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Published: Jul 5, 2019 · Modified: Mar 15, 2020 by K's Cuisine · This post may contain affiliate links ·

Nigerian Meat Pie

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Nigerian meat pie is a snack most Nigerian people love to eat. It's filled with meat, carrot and potatoes. However, you can add other ingredients. This easy meat pie recipe is simple and delicious.

I have been baking meat pies a lot recently and this is because my first daughter and hubby likes eating it and yes I also do! coupled with the fact I am home a lot nowadays as i'm currently on maternity leave 🙂 . I pack this simple yet delicious and filling Nigerian meat pie in my daughter's lunch box and you can be sure if she doesn't eat anything else, she'll definitely eat the meat pie.

Nigerian Meat Pie recipe

Easy Meat pie Recipe

When I posted the Cinnamon rolls recipe, I mentioned how I rarely bake other than pies and cakes. It's a good thing that I do atleast bake pies and cakes as my mum's money in sending me to pastry class didn't waste after all.

You see, my mum made sure we her children learnt some vocational training during every school summer holiday. That wasn't much fun when all my mates were having fun travelling the world..lol. Bless my mum as it's obvious now she gave us one of the greatest gifts.

How to make Nigerian Meat pie

Anyway before I digress further let's get back to Nigerian meat pie. I have tried different recipes over the years for meat pie and this is how I like it best. Most Nigerian meatpie recipes I know calls for water in the dough but I rarely use it in mine. I also add egg to my dough. The result? delicious goodness! This is one of the best short crust pastry ever and you'll thank me later...lol. You know how Mr Biggs meat pie recipe was back in the days? This recipe beats it hands down. This is the best Nigerian Meat pie recipe and it is one easy meat pie recipe too.

Easy Nigerian meat pie Recipe

Nigerian Meat Pie Recipe Ingredients (6 large pies)

For the dough:

500g Self raising flour

200g Butter or margarine

120ml Milk

2 Egg yolk

1 teaspoon Salt

1 teaspoon grounded nutmeg

For the filling ( fills 12 large pies-you can store in freezer for future use):

2 big sized potatoes

2 carrots

250g minced meat

Large brown onion

1 cup of water

½ Spoon K's Cuisine Multipurpose seasoning 

¼ spoon K's Cuisine Cameroon pepper 

1 teaspoon dried thyme

A Teaspoon curry powder

1 bpullion ( I use maggi cube)

A cooking spoon vegetable oil

DIRECTIONS - How to make meat pie pastry from Scratch (Soft meat pie dough)

Peel potato, rinse and dice into small cubes. I usually use King Edward potatoes.

Wash carrots, scrape and dice into small cubes.

Chop the onion into small pieces

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Put the vegetable oil in a pot and set the cooker on medium heat. Add the chopped onions and stir then add the minced meat. Stir till the meat changes colour and then add water, maggi, K's Cuisine Multipurpose Seasoning, K's Cuisine Cameroon pepper, and thyme. Cover the pot and leave to boil.

You can add any other spice you like but I recommend just keeping it simple.

Mr biggs Nigerian Meat pie recipe
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When it starts to boil add the diced potatoes and carrot, cover the pot and cook till it's soft. This takes about 8minutes. Add salt to taste.

Nigerian Meat Pie recipe

Mix 2 tablespoon of flour with about 20ml of water in a cup and add to the meat pie filling.

K's Cuisine tip: This makes the filling hold together, creamy, moist and prevents drying up during baking.

Stir and take off the cooker and set it aside to cool.

Meatpie filling
Meat Pie Dough

In a mixing bowl put the flour, salt, nutmeg and mix well.

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Add butter and mix with your hands until you get a crumby texture.

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Now add the egg yolks and the milk to the flour and mix thoroughly. Knead and leave the dough to rest for 15minutes in a cool place.

K's Cuisine tip: Don't overwork the dough. This is to prevent pie from shrinking or cracking when baked.

How to make Nigerian Meat pie Short crust

Cut small part of the meat pie dough and roll on a lightly floured surface with a rolling pin. Roll the shortcrust pastry

Put this dough/pastry on a dumpling mould, put the beef mince meat filling inside ( about 2 tablespoonful for each). Use a pastry brush to brush the edges of the dough with egg and seal close.

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  • If you do not have a dumpling mould, Use a round object like a round bowl or round pot cover to cut the dough into circle, then fill the middle with the meat filling, brush edges with egg and close using fork to seal edges.
Repeat process until you use up the short crust pastry/dough.

Lightly grease baking pan or line with a baking sheet. I normally just line with baking sheet. I like the easy way as long as I get good result????

