Jollof rice
Jollof rice

Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, jollof rice. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little 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 popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Jollof rice is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have jollof rice using 15 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Jollof rice:
  1. Make ready Rice
  2. Prepare Chicken
  3. Take Curry
  4. Prepare Oil
  5. Get Seasoning
  6. Take Garlic
  7. Get Salt
  8. Prepare Green beans
  9. Get Carrot
  10. Take Scotch bonnet
  11. Get Tomatoes
  12. Prepare Onions
  13. Make ready Mayonnaise
  14. Prepare Cabbage
  15. Make ready Water

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. Add rice into a pot and cover with water
  2. Boil it for 10 minutes, place your partly cooked rice aside
  3. Preheat your pot cover the bottom of it with oil and fry pieces of chicken meat
  4. Place the fried meat aside
  5. Add your vegetable oil and allow to heat, add chopped onion and allow to fry
  6. Add blended vegetables to your already frying onions and allow to fry for some minutes
  7. Add a little cup of water, seasoning, salt, curry and garlic powder
  8. Cover your pot let it simmer a while
  9. Add the perboiled rice and mix thoroughly
  10. Cover the pot and leave the rice to cook on low to medium heat
  11. Wait until rice turn soft and water vanishes
  12. Then add carrot and green beans
  13. Cover the pot and cook for 5minutes
  14. Shred your cabbage and carrot
  15. Mix together, put your mayonnaise and mix
  16. Serve and Enjoy

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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