Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, chicken jollof rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chicken jollof rice is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Chicken jollof rice is something which I have loved my entire life.

Discover All The Different Zatarain's® Recipes For Some New Orleans Flavor. Jollof rice is a West African dish common in Nigeria, Senegal and Ghana. This Ghanian version adds chicken and peppers to the tomato rice for a one-pot meal. Remove chicken from pot and set aside.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook chicken jollof rice using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken jollof rice:

1. Make ready 4 cups basmati rice
2. Get 2 sachet tomato paste
3. Prepare 10 pcs pepper
4. Prepare 10 pieces fresh pepper
5. Prepare 6 pcs sweet pepper (tattasai)
6. Make ready to taste Salt
7. Take 1 cup green beans
8. Prepare 1 cup green pepper
9. Make ready 1 cup carrot
10. Prepare 1 cup groundnut oil
11. Get 2 pcs big Onion
12. Get 6 Seasoning cube
13. Get Chicken stock
14. Get 2 tblspn of mixed onga..classic,garlic and ginger,chicken,stew
15. Get Water that will be enough to cook the rice after parboiling
16. Take 1 whole chicken
17. Get 1/2 tspn of each Spice like ginger,thyme and garlic
18. Prepare 1 tblspn of curry powder

There are different versions of this dish, because it got popular in various countries like Ghana and Cameroon, and they have added their own touch to it. Jollof rice is a popular Nigerian dish in parties and at home. Unlike other Nigerian rice recipes, jollof rice can be cooked in different ways to create unique and distinct flavour. Traditionally, Nigerian jollof rice is served with fried chicken/turkey or fried fish along with salads and fried plantain as sides.

Instructions to make Chicken jollof rice:

1. Soak the rice for 2hrs to get good result..or parboil the rice and keep aside.
2. Wash and grated the peppers,fresh tomatoes and slices the onions. Keep it aside too.
3. Already you have marinated boiled and fried your chicken… Keep the chicken stock aside because you will need it.
4. Place the pan/pot on fire,add the oil when hot add the slice onions sauté for 1mins and add the curry,thyme,ginger and garlic.. Also sauté for 1mins.
5. Pour in the grated peppers,tomatoes and sachet tomatoes paste fry it for like 5-7mins.
6. Pour in the parboiled rice stir it well add water and chicken stock…give it 5mins before adding the salt, seasoning cube and mixed onga..stir well.
7. Add in the green pepper,carrot, green beans and fried chicken…stir it again and cover it till done,then off the flame.
8. When its done,you can slice onions and add to the rice.. the steam of the rice will cook it.And enjoy with salad.

Unlike other Nigerian rice recipes, jollof rice can be cooked in different ways to create unique and distinct flavour. Traditionally, Nigerian jollof rice is served with fried chicken/turkey or fried fish along with salads and fried plantain as sides. Stir in the rice, saffron, red pepper, broth and water and heat to a boil. Return the chicken to the skillet. Chicken Jollof rice is a frequent dish in my home and my family goes crazy over it.

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