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Published: Mar 24, 2020 · Modified: May 31, 2020 by K's Cuisine · This post may contain affiliate links ·

Fried Rice - Nigerian Fried Rice Recipe

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Fried rice! This Nigerian fried rice recipe is easy, simple and gives the most delicious rice dish ever. Let me show you a step by step on how to cook Nigerian fried rice.

Fried rice - Nigerian fried rice served on white plate

Many of you have been waiting for my fried rice recipe for a while now. I have had many opportunities to put it up as I've cooked it lots of time in the past few months for parties and home cooking. However, one way or the other I ended up putting other recipes before it. I had even taken pictures which I had forgotten about till I checked all my food pictures for the blog and realised I had taken the step by step pictures at least two times!

The good news is I am now posting the recipe and I also used different plating pictures 🙂

Nigerian Fried Rice Recipe

Fried rice like Jollof rice is a party favourite and it usually accompanies Jollof rice. Most times Nigerian party food is served as half portion fried rice and half portion jollof rice thereby giving people options to eat the one they prefer or have the best of both worlds. I personally like best of both world. If one is not to my taste the other might except for the few occasions where both were lipssealed.

Nigerian fried rice

Growing up, I liked eating fried rice but cooking it was another matter. I hated the amount of time I used to spend in chopping the vegetables. That was really the hard work of the whole process of cooking fried rice. Thank God I now live where already chopped mixed vegetables and peppers are easily available although most times they come frozen.

Be aware that fresh vegetables best for fried rice but for those that can't be bothered all the time with the cutting of the vegetables, the frozen ones works fine as well.

Here is my recipe for fried rice:

Ingredients for Fried Rice (Nigerian Fried Rice)

Rice

Mixed vegetables ( carrot, green peas, sweetcorn, green beans)

Mixed peppers ( yellow, green, red)

Liver (cooked, diced and fried)

Prawns (peeled, cooked and fried) optional

Onions (chopped)

Oil - Vegetable or Sunflower

Stock cubes

Thyme

Curry powder

Chicken broth

Spring onions (optional)

Cabbage (optional)

HOW TO MAKE NIGERIAN FRIED RICE

1) If you are using fresh vegetables, wash and dice them ready. If frozen, thaw the vegetables.

Note: Fresh vegetables are best for fried rice but frozen ones works fine.

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2) Wash rice with warm water 3 times or till water runs clear. Drain and set aside.

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3) Grease pot with a little vegetable oil and put on heat. Use just enough oil to grease the pot like you would grease a cake pan.

4) Pour rice into the greased pot and stir fry for 1-2 minutes.

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5) Add stock cubes, thyme and half of chopped onions and stir for another minute.

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6) Add Chicken broth and water then cover pot tightly and leave to cook on low heat.

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Note:  I did not add curry to the rice at this stage. Curry determines the final colour of fried rice and the more you put, the more coloured your fried rice would be. Chicken broth is usually slightly coloured by the curry used in boiling it so what I do is wait to see the shade it gives the rice before adding any additional curry.

Tip: If your pot lid doesn't cover the pot tightly, cover with a foil before putting the pot lid. You want to lock in steam to cook the rice and not dilute the taste by cooking with a lot of water.

How to cook Nigerian fried rice

7) While the rice is cooking, put a frying pan or pot on a burner and add the remaining vegetable oil. When the vegetable oil is heated, add the mixed peppers, the remaining  onions and mixed vegetables and leave to fry. Add stock cubes, salt and curry powder.

Add curry to the vegetables as by now you would have noted the shade of the rice and adjust curry accordingly.

I let the vegetables be a little bit wet when going in the oil so the onions cook and fry and not just outright crunchy which I don't personally like.

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8) When the mixture is fried, add the fried liver, prawns, butter and mix. Adjust salt and seasoning.

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9) By the time you're done frying the vegetable mixture, the rice will almost be cooked.

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10) Add the vegetable mixture to the rice and mix evenly.

Tip: It's easier to mix when the pot is halfway or ¾ filled but if you have a full pot you can transfer to a bigger pot. If no bigger pot available, divide into two pots mix evenly and then transfer back into a pot.

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11) Let the vegetables steam with the rice for about 5 minutes then take off heat.

That's fried rice done.

Be careful not to overcook so you don't end up with soggy fried rice and also don't undercook. Rice tastes much better when it's properly cooked. Not hard and not soggy is what you should aim for.

WHAT TO SERVE WITH

Fried rice can be served with fried plantain,

moin moin

Nigerian salad, coleslaw

Kelewele.

Chicken, beef or fish.

Fried rice - Nigerian fried rice served on white plate

HOW TO STORE

Unlike Jollof rice, fried rice doesn't keep very well. It goes bad if not correctly stored and loses taste when it does. To prevent that, quick cool then store in the fridge for u to 3 days or in the freeezer for up to 3 months.

Below picture from 2014.

