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Jollof Rice Sushi
An Afro-Asian gastronomical fusion consisting of two famous dishes from two countries (Nigerian and Japan). One of my absolute favourite Japanese dish of all time is sushi, I would walk into a sushi bar ready to spend all my money. Being a West African that can resist any rice dish, I thought it’ll be best…
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Suya Butter Chicken Burger
Prep Time: 1h 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins Serves: 2 people Suya spice (or Yaji) is an authentic African (common amongst West African) spice used for meat marination. Suya spice is a peanut dry base rub used to marinate meats before grilling. Due to its popularity, suya spice is a necessity in most African…
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Carrot-Pear Cake
Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1h 20 mins Serves: 8-10 people Ingredients 2 cups plain flour 3 tsp baking powder 2 tsp cinnamon powder 1 ½ cups of soft brown sugar 200g grated carrots 60g sun dried raisins 3 free-range eggs (at room temp) 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup grape seed oil 2-3…
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Moi-Moi Roulade
Prep Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Serves: 6-8 people Ingredients 500g black eye peas 1 shallot 3 habanero peppers 2 red bell peppers 3 cloves garlic 1 medium onion (I used yellow onion for pungency) 6 eggs (2 raw at room temp, 4 hard boiled & sliced) 340g corned beef 3/4 cup oil…
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Jerk Chicken
Prep Time: 1hr 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins Serves: 4-5 people Ingredients 1kg – 11/2 kg bone-in, skin on chicken thighs Jerk Marinade 11/2 onions 60g green onions 2 scotch bonnet peppers (de-seeded) 10g fresh thyme 3 cloves garlic 1 chunk ginger 1/4 tsp ground cloves 3 tsp ground allspice 1 tsp dried thyme…
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Banana Puff-Puff
One of the few variations of the popular West African street snack. This is one of the few national treasures in West Africa 😂, puff-puff is well known for its versatility at any West African function. This snack has a variety of name across the countries (non West African included) which its taken its popularity,…
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Eggplant Scrambled Eggs
This is one recipe I’ve watched my mother make countless times while growing up. Back in Nigeria, she would wake up as early as 5am to make this, so that we’d be able to have lunch in school. I’ve fallen in love with dish over and over again. No matter how much I tried recreating…
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Spicy Tomato Chicken
Chicken is versatile protein, if you ever happen to get a good chicken recipe, please stick with it. Today I made some spicy tomato chicken, with 3.5lbs of marinated chicken thighs, 50-60 mins of simmering( yes… 50-60 mins, don’t be scared, you won’t be overcooking the chicken thighs). Without further ado, let’s get cooking! Yield:…
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Moist Banana Chocolate Chip Bread.
Over time, banana bread has been a classic that almost everyone turns to for breakfast, snack on-the-go, or something light for dinner. Undoubtedly banana bread has been the best. It’s well know for versatility as you can add other condiments while making it. Today I’ll be adding semi sweet chocolate chip to this recipe, to…
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WHERE’S THE LEFTOVER TURKEY??
First things first, happy late thanksgiving, I am hoping you had fun and lots to eat, also lots to take take home or keep. Before you end up getting tired of that leftover turkey, we would be revamping it into a new pot of stew ( yummy ). Today we would be using basic ingredients…
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YAM-POTATO PORRIDGE
Hello foodies, this past week I took the time to make a simple, yet ravishing and well-flavored. Yam porridge is one of the foods I grew up eating as a Nigerian and I love every single memories attached to it. I remember how my mother would cook yam porridge that came with a lot of…
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General Tso’s Chicken
General Tso’s chicken is one of my most favorite Chinese food takeout option. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of restaurants, including my favorite Chinese restaurant isn’t opened, so I decided why not make General Tso’s chicken (a sweet, tad bit spicy bursting with ginger and garlic flavor). Today I will be giving a…
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