Place the pies on the baking pan and brush the top part of the dough with egg.

Pierce the top of the pies in two places with fork.

K's Cuisine tip : This gives the pie a golden colour, crusty finish and looks more appealing to the eyes.

Egg white will give it no colour but shiny finish, egg yolk will give a deep golden brown colour and glossy finish, whole egg(both white and yolk) will give yellowish golden with shiny finish, and if you use milk to brush you will get a brown colour but no glossy finish.

For this batch I used the whole egg. Whisked it well and brushed the pie.

Meat pie

Preheat oven at 150degrees (gas mark 2) for 5minutes and bake the meatpie in pre heated oven for 40minutes or till it's done. (Do you know some people fry meat pie? Before you ask how to fry meat pie, i  havent tried it yet but will try fried meat pie soon and blog the recipe)

Result? Yummy, moist, creamy filling meatpie???? Best served warm.

Nigerian Meat pie
Easy Meat pie recipe

Yummy

Nigerian Meat pie

Enjoy

Easy Meat pie Recipe

How to store Meat pie

Store in the fridge for up to 5 days or Freeze for up to 3 months

Click HERE for chicken pie recipe.

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Nigerian meat pie. Mr Biggs meat pie recipe
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Nigerian Meat Pie

This Nigerian meat pie recipe has a buttery crust and creamy meat pie filling. If you like Mr Biggs Meat pie, you will love this easy meat pie recipe.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time45 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr
Course: Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine: African, British, Nigerian
Keyword: best Nigerian meat pie recipe, hoe to make Nigerian meat pie, meat pie, Mr Biggs Meat pie recipe, Nigerian Meat pie
Servings: 12 meat pies
Calories:
Author: K's Cuisine
Cost: £10

Ingredients

Dough

  • 500 g self raising flour
  • 250 g butter
  • 120 ml milk
  • 2 egg yolk
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Filling

  • 2 large potatoes chopped
  • 2 carrots chopped
  • 250 g minced meat
  • 1 large brown onion chopped
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon curry powder
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 stock cube
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 tbsp cornflour add ⅛ cup water and mix to make cornflour slurry

Instructions

  • Peel potato, rinse and dice into small cubes. I usually use King Edward potatoes. Wash carrots, scrape and dice into small cubes. Chop the onion into small pieces.
  • Add vegetable oil in a pot and set the cooker on medium heat. Add the chopped onions and stir then add the minced meat. Stir till the meat changes colour and then add water, maggi, K’s Cuisine Multipurpose Seasoning,, K’s Cuisine Cameroon pepper, and thyme. Cover the pot and leave to boil.
  • When it starts to boil add the diced potatoes and carrot, cover the pot and cook till it’s soft. This takes about 8minutes. Add salt to taste. Mix 2 tablespoon of flour with about 20ml of water in a cup and add to the meat pie filling.
    K’s Cuisine tip: This makes the filling hold together, creamy, moist and prevents drying up during baking.
  • Stir and take off the cooker and set it aside to cool.

Meat Pie Dough

  • In a mixing bowl put the flour, salt, nutmeg and mix well. Add butter and mix with your hands until you get a crumby texture.
  • Add the egg yolks and the milk to the flour and mix thoroughly. Knead and leave the dough to rest for 15 minutes in a cool place.
    K’s Cuisine tip: Don’t overwork the dough. This is to prevent pie from shrinking or cracking when baked. Cut small part of the meat pie dough and roll on a lightly floured surface with a rolling pin. Roll the shortcrust pastry.
  • Put dough/pastry on a dumpling mould, put the beef mince/ meat filling inside ( about 2 tablespoonful for each). Use a pastry brush to brush the edges of the dough with egg and seal close.
    If you do not have a dumpling mould, use a round object like a round bowl or round pot cover to cut the dough into circle, then fill the middle with the meat filling, brush edges with egg and close using fork to seal edges.
    Repeat process until you use up the short crust pastry/dough.
  • Line baking tray with parchmnet paper/baking sheet.
  • Place the pies on the baking pan and brush the top part of the dough with egg. Pierce the top of the pies in two places with fork.
    K’s Cuisine tip : This gives the pie a golden colour, crusty finish and looks more appealing to the eyes.
  • Preheat oven at 150degrees (gas mark 2) for 5minutes and bake the meatpie in pre heated oven for 40minutes or till it’s done.
  • There you have delicious meat pies. Best served warm.

