Jollof rice
Jollof rice

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, jollof rice. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Cook onion in oil over medium-low heat until translucent. Cover, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, stir in water, and add chicken pieces.

Jollof rice is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Jollof rice is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have jollof rice using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Jollof rice:
  1. Make ready Rice
  2. Get Tomatoes
  3. Get Scotch bonnet pepper
  4. Make ready Onions
  5. Prepare Chilli pepper
  6. Get Chicken
  7. Get Peas
  8. Take Carrots
  9. Prepare Spices
  10. Get Seasoning

Add the chopped carrots next and saute for a minute with little salt. Add the tomato paste, tomatoes along with curry powder, bay leaf & thyme. Because Jollof Rice is Bae, and much loved South of the Sahara and along the coast of West Africa. Spiced and stewed in a flavorful tomato broth , it is everything from "everyday" to celebration.

Steps to make Jollof rice:
  1. Cut chicken into tiny parts wash and season it.
  2. Cook the chicken keep the stock aside and fry.
  3. Perboil the rice for 10mins and set aside
  4. Blend onions tomatoes and the two peppers
  5. Dice onions and saute in oil and margarine until fragnant. Add garlic and ginger. Add blended tomatoes. Fry until well cooked.
  6. Add chicken stock and some more water. Add spices, salt and seasoning. I used knorr, maggi and onga
  7. Add rice and allow to cook. Then add peas and salad with fried chicken pieces. It is ready to eat.
  8. I served mine with salad

The classic version is cooked with long-grain rice (Uncle Ben's/Carolina's) and seasoned with Nigerian-style curry powder and dried thyme. Parboil the rice using the method detailed in parboiling rice for cooking jollof rice. Rinse the parboiled rice and put in a sieve to drain. Pour the chicken stock and the tomato stew into a sizeable pot and leave to boil. Add the drained parboiled rice, curry powder, salt and pepper to taste.

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