How To Make Soft Chin Chin

When chin chin is mentioned most people see it as a street snack but that’s not always true, chin chin shouldn’t be tagged a snack for any occasion or place because it can be eaten at any where and anytime. Chin Chin is a deep fried Nigerian snack made primarily from flour, sugar, butter and eggs. It is very often, sweet and crunchy and shaped into mock 1 inch cubes. Chin Chin is  quite simple to make and doesn’t require a whole lot of fussing.

Ingredients

• 1kg of Plain Flour
• 150ml of milk / 150g of powdered milk
• 275g of granulated sugar
• 250g of margarine
• 2 medium sized nutmegs | 2 teaspoonfuls of ground nutmeg
• Vegetable Oil (for frying)

 

Directions

1. Mix the milk and sugar in a bowl and leave to soak.
   

   Note: If you are using powdered milk, mix the milk and sugar. Then add 150ml of water for soft chin chin (75ml of water for crunchy chin chin), mix and leave to soak.
   One way to get the sugar to dissolve fast is to grind it in a dry mill before mixing it with other ingredients.

2. In a separate bowl, mix the ground nutmeg and flour, then rub the margarine into the flour till it has mixed well with the flour, leaving no lumps.
3. Add the sugar/milk mixture to the margarine/flour mixture and mix by hand till a smooth dough is achieved.
4. Place the dough on a flat surface and start kneading gently with a dough roller.
5. When the dough is flat, cut into desired sizes.
6. Deep-fry in hot vegetable oil.
7. While frying, continuously stir the chin chin till you get a golden brown color.
8. Scoop the fried pieces onto a flat tray to dry and cool down quickly.

How to enjoy your chin chin, i recommend you eat it while watching a movie or reading a book. It’s the kind of snack you eat while doing something else. If you must take it with a drink take it with either coke or fanta or even zobo or kunu.