Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, nigeria fried rice. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Nigeria fried rice is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Nigeria fried rice is something which I have loved my whole life.
Parboil the rice using the method detailed in parboiling rice for cooking fried rice. A well parboiled rice ensures that the grains of the rice will not stick together when the rice is done. Rinse the parboiled rice with cold water and put in a sieve so all the water drains out.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook nigeria fried rice using 21 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Nigeria fried rice:
- Make ready 400 g long grainrice
- Make ready 600 ml turkey
- Prepare 3 large carrot
- Prepare 1 handful peas and runner beans
- Prepare 2 large green pepper
- Prepare 2 onion bulb
- Take 3 tabspoonful curry powder
- Get 1 teaspoon ginger powder
- Get 3 glove of garlic
- Prepare 2/3 spoonful black pepper
- Make ready 3 cooking spoonful vegetable oil
- Prepare 3 stock cube (know chicken)
- Make ready to taste salt
- Get 500 g Chicken/Turkey thighs or drumsticks(cooking the chicken)
- Take 1 teaspoon thyme
- Make ready 1 teaspoon curry
- Make ready 1 medium onion
- Make ready 1 glove garlic
- Take 1 small yellow pepper
- Take 1/2 ginger powder
- Take 2 stock cube (knowr)
In making fried rice, the way the rice is prepped or parboiled depends on the type of rice. Unlike other Nigerian rice recipes, the Fried rice is prepared by stir frying seasoned precooked rice with a mixture of vegetables and cooked proteins (meat/chicken or prawns). I love Nigerian fried Rice and know you would too ☺ Nigerian Fried Rice 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!
Steps to make Nigeria fried rice:
- Add a little water and cook the chicken for 10 minutes. Then add more water and cook until done. The liquid left after cooking the chicken,is your stock. Pour the stock into a Strainer to remove tiny chicken bones and any other particles in it; then set the stock aside for later use.. Wash and place the cow liver in a pot, add seasoning cube and salt to taste; Cook the liver for 10minutes, then when cooled,cut into cubes and set aside. Liver can also be fried, before cutting into cu
- Wash all the vegetables. Dice the onion & set aside ; Peel the carrots & cut into small cubes. Remove the seeds of the green bell peppers & cut into small cubes. Place the carrots & green peas in boiling water for 5 minutes, strain out and place in a bowl of cold water, leave to cool in the water, then pour into a sieve and set aside.
- This method is called blanching. It helps to par-boil the vegetables without cooking it through, thereby cutting down the stir-frying process. It also helps to preserve the vibrant color of the vegetables.. Place the reserved chicken stock into a large pot and bring to a boil. The stock should be at almost the same level as the rice, so that it dries up completely when the rice is done. You can add some water if the stock won't be enough to cook the Rice.
- As the stock begins to boil, add the parboiled rice, seasoning cubes(stock cubes), curry powder, garlic powder, onions and salt to taste. Leave to cook on medium heat until it's done. TIP; The cooked rice should not be soggy or too tender and the grains shouldn't stick together either. You can Pour out the cooked rice into a wider pot and set aside.
- Heat up the vegetable oil; add the carrots, peas, green bell pepper and diced liver/meat; then add a little white/black pepper, a garlic, curry &seasoning cube to taste.. stir fry for 1 min
- The Rice is going to be fried in small batches, so you'll have to divide the stir-fried vegetables into equal portions. The size of your frying pan/wok will determine how many portions you will have. 7. Pour a portion of the stir-fried mix into the frying pan; add the cooked rice and stir-fry for about 2 minutes. Do not overcrowd the pan,make sure there is a little space in the pan so that you can move the rice around the pan for even distribution of heat.
- Repeat this process for the remaining rice and veggie mix. Now your Nigerian Fried Rice is Ready to be serve
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 puts a spicy, flavorful spin on the traditional fried rice and is appealing on its own or served with a variety of other African foods. I would say it is a complete meal on it's own…don't worry about sides or protein unless you are going all out! How to Cook Nigerian Fried Rice Recipe - Nigerian Rice - Best Nigerian rice - Jollof Nigerian cuisine consists of dishes or food items from the hundreds of e. 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.
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