Hello everybody, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, nigerian jollof rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Nigerian Jollof Rice is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Nigerian Jollof Rice is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook nigerian jollof rice using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Nigerian Jollof Rice:
- Get 3 cups Rice
- Get 8 Fresh Tomatoes
- Prepare 4 habanero pepper
- Take 3 medium-sized onions, 2 diced
- Get 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Prepare 1 small ginger
- Prepare 2 cooking spoon of oil
- Take 2 sachet tomato paste
- Make ready 1 teaspoon curry
- Get 1 teaspoon thyme
- Make ready 1 stock cube
- Make ready 1 tablespoon chicken seasoning powder
- Take 2 tablespoon ground crayfish
- Make ready to taste Salt
- Make ready Protein of choice; beef, chicken, fish etc. (I'm using Fish)
- Get Extras
- Prepare 1 onions, sliced
- Prepare 1 hard tomato, sliced
Steps to make Nigerian Jollof Rice:
- First start by steaming the fish with salt, stock cube and some diced onions to get out the stock. - Blend the tomatoes, pepper, ginger and one onions. - Then parboiled the rice, wash it and set aside.
- In a clean pot, add the vegetable oil, fry the fish and set aside.
- In that same oil, add the remaining diced onions and minced garlic, curry, thyme and sautée for few minutes.
- Add the tomato paste, stir for some time, add the blended tomato and pepper, add the stockcube, the chicken seasoning powder, some salt, mix and leave to cook on a medium heat.
- When the water dries up, you'll know this when the oil separates from the tomato and it starts sticking to the pot, add the ground crayfish and the stock (from cooking the fish).
- Add the parboiled rice, mix this very well and add more water to be a bit above the level of rice.
- Check for salt and add more if needed, cover up the pot and cook till the water dries up.
- Add the sliced onions and tomato, turn the rice very well, cover the pot and turn off the heat.
- Serve while still warm with your favourite protein (beef, chicken, turkey, fish etc) and side dressings (fried plantain, coleslaw, salad etc).
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