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This post was first published 02/2014, Updated July 2019

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  1. Harakafi says

    October 31, 2021 at 12:33 am

    Found it helpful, thanks. Why didn't you make mention of baking powder in the ingredients list?
    I noticed that even with baking powder it didn't swell, why is that?

    Reply
  2. Mena says

    September 02, 2020 at 3:21 pm

    Will try this next week

    Reply
  3. Kukumi says

    August 13, 2020 at 3:53 pm

    Please what's the size of your dumpling mould 😭

    Reply
  4. Joy says

    August 12, 2020 at 1:57 pm

    Please can I know the measurements of your dumpling mould, bought one on Ebay and it ended up being as tiny as a toy, bought from alliexpress same thing

    Reply
  5. Gene says

    July 28, 2020 at 9:57 pm

    Ma how many butter can I use for one painter of flour for meatpie

    Reply
  6. Racheal says

    July 07, 2020 at 12:32 pm

    Hello can I use fresh milk or evaporated milk please.
    Thanks

    Reply
  7. Nono says

    June 30, 2020 at 6:00 am

    I did not see baking powder on ur ingredient, is it not needed in meatpie.

    Reply
  8. Aisha says

    June 13, 2020 at 12:53 pm

    5 stars
    Thanks for sharing this recipe, i tried it and it was soooo nice i have been making meatpie before but i must say my meatpie game is now lit

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      June 14, 2020 at 12:05 pm

      I'm glad to know that. Thanks so much for the feedback.

      Reply
  9. nafisat says

    May 16, 2020 at 10:44 am

    thanks so much i will follow your steppings but i did not have oven can i use pot to bake it without frying

    Reply
  10. Odunayo says

    April 13, 2020 at 3:59 pm

    5 stars
    Hello! I tried this recipe and it was great!!. I used chicken instead of meat. it was kind of dry but since it's not for sale and just for fun..my family cleared the whole plate. more so, NEPA took light while I was baking, I had to use pot and gas to do the rest because I didn't know it if would spoil or not. the pie rocks! thanks for the amazing recipe

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      April 15, 2020 at 3:06 am

      The dryness was likely due to not regulating the temperature using pot and gas but welldone for making it work and thank you for the feedback.

      Reply
  11. Bunmi says

    April 12, 2020 at 7:12 pm

    5 stars
    My meat pies came out very nice and the kids loved it! Thanks for sharing

    Reply
  12. Janet says

    August 08, 2019 at 10:08 pm

    5 stars
    Thanks for sharing I will try it this weekend

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      August 10, 2019 at 3:39 pm

      You're welcome. Looking forward to your feedback

      Reply
  13. Elizabeth Samuel says

    July 11, 2019 at 11:22 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing your recipe. My meat pie came out well, only the crust still feel a little hard.

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      July 12, 2019 at 7:18 pm

      You're welcome. Good to know it came out well..for the crust being hard you just need to add a bit more milk/water to the crust.

      Reply
  14. Ceec says

    July 07, 2019 at 10:51 pm

    Please do I melt the butter b4 using it?
    Can I use peak non sweetened milk?
    I don't have an oven. Can a stove or firewood go for the baking, how do I regulate so it doesn't burn. Thanks

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      July 08, 2019 at 8:05 am

      No you don't melt the butter and yes you can use non sweetened milk.Stove for baking seem like it's going to be hard to regulate.

      Reply
  15. Yetunde Temitayo says

    July 07, 2019 at 1:24 pm

    Thanks for the recipe. I will try it today

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      July 07, 2019 at 6:23 pm

      You're welcome. Feedback on how it goes 🙂

      Reply
  16. OKOJIE ELIZABETH says

    August 17, 2015 at 6:23 am

    It was really helpful. GOD increase your knowledge.AMEN

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      August 23, 2015 at 11:30 pm

      Amen. Thank you so much

      Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      August 31, 2015 at 12:13 am

      Amen and thank you 🙂

      Reply
  17. Ifeoma says

    August 16, 2015 at 10:17 pm

    The meatpies look yummy, thanks for sharing your recipe.

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      August 23, 2015 at 11:31 pm

      My pleasure. Thank you for leaving a comment

      Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      August 31, 2015 at 12:13 am

      Thank you Ifeoma. You're welcome 🙂

      Reply
  18. AAby says

    August 20, 2014 at 7:34 am

    It came out perfect. Its my best meatpie success so far...
    Many Thanks for sharing

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      August 21, 2014 at 1:07 am

      AAby, good to know your meat pies came out perfect and your best so far. Feedbacks like yours makes it all worthwhile. Thanks for taking out time to feedback????

