Jollof Rice
Jollof Rice

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, jollof rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Jollof rice is a very common dish prepared in many African countries and each recipe differs I specifically prepare the Nigerian party jollof rice which I still feel is one of the best recipes out there. "We don't say a dish is spicy — we say it has pepper." Yewande Komolafe is a recipe writer who grew up in Lagos and found herself searching for the heat and. Nigerian Jollof Rice or Jellof rice is a rich and incredibly tasty west African one-pot Meal. When cooking Jellof rice, building a flavor base is very important.

Jollof Rice is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Jollof Rice is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have jollof rice using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Jollof Rice:
  1. Take 6 cups rice
  2. Make ready Half chicken
  3. Get 2 large ripe tomatoes
  4. Make ready 1 large onion
  5. Prepare 1 tin tomatoes paste
  6. Take 1/2 thyme teaspoon
  7. Prepare 4 cubes Maggi about
  8. Make ready Pure ground nut oil
  9. Make ready to taste Spices such as: Curry,salt,pepper

This is why you will always see it in parties. The Nigerian jollof rice is made with parboiled rice. The Nigerian jollof rice is often served as a side dish for meats or fish. Often, the chicken or other kind of meat is already included in the dish.

Instructions to make Jollof Rice:
  1. Prepare the chicken,and boiled along with sliced oinons,salt and seasonings.Then fry the chicken in hot groundnut oil until brown.To be use to dress cooked rice.
  2. Slice onions,tomatoes and grind onions,tomatoes and pepper paste season with thyme and curry.
  3. Parboil rice for 2 minutes and then wash to remove surplus. Starch and drain the water.
  4. Put stew on fire and add enough water,add the rice in the pot of boiling stew.Add salt and boil slowly.Boil briskly for 5-10minutes.And reduce heat,stir occasionally.
  5. With heat reduced,wait till water level is way reduced in the pot of rice.Use a wooden turner to continuously stir the rice to prevent it from sticking together and settling at bottom of pan.This also prevents the rice from burning at the bottom of the pot.
  6. Add in a little water if rice is gard when cooked,the colour will be bright reddish.
  7. Serve put rice on suitable plate along with chicken,you can use vegetable to dress rice and boiled egg and carrot.

Adapted by The New York TImes. The chef Tunde Wey is based in New Orleans, but he was born in Nigeria, where jollof rice is a well-loved dish. Ghanaian Jollof Rice By Tei Hammond. 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.

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