3 Popular Nigerian ChinChin Recipes

If you don’t know how to make chinchin, we’ve got you covered in this post, read on.

If you have never tasted ChinChin, you are missing in the excitement, after reading, you may try it out.

The fact is that chinchin is one of the lovable snacks in Nigeria among the family of snacks.

Also if the producer knows how to make chinchin make rich ingredients, it will be chewy and crunchy.

You won’t be able to resist the temptation of asking for more.

Once you know how to make chinchin, whenever there is a gathering of people together, simply place chinchin on the table.

If you made the chinchin pretty well, as it finishes, people will ask for more. Then, you can turn it into a business.

Now, it means knowing how to make chinchin can help bridge communication, foster good relationship and become your business.

Let me say something about earning some revenue (personal business) by learning how to make chinchin.

All you may need to do it to master how to make chinchin very well and package in an attractive manner.

Now, like I explained above, give samples of this delicious snacks to families, friends, colleagues, and supermarkets etc.

Recipe 1 – How To Make ChinChin

Ingredients

– Flour 500 gms

– Sugar 200 gms (less or more as you desire)

– Nutmeg 2 tsp

– Salt – a pinch

– Grounded pepper 1 tsp

– Evaporated milk 70 ml

– Margarine 200gms

– Egg 1

– Onion 1 medium size

Preparation – how to make chinchin

Pour flour into a mixing bowl, add you’re your nutmeg, sugar, grounded pepper, salt and mix together.

Cut butter into small chunk and add to the flour mixture. Mix and work it together.

Create a hole in the middle, pour in your egg and butter. Mix and knead together.

Allow it rest for few minutes.

Sprinkle very little flour on a flat surface

Place dough on the flat surface. Make it flat with a rolling pin.

Use a pizza cutter or knife to cut evenly into smaller sizes.

Place pot on fire, pour oil into it and let it heat up. Throw in a piece, once it sizzles and comes up, you can start frying.

Reduce heat to medium before you put chinchin to prevent burning.

Pour a sizable amount into the oil and stir continuously to prevent it from clustering together for few minutes.

Once separated, leave it and stir at intervals.

As soon as it becomes slightly brown, remove and place on a paper towel in a tray.

This helps to absorb excess oil. Allow it cool off completely.

Store in air tight containers.

This is the first way of how to make chinchin.

If you like having a ‘me or alone time’ such as reading, seeing movies and so on, there is something for you.

You may want to take your chinchin taking it with a chilled drink, if the weather is hot. Of course, you can also take it with a hot tea if the weather is cold.

You can take it with just water too. In any case, taking your chinchin in those times can keep you focused

It can also help you feel relaxed and happy, it won’t feel like reading or seeing a movies is work.

Once you have that chinchin just by your side, it can mean that you will be able to achieve a lot of things.

Sometimes you won’t even need any real food for the rest of your day.

However, it has been discovered by speaking with some people that they don’t enjoy chinchin as before

They said, it is because it is always hard, too soft, no sugar or not rich enough.

In fact, some want a different and unique taste.

Well, this really got to me because chinchin is not something one should avoid. It’s a snack that is worth your lips.

I don’t like it when people complain about some of this special meal.

I have got good news for you. The good news is that there is a solution to all this. You can actually customized it to your taste.

Recipe 2 – How To Make ChinChin

I call this Coconut chinchin

Ingredients

– Flour 500gm

– Sugar 200gm

– Butter 250gm

– Nutmeg 2 tsp

– Baking powder 1tsp

– Cinnamon   A pinch

– Shredded coconut 30gm

– Coconut milk 5 tbs

– Evaporated Milk 7ml

– Coconut flavour 1tsp

Preparation – how to make chinchin

Pour flour into a mixing bowl, add shredded coconut, sugar, nutmeg, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Mix together thoroughly.

Break in your butter into clumps and add into the mixture. Mix and work together until it becomes like bread crumbs.

Add your coconut milk, other milk, and coconut flavor into the mixture. Mix and work everything together.

Knead together for a while and allow it rest a bit.

Sprinkle little oil on the flat surface. Place dough on the surface and roll it out. Use a pizza or knife to cut into desired shapes.

Place the pot on the fire, pour oil into half space of the pot and allow it heat for a while.

Throw in a one piece of dough, once it sizzles and floats up, oil is ready. Reduce heat and start frying in batches. Stir continuously to prevent clusters.

Once it is separated. Stir at intervals. Once it is slightly brown, it is okay except if you want a deep brown type of it.

Remove from the pot and pour in a paper towel placed on a tray. Allow it cool off completely. Store in an air tight containers.

That’s how to make chinchin with another way.

Do you know that you can recreate how to make chinchin even further by including some ingredients?

You will basically substitute some ingredients for another in order to achieve your desired taste.

Don’t worry, you don’t have too stress yourself in doing this. I will be sharing with you another wonderful recipes that will change your mind and draw you close to chinchin.

Also, you can store in an airtight container and place in the fridge for as long as you desire. What this means is that you don’t have to be making it everyday.

Let me share with you 1 more recipe about how to make chinchin. This would change your mind and make you love or fall in love with chinchin.

Recipe 3 – How To Make ChinChin

– Flour 500gm

– Butter 25ogm

– Sugar 200gm

– Milk 70ml

– Egg 1

– Nutmeg ½ tsp

– Baking powder 1 tsp

– Salt a pinch.

Preparation – how to make chichin

Pour flour into a mixing bowl, add baking powder, sugar, nutmeg, salt. Mix together.

Cut your butter into small chunks, add it to the mixture.

Mix and work together until it becomes crumbs.

Create a hole, pour egg and milk. Mix and start kneading together until it forms dough.

Sprinkle flour on a flat surface, place dough on the surface and flatten out with a pin.

Cut out into thin slices with a pizza cutter or knife.

Preheat oven at 350 degrees.

Place dough on a baking pan and place in oven for 40-45 minutes.