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Nigerian Chin Chin

Name: Nigerian Chin Chin
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Nigeria
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 80g Sugar; 50g Butter; 1 Egg; 80ml Milk; 1/2 tsp Nutmeg; 1/2 tsp Baking Powder; A pinch Salt; To taste Oil for frying

Snack

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

Little cubes of sweet dough fried until crunchy — a Nigerian treat.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Chin chin is a fried snack loved in Nigeria and across West Africa, made from a dough of flour, sugar, butter, milk, and nutmeg cut into small cubes and fried. Crunchy and long-keeping, it's essential at Christmas, weddings, and for welcoming guests.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Nigerian home at Christmas, little cubes fried in a big pot are packed to the brim into plastic tubs.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

All-purpose flour 300g
Sugar 80g
Butter 50g
Egg 1
Milk 80ml
Nutmeg 1/2 tsp
Baking Powder 1/2 tsp
Salt A pinch
Oil for frying To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the flour, sugar, nutmeg, baking powder, and salt, then rub in the butter with your fingers.
Add the egg and milk and bring together into a firm dough.
Roll out 5mm thick and cut into 1cm cubes.
Fry in 170°C oil, stirring, until golden.
Drain, cool, and store in an airtight container.

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