Nigerian breakfast recipes consist of the different kinds of foods that are eaten in Nigeria in the morning, I hope to make this list as comprehensive and detailed as possible by including even children’s morning recipes.

This page would be beneficial to folks in Nigeria that are clueless as to what to serve a Nigerian Person in the morning as well as non-Africans that are married to a Nigerian men/woman (just in case you want to make a surprise breakfast for your spouse).

I get questions daily about “Nigerian breakfast ideas”, most people wanted to know what Nigerians eat in the morning.

I would go along to list the very simple and easy to make Nigerian breakfast recipes and then a detailed instruction on making them, I will also include a link to videos where necessary. It is advisable to go on very light foods in the morning, certain simple meals that will unlock your neural pathway for the rest of the day.

The most popular breakfast recipe in Nigeria is a combination of tea and bread

This recipe is very easy to prepare and comes in handy especially when you are in a rush to meet up with office hours. Most people in Nigerian are comfortable with just tea and bread but occasionally I fry eggs to complement the recipe.

Another easy to make breakfast recipe in Nigerian is  noodles. Noodles serves as breakfast for both adults and children alike. I thought they were for kids until I discovered this particular recipe. There are many brands of Noodles in Nigeria, the most popular being “Indomie”.

Here are some of the many different food combinations that could serve as breakfast to a Nigerian. There is likely no Nigerian food that I am yet to taste, I experiment wildly and also make lots of them in my own kitchen.

This is pap (akamu, ogi) in a plate and a combination of fried plantain and eggs. Ogi (pap) is very simple to prepare it takes the same procedure as in making custard.

The last on my list of Nigerian breakfast recipes is beans and bread (you will know what I am saying if you live in Lagos Nigeria. The country’s most industrious state). It is called bread and ewa here in Yorubaland and a plate is sold for less than 300 naira

Bread and ewa are popularly made and served in local Nigerian restaurants. The making of the beans for this recipe is completely different from other beans recipes. It is just cooked beans and a special kind of stew, then the bread is often agege bread.

This is a combination of porridge beans and custard. I love pap and milk. If I can’t find pap, custard does a wonderful job. This can go as either breakfast or dinner.

The picture above is that of toasted bread and coffee.

I keep thinking about my favorite breakfast recipe, a newly discovered recipe. It is just a combination of jellof rice and good amount of vegetable salads with little or no cream, Try to keep away from canned foods as much as you can.

These are good example of light and simple Nigerian breakfast inspiration. Although, some of them may take a while to prepare.