Whether you’re looking to cook more this festive season or want to try out Nigerian dishes you’ll want to try the festive fried rice recipe by Chef Lola below.

Some notes about the recipe

You can add a dash of cayenne pepper if you like some heat.

Don’t over boil your Rice before frying it, otherwise, you will end up with soggy fried rice.

Fried rice is best enjoyed when the vegetables remain crunchy, so don’t overcook your veggies.

The recipe uses mixed veggies which consist of carrots, peas, sweet corn, and green beans. However, vegetables like sweet bell peppers can also be used.

In order to achieve that nice coveted crisp, you will need to turn up the heat to high during the frying process and stir continuously as you allow the rice to heat up.

The recipe uses pieces of beef liver in the fried Rice. But if you don’t want it you are free to leave it out, you will still enjoy the total goodness of the Fried Rice with or without any protein.

When making this Fried Rice, it is best to use chicken stock or turkey stock because of the taste. The beef stock should be avoided as it can overpower the taste of the fried rice.

Most of the ingredients are available from Shop Naija

Ingredients

• 2 Cups cooked Rice
• 1 Cup Mixed Vegetables I used Carrots, Sweet Peas, Sweet Corn and Green Beans
• 1 cup Onion diced
• 2 Scallions
• 1 Cup Beef Liver Cubed/Prawns/Chicken pieces/Cooked beans
• 1/2 Teaspoon Thyme
• 1 Teaspoon Curry powder
• 1/2 cup Chicken stock
• 1 Stock cube
• 3 Tablespoons Oil for frying
• Salt to taste
• 1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper

Method:

• Add the parboiled Rice to the stock and cook until the water is dried up.
• Preheat the oil in a pan, throw in the onions and fry for a minute or two, add the scallions, mixed vegetables, thyme, curry powder, salt, and stock Cube.
• Throw in the beef liver and rice. Stir-fry for about 3 to 5 Minutes. Take it off the heat and serve.