Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, jollof rice. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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. Jollof rice, or jollof (/ dʒ ə ˈ l ɒ f /), also known as benachin in Wolof ('one pot'), is a one-pot rice dish popular in many West African countries such as The Gambia, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Togo and Mali.

Jollof rice is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Jollof rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

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

The ingredients needed to make Jollof rice:

1. Take Rice
2. Get Tomatoes
3. Prepare Scotch bonnet pepper
4. Get Onions
5. Make ready Chilli pepper
6. Make ready Chicken
7. Get Peas
8. Take Carrots
9. Prepare Spices
10. Make ready Seasoning

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.

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. 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.

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