Name: Delightfully Tasty Nigerian Meat Pie
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 500 g all purpose flour; 200 g cold (not hard) butter ((cubed)); 1 Tbsp sugar ((optional ) I didn't use it); 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 cup cold water; 2 Large eggs (( 1 will be mixed with the dough, the other would be used for egg wash)); 2 Tbsp butter; 2 Tbsp flour; 350 g beef mince; 1 small onion ((finely chopped)); 1 large potato ((diced in small cubes)); 2 medium carrots ((diced in small cubes)); 1 habanero pepper ((finely chopped)); 1/2 of a medium green bell pepper ((finely chopped)); 1/2 tsp curry powder; 1/2 tsp thyme; 1 Tbsp cooking oil; 1/2 tsp ginger powder; 1 tsp garlic powder; Salt /bouillon powder to taste; 1 cup water

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Nigerian meat pie is one of our very popular and delicious snack. If you haven’t tasted the Nigerian meat pie then it’s obvious you aren’t a Nigerian so I will forgive you because Its that famous and its that good.

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Nigerian Meat pie is a delicious pastry filled with meaty-vegetabley yummyness. It is to us what beef patties are to the Jamaicans and Empanadas to the Mexicans, Spaniards and Portuguese.

Some years back when I was visiting the US, my aunt ordered some meat pies from a caterer.

She was full of praises for these meat pies. In her words, ‘Chichi !! These meat pies are the best thing that happened to Nigerians in Virginia.

When I tried the meat pies, it was indeed delicious but it didn’t hit the spot for me for two reasons;

I was just coming from Naija so I hadn’t missed naija snacks just yet besides I would be going back in a few weeks.
The dough was sweetened ? and that for me is a no no for my meat pies. BUT that’s a personal preference you can add some ‘sweetness’ ( in my ada’s voice) to yours..

The secret to the perfect meat pie dough lies in the ratio of the butter to the flour. Click To Tweet

Moist Meat Pie Filling

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Meat pies can either be spicy-hot or mild. I bet You can guess my preference without me telling you. I always love the spicy.

I have a special vegetable I like adding to my meat pies and it’s my good old green bell pepper. It’s makes a difference to me.

I think I have a soft spot for green bell peppers I always find a way to get them into practically any thing I cook don’t I? lol.

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Today’s Recipe has a very buttery flaky dough. It is tasty but a bit tricky to handle because of the high fat (butter) content. But don’t worry I got your back. Just follow the recipe below and all your meat pie woes will be history. If you have further questions, Feel free to join the conversation below at the comment section and I would be more than happy to help.

Pro tip:

The ingredients for the dough have to be cold and after mixing, the dough has to be chilled in the fridge for about 25 – 30 mins nothing more otherwise it would be even more difficult to handle because the butter in the dough would be too congealed to roll out smoothly.

If you would prefer a less flaky but equally tasty pastry click here for my Nigerian chicken pie recipe. Now let’s get to the kitchen.

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