How To Cook Nigerian Fried Rice

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Everyone loves fried rice, but not everyone can prepare it.

It’s served on almost all occasions and we all scramble for it, at least over the stewed, coconut and jollof rice. Rice is arguably the most popular food in Nigerian and Ghanaian households and there are more than a hundred recipes to it.

Today we will be seeing the fried rice recipe and how to go around it.
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I want to teach us how we can prepare this interesting delicacy, and get the best of it.

Fried Rice Ingredients And Procedure

Ingredients you need are;

  • rice, 4 cups
  • vegetable oil
  • half a cup of peas
  • meat (chicken, beef, mutton, etc)
  • 1 big size of green pepper
  • 100 g of cow liver
  • a handful of green beans
  • 1 tablespoon of Quarterdrum curry powder
  • 3 medium-sized onions
  • 5 medium-sized carrots
  • 3 seasoning cubes
  • 1 teaspoon of Quarterdrum thyme
  • Salt according to taste
  • Pepper
  • Cabbage

Method Of Preparation

Steps to prepare the Nigerian fried rice;

  1. Parboil the white rice and put it aside.
  2. Set your cooking pot on the cooker, allow it some time to dry, then pour in around 10 to 15cl of groundnut or vegetable oil. If you need to add cooking margarine, a sachet would be sufficient.
  3. Let it warm for some moments, then include the cut onions mix for 1-2 minutes and also include the slashed carrot and green beans, any of these two can really go first.
  4. Stir for 1-2 minutes and then include the curry powder, mixing till you are ok with the colour. Include the cabbage, stir, meat stock, ground pepper, slashed liver, 1-2 solid shapes of your seasoning and blend, then taste.
  5. If you are ok with the taste, add your green pepper, blend, add the almost-done white rice, mix, cover your pot and
  6. Cook for 5 to 10 minutes, until you are finished with fried rice.
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That’s all! You can serve it with your choice of proteins and drinks.

Conclusion

There are many steps to prepare Nigerian fried rice and they will still come out perfectly beautiful.
A lot of people have preferences also, especially when it comes to ingredients and how long the food should be cooked.

Always remember that recipes are not binding and you can always blend things to suit your taste.

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