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Our Nigerian Fried Rice….For some reason, fried rice always exhibits this air of royalty. But in my opinion jollof rice is king any time. We had some friends come over for lunch last weekend so I decided to delight them with Some fried rice. A welcome idea because I think we have had our fair dose of jollof in the past weeks so my oga and the kiddos were interested in this very Rice ?
I decided to treat good old fried rice like royalty at our table today, and what better way to treat her like royalty than to pair this dish with some shrimps ? ?? My people love Shrimps..Her royal magesty was delighted and this dish turned out to be an awesome lunch. Our guests totally enjoyed it.
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Nigerian Fried Rice with Shrimps
Ingredients
- 3 cups Parboiled long grain Rice (washed thoroughly and drained)
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 2 habenero peppers
- 4 cups chicken stock
- salt/bouillon to taste
- 21/2 cups frozen mixed veggies ( thawed and drained )
- 6 Tbsp cooking oil
- Salt/ bouillon to taste.
- 200 g Frozen Shrimps ? ?? (thawed and dabbed dry with paper towel)
Instructions
- Pour chicken stock into a stock pot. Add the washed and drained rice into it and begin to cook.
- Cook rice till all the water is absorbed. Takes about 25mins
- Turn off heat and leave the pot covered for about 5 mins
- Transfer to bigger pot, preferably a wide brim one.
- While rice is cooking, Heat up cooking oil in a clean saucepan and sauté the onion and Shrimps in it till onion is translucent and fragrant.
- Add in the the mixed veggies and stir fry till the remainder of the water (moisture dries out)
- Mix the stir fried veggies with the rice till evenly incorporated. Be carful not to mash up the rice when turning
- Enjoy
Bintu | Recipes From A Pantry
This looks delicious! I love fried rice, especially rice with shrimp. A tasty treat for sure
Chichi Uguru
Thanks so much Bintu ?
Dannii
I have never tried Nigerian food before, but this looks delicious and I’m always looking for new ways to eat rice.
Chichi Uguru
Yes it is. This or Jollof rice would be a nice way to get introduced to Nigerian food. Give it a go I think you will love it. Thanks?
Nicola @ Happy Healthy Motivated
This sounds and looks so good! I’m terrible at cooking rice – it never comes out light and fluffy like yours. Maybe your recipe is all I need to cook perfect rice!
Chichi Uguru
Thanks for your kind words Nicola. Hope you get to try it out. I would love to hear all about it ?
Sierra
Hi, are you able to tell me what temperature you cooked the rice on for 25 minutes?
Jovita @ Yummy Addiction
A great idea with frozen shrimp, love it! Oh and the drumsticks look amazing. I’ll have to check out that recipe too!
Chichi Uguru
Thanks so much Jovita! The drumsticks taste amazing too. Do check it out.?
Natalie
wow it looks so delicious! I love fried rice and this dish looks like such a great idea for dinner!
Chichi Uguru
Sure is ?. Thanks Natalie!
Lola
Ha!! Chichi you have come o. This looks delish…
Ariel
This looks so inviting. Your guests must have had a swell time. Never had Nigerian fried rice before. My fiancé is Nigerian would love to try this recipe it looks easy to make. Pinning