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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
- 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.
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.
Yummy
Enjoy
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.
Other amazing recipes you might like to try are
Sausage rolls
Nigerian Meat Pie
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
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?
Will try this next week
Please what's the size of your dumpling mould 😭
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
Ma how many butter can I use for one painter of flour for meatpie
Hello can I use fresh milk or evaporated milk please.
Thanks
I did not see baking powder on ur ingredient, is it not needed in meatpie.
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
I'm glad to know that. Thanks so much for the feedback.
thanks so much i will follow your steppings but i did not have oven can i use pot to bake it without frying
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
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.
My meat pies came out very nice and the kids loved it! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing I will try it this weekend
You're welcome. Looking forward to your feedback
Thank you so much for sharing your recipe. My meat pie came out well, only the crust still feel a little hard.
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.
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
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.
Thanks for the recipe. I will try it today
You're welcome. Feedback on how it goes 🙂
It was really helpful. GOD increase your knowledge.AMEN
Amen. Thank you so much
Amen and thank you 🙂
The meatpies look yummy, thanks for sharing your recipe.
My pleasure. Thank you for leaving a comment
Thank you Ifeoma. You're welcome 🙂
It came out perfect. Its my best meatpie success so far...
Many Thanks for sharing
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????
guess the milk should be liquid milk
Yes it should
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 ..
Glad it came out well for you. Will try and update with cup measurements. Thanks for the feedback.
i will try it this weekend i love meat pie
You rock, girl!!!! And so do all your recipes.... Still can't understand where you find the time to do all this...
Thank you Tai. I don't know how I find time myself but comments like this spurs me on..bless u????
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
Hello M,
Follow my recipe and you will get lovely pies. The reviews are great
wow,i made my meat pie and it was gooooodddddddd K, you are d bomb god bless ma.
Welldone Rosemary. God bless u too 🙂
Confession: I'm making meat pie for the third time in a month. Lol. Help!
Tutu,
It's so delicious u can't have enough right? Enjoy 🙂
You're the best , keep it up. All power recipes.
Thank you Mary
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
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????
You got it right, the oven was too hot actually. I know my next try will be perfect. Thanks a million!
Wow, must hurry and get my new cooker/oven. Need to follow your instruction step by step! Thank you.
Aww..good luck with the new oven/cooker. Do try it and give feedback????
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
My pleasure Tutu. Feedback like this makes it all worthwhile 🙂
Can I use fresh milk or evaporated milk pls?
Any of the two is fine.
Good job weldone Kemi
Tanx Funke????
@ Gift, My pleasure. Try it and feedback????
Thanks, this is educating.
Thanks,I tried it n it was perfect.Good finish,fluffy n delicious. Keep it up babe. *kisses*
Hello Oluwabusayo, I'm glad to know you got great result. Welldone and thanks for the feedback