Chin Chin
Chin Chin is a delicious African snack. It is very addictive, when you start you don't want to stop. This snack goes very well with roasted peanuts and a cup of tea or coffee.
Ingredients
- 500 g plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 100 g sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 lime zest
- 80 g butter
- 2 eggs
- 50 ml milk
- frying oil
Instructions
- Combine all the dry ingredients in a bowl: flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, lime zest, and nutmeg.
- Add the butter and rub the butter in with the mixture until you get a homogeneous mixture.
- Make a hole in the mixture and add the beaten eggs and milk.
- Mix with washed hands, if the mixture is too sticky, add a little flour.
- Share the dough into two parts. Cover it and let it rest for at least 30 minutes. Then, place one dough on a work surface (sprinkle the surface with flour to prevent sticking) and flatten it using a rolling pin.
- Then cut the dough across vertically and horizontally to form square shapes with a pizza cutter.
- Heat the oil to a high temperature. Fry the first batch of Chin Chin while stirring to prevent them from sticking. When they are golden, remove them and drain them on absorbent paper.
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Notes
- In this recipe, I am using less sugar, but if you like your Chin Chin sweeter, you can add the amount of sugar.
- If you don't like nutmeg you can remove it or replace it with another flavour of your choice.
- Do not overcrowd the Chin Chin in the oil when frying or in the baking tray when baking.