Recipe: Delicious Jollof Rice

Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Jollof Rice. The carrots and peas are optional for jollof rice. And the chicken can be cooked seperately from the rice and the broth added in with the tomatoes. the chicken can go in at the end. The chef Tunde Wey is based in New Orleans, but he was born in Nigeria, where jollof rice is a well-loved dish The rice is cooked in a flavorful tomato and pepper purée; his version is vegan, and laced with chile heat.

Jollof Rice West African Jollof Rice is superb! I grew up eating this rice and every eaten at every party where the host is west african. Every west african country has its own version, however this is the best! You can cook Jollof Rice using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Jollof Rice

  1. You need 3 cups of rice.
  2. You need 5 of fresh tomatoes.
  3. It's 4 of fresh pepper.
  4. You need 1 of cksp veg oil.
  5. You need 1 of bulb onions diced.
  6. It's 2 of red bell pepper.
  7. It's 2 of garlic clove.
  8. You need 1 of thumb ginger.
  9. You need to taste of salt.
  10. It's 3 of knorr cube.
  11. It's of grilled chicken to serve.

Add the rice, mixed vegetables, and water. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and cover the pot with foil and a lid. 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.

Jollof Rice instructions

  1. Per boil rice and once its almost tender wash off starch and drain rice inside a drainer and set aside.
  2. Blend red bell pepper, tomatoes and pepper once you are done, heat up pot add veg oil and add the red onions, stir for about a minute and add the blended paste allow it till the water is dried up.
  3. Add salt and knorr and a little chicken stock if you have any or use water, stir in the rice and allow it simmer.
  4. Once the rice is almost tender, turn off heat and cover pot after about 3mins stir the rice and serve with grilled chicken.

The classic version is cooked with long-grain rice (Uncle Ben's/Carolina's) and seasoned with Nigerian-style curry powder and dried thyme. Served with fried, ripe plantains which we call. The Nigerian rice recipe discussed here is the classic Nigerian Jollof Rice prepared at parties. This is the most popular Nigerian rice recipe. This is why you will always see it in parties.