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Fried Rice - Nigerian Fried Rice Recipe

Fried rice! This Nigerian fried rice recipe is easy, simple and gives the most delicious fried rice dish ever. Let me show you a step by step on how to cook Nigerian fried rice.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time45 minutes mins
Course: Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine: African, American, Nigerian
Keyword: fried rice, how to make Nigerian fried rice, nigerian fried rice, Nigerian rice recipe
Servings: 6
Calories:
Author: K's Cuisine

Ingredients

  • 2 cups Rice long grain or Basmati
  • 1 cup Mixed vegetables
  • 1 cup Mixed peppers
  • 1 Onion chopped (halved)
  • 1 cup Liver diced and fried
  • 150 g Prawns
  • 2 cups Chicken broth
  • 2 Stock cubes
  • 2 cups Water
  • 1 tablespoon Dried thyme halved
  • 1 tablespoon Curry powder halved
  • ⅓ cup Oil Vegetable or Sunflower
  • Salt to taste

Instructions

  • Wash rice with warm water 3 times or till water runs clear. Drain and set aside.
  • Add a tablespoon of oil in pot then pour in the washed rice. Stir fry for 1-2 minutes
  • Add half of stock cubes, thyme and half of chopped onions and stir for another minute.
  • Add Chicken broth and water then cover pot tightly and leave to cook on very low heat for 30 minutes or till cooked.
  • Place a frying pan on another stove then add the remaining vegetable oil. When the vegetable oil is heated, add the mixed peppers, the remaining onion, mixed vegetables, remaining half of stock cubes, curry powder and salt to taste.
  • When the mixture is fried, add the fried liver and prawns then mix. Adjust salt and seasoning then take off heat.
  • Add the vegetable mixture to the rice and mix evenly.
  • Let the vegetables steam with the rice for about 5 minutes and take off heat.
    That's fried rice done.

Notes

Serve fried rice with sides like fried plantain, chicken, nigerian salad, coleslaw or any other sides of choice.
Unlike Jollof rice, fried rice doesn't keep well. It goes bad if not correctly stored and loses taste when it does. To prevent that, quick cool then store in the fridge for u to 3 days or in the freeezer for up to 3 months.

This post was originally published May 12, 2014. Updated to add few new pictures and recipe card March 24, 2020.

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  1. Iyke vow says

    March 21, 2021 at 1:22 pm

    I love it..
    Can I fellow ur lesson's.

    Reply
  2. Precious says

    April 19, 2020 at 5:22 am

    5 stars
    Your recipe is making me crave fried rice right now. I love your unique method. Will be trying it out soon. Well done.

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      April 19, 2020 at 10:50 pm

      Thank you. Do feedback when you try it out 🙂

      Reply
  3. damssat says

    October 23, 2015 at 12:28 pm

    dis is my best food so far,i can eat it 12 times a day.am gonna try dis new method
    can you please give me ofada rice recipe,i have checked the stew(ayamase)

    Reply
  4. olayinka says

    April 15, 2015 at 11:02 am

    For the first time ever i got fried rice right in cooking, your recipe is da bomb thank you for the tips of watching the curry to add cos before my fried rice is always yellowish due to d volume of curry used . Your recipe turned out great for me thanks

    Reply
  5. Tee says

    February 11, 2015 at 11:38 pm

    Hi Kemi, for the first time I made the 'most perfectestestest' fried rice ever (Excuse my grammar). My husband was so impressed that he took 2nd and 3rd helpings! In the past, I had struggled over perfecting the art of cooking fried rice until I came across your recipe. My yanga has just started o. Thanks so much again Kemi.

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      February 14, 2015 at 12:06 am

      Lol at most perfectestest. I am happy at your excitement and glad you nailed it. Welldone and yes yanga is well deserved 🙂 Thank u for d feedback

      Reply
  6. O.Kilo says

    January 10, 2015 at 4:43 am

    Respect absolutely has to be given to whom it's due. I tried your fried rice recipe and it came out on point. Everyone loved it 🙂 thank you loads for this amazing recipe. You are too much kemi!!

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      January 10, 2015 at 9:28 pm

      Aww..Thank you O.Kilo. Glad to know you wowed everyone with it. Welldone.

      Reply
  7. Tee says

    September 16, 2014 at 11:29 pm

    Thank u Kemi 4 dis.God bless u real good.Pls what are prawns in Yoruba?D ones u used in ur fried rice look like crayfish.I guess chicken broth is d same as chicken stock.Am I right?Am sorry for bothering with my questns.Thank u

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    • K's Cuisine says

      September 18, 2014 at 6:08 pm

      You're welcome Tee. Amen.what I used were prawns and not crayfish. Prawns are bigger than crayfish and yes chicken broth is chicken stock

      Reply
  8. Funmi Adeleye says

    May 14, 2014 at 5:50 pm

    Thanks for posting fried rice recipe. Will be trying the recipe soon.

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      May 14, 2014 at 7:21 pm

      You're welcome Funmi. Please feedback when you try the recipe xx

      Reply
  9. Temmy says

    May 13, 2014 at 1:13 pm

    love this . But what kind of mixed pepper? Is it the tatashe, tomatoes and which is the yellow pepper and where can i get them? Thanks.

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      May 13, 2014 at 1:52 pm

      Hello Temmy,
      By mixed peppers I mean the red, yellow and green bell peppers. No tomatoes please. Will edit to clarify better and put a sample picture of bell pepper. They are commonly sold in markets and stores

      Reply
      • Olayinka says

        January 15, 2015 at 8:56 am

        Thank you so much for the tip of not adding too much curry cos my own fried rice has a kinda yellowish colour i guess it's due to my too much curry used. Would try your recipe soon n give you feed back hoping for a greenish fried rice this time around ????????????

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