ i so much love the taste’ thanks chy’ my bf and bff love it…
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July 1, 2017
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.
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August 30, 2017
how much is the book
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August 31, 2017
Woow..! thats really great, thank you very much, more grace to you
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September 30, 2017
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
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November 23, 2017
Wow so its this easy. Am going to try it. Thanks alot.
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December 25, 2017
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.
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March 8, 2018
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?