      Reply
  19. bridget says

    August 12, 2014 at 1:10 pm

    guess the milk should be liquid milk

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      August 12, 2014 at 2:54 pm

      Yes it should

      Reply
    • Chi says

      June 07, 2020 at 3:28 pm

      5 stars
      Thank you for the recipe .it came out good for my first try..next time it will be perfect . If you can update recipe to show measurement in cups that will be great ..

      Reply
      • K's Cuisine says

        June 09, 2020 at 5:12 pm

        Glad it came out well for you. Will try and update with cup measurements. Thanks for the feedback.

  20. eva says

    June 16, 2014 at 11:42 pm

    i will try it this weekend i love meat pie

    Reply
  21. Tai says

    March 22, 2014 at 10:35 am

    You rock, girl!!!! And so do all your recipes.... Still can't understand where you find the time to do all this...

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      March 22, 2014 at 4:15 pm

      Thank you Tai. I don't know how I find time myself but comments like this spurs me on..bless u????

      Reply
    • M says

      June 15, 2014 at 12:15 am

      Hi, every time I attempt to make neat pie the pastry always comes out rock hard . Do you know any tips you can offer to combat this problem, thanks

      Reply
      • K's Cuisine says

        June 15, 2014 at 1:21 am

        Hello M,
        Follow my recipe and you will get lovely pies. The reviews are great

  22. rosemary says

    March 16, 2014 at 7:52 pm

    wow,i made my meat pie and it was gooooodddddddd K, you are d bomb god bless ma.

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      March 17, 2014 at 3:01 pm

      Welldone Rosemary. God bless u too 🙂

      Reply
  23. Tutu says

    March 03, 2014 at 8:37 pm

    Confession: I'm making meat pie for the third time in a month. Lol. Help!

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      March 04, 2014 at 3:08 pm

      Tutu,
      It's so delicious u can't have enough right? Enjoy 🙂

      Reply
      • Mary Udo says

        May 11, 2020 at 8:11 am

        5 stars
        You're the best , keep it up. All power recipes.

      • K's Cuisine says

        May 14, 2020 at 4:49 am

        Thank you Mary

  24. Juliet says

    February 20, 2014 at 4:03 pm

    Hey K, I tried the meat pie yesterday and it came out well only that the second batch were harder but still nice cos my kids loved it. they took some to school this morning as snacks. I hv been trying to upload it on SUTYCC but couldnt. U always rock....enjoyed the corn beef sauce too

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      February 20, 2014 at 9:08 pm

      Nice one Juliet.Good to know u nailed the 1st batch.What did u think went wrong with d 2nd batch..Was the oven too hot? Thanks for the kind words. I feel appreciated????

      Reply
      • Juliet says

        February 21, 2014 at 11:58 am

        You got it right, the oven was too hot actually. I know my next try will be perfect. Thanks a million!

  25. Adefunke Abiodun. says

    February 12, 2014 at 7:32 am

    Wow, must hurry and get my new cooker/oven. Need to follow your instruction step by step! Thank you.

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      February 13, 2014 at 1:40 pm

      Aww..good luck with the new oven/cooker. Do try it and give feedback????

      Reply
  26. Tutu says

    February 08, 2014 at 9:59 pm

    Thank you for the recipe.

    The nutmeg in the dough gives the pie a nice kick.

    I have some leftover filling which i will freeze for use next week. God bless x

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      February 09, 2014 at 8:19 pm

      My pleasure Tutu. Feedback like this makes it all worthwhile 🙂

      Reply
    • Racheal says

      July 05, 2020 at 6:56 pm

      Can I use fresh milk or evaporated milk pls?

      Reply
      • K's Cuisine says

        July 07, 2020 at 2:04 am

        Any of the two is fine.

  27. funke adeyanju says

    February 05, 2014 at 6:24 pm

    Good job weldone Kemi

    Reply
    • K's Cuisine says

      February 05, 2014 at 11:27 pm

      Tanx Funke????

      Reply
  28. K's Cuisine says

    February 05, 2014 at 4:35 pm

    @ Gift, My pleasure. Try it and feedback????

    Reply
  29. Gift says

    February 05, 2014 at 1:52 pm

    Thanks, this is educating.

    Reply
    • Oluwabusayo says

      March 30, 2016 at 9:27 pm

      Thanks,I tried it n it was perfect.Good finish,fluffy n delicious. Keep it up babe. *kisses*

      Reply
      • K's Cuisine says

        April 06, 2016 at 1:17 am

        Hello Oluwabusayo, I'm glad to know you got great result. Welldone and thanks for the feedback

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