Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, jollof rice and fried chicken. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Jollof, a traditional Nigerian main dish, brings out the best flavors of rice and chicken and pairs especially well with fried plantains. Chicken is first sauteed on the stove top to produce a wonderful aromatic base for the rice. For an extra special and authentic touch, serve jollof rice with fried.
Jollof rice and fried chicken is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Jollof rice and fried chicken is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have jollof rice and fried chicken using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Jollof rice and fried chicken:
- Get rice
- Take large tomatoes
- Get scotch bonnet peppers
- Get large red bell peppers
- Prepare long peppers (shombo)
- Take chicken quarters
- Prepare large onions
- Get garlic
Nigerian Jollof Rice or Jellof rice is a rich and incredibly tasty west African one-pot Meal. It is a very versatile dish, and it is usually made from. Jollof rice is one of the most common West African dishes eaten in the regions of Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, Senegal, Gambia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast. Jollof Rice is a popular West African casserole of chicken, rice and vegetables in a mild tomato curry sauce.
Instructions to make Jollof rice and fried chicken:
- Roughly blend tomatoes, peppers and 1 onion. Set aside
- In a separate pot, pour 4 cups of water and bring to boil. Add washed rice and cook for 10 minutes.
- In a medium sized pot, pour in 2 cooking spoons of oil and heat up. Chop up half an onion and garlic clove. Gently sautee on medium heat then add blended tomatoes and pepper.
- Place washed chickan quarters in a pot, add half of an onion, chopped, stock cubes, salt, thyme and curry. Cook on low heat till tender. When cooked, fry till golden brown.
- Sauce should be cooked now with the oil floating to the top. Return rice to heat with a cup of chicken stock on low heat. Add fried sauce, stir and taste for seasoning. Turn up heat to medium and cook for 15 minutes
- When rice is cooked, turn down heat and let burn😁
- Serve with fried chicken and a chilled drink.
Full of interesting flavors yet mild enough to please picky palates, this is a great dish for the whole family. Plus it's dairy-free, gluten-free and it all cooks in one pot. Jollof rice, or jollof (/ˈdʒɒləf/), also known as benachin in Wolof ('one pot'), is a one-pot rice dish popular in many West African countries such as Senegal, Nigeria, The Gambia, Ghana, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Togo and Mali. While the onions cook, make the ginger and chilli base. Remove chicken from pot and set aside.
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