Nigerian fried rice. Nigerian Fried Rice must be the best thing that happened to birthday parties, weddings, street parties, picnics, special events and occasions. Another Fried Rice Recipe How to Cook Nigerian Fried Rice [Video] It is so easy to prepare that you can even cook it every weekend in your own home. Nigerian Fried Rice is a very simple yet delicious recipe.
With Nigerian Fried Rice, parboiled rice is allowed to cook with the vegetables. A meat stock is used in the last step to finish cooking the rice. There are usually a lot of prep steps in making Nigerian fried rice as all the vegetables are fresh; carrots, peas, peppers etc. You can have Nigerian fried rice using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Nigerian fried rice
- It's 2 of large green bell.
- Prepare 2 of large Red capsicum.
- You need Handful of spring onion.
- You need Handful of green beans.
- It's Handful of peas.
- It's 4 of large carrots.
- It's Pinch of salt.
- It's 1 of TS Seasoning.
- It's of Garlic.
- It's of Ginger.
- Prepare of Tumeric.
- You need of Powdered onion.
- Prepare of White pepper.
- It's of Black pepper.
- It's of Vegetable oil.
- You need 1 cup of rice.
- You need of Curry.
- It's 3 of scotch bonnet(Rodo).
I don't like prepping very much and so I cut out a lot of that. Nigerian Fried Rice is a Nigerian party favourite. Most times people cannot choose between Fried Rice and Jollof Rice, they want both on their plates! I already have a recipe for the classic Nigerian Fried Rice, on this page I will share other ingredients I add when preparing Fried Rice and these give me delicious results.
Nigerian fried rice step by step
- Wash and parboiled rice and drained over a colander and set aside..
- Chop vegetables(disced shapes)..
- Heat some vegetable oil on fire. Fry it with onion..
- Add in garlic, ginger, seasoning, salt,curry,chopped vegetables. After sometimes, add spices(to taste). Allow to simmer for some minutes..
- Spoon the parboiled rice little at a time and stir from the base to the top. Ensure that the fried vegetables are evenly distributed in the rice. Taste the food..
- Add some water and allow to cook well for some minutes and when done bring it down..
- Serve as a meal..
Serve the Nigerian fried rice with protein. Turn off the burner and serve the hot rice with fried chicken, grilled chicken, sautéed shrimp, or grilled beef. Garnish the dish with chopped scallions. One of the most popularly eaten food in Nigeria is rice and Nigerian fried rice is one of the ways we cook rice. This easy fried rice recipe is the fraternal twin of Jollof rice, it is simple, delicious and easy to make.