HOW TO MAKE YOUR PERFECT JOLLOF RICE
INGREDIENTS
Ingredients needed are :
- Rice
- Red bell pepper
- Onion
- Fresh tomatoes
- Sachet/time tomatoes
- Ginger and garlic
- Scotch bonnet
- Habanero pepper
- Curry
- Thyme
- Salt
- Seasoning
- Tomato paste
- Vegetable oil
- Chicken
- Bayleaf
- Onion
PREPARATIONS - Wash and season the chicken with some salt, chicken seasoning, thyme, curry, Bayleaf and let it cook for 5mins without adding water. After 5mins, stir and add some water. Cook until it’s tender. Sieve the stock and fry the chicken.
- Blend the tomatoes, red bell pepper, habanero pepper (remove the seeds from it), scotch bonnet pepper, onion into a paste. Transfer into a pot and cook until the water dries off.
- In a separate pan, add some oil used in frying the chicken and place on heat. Add some chopped onions, grated garlic and ginger, Bayleaf and fry for a minute. Add the sachet/tin tomatoes paste and fry to remove it’s sourness. Add the blended paste and fry for 3mins. Add the chicken stock and some extra water and stir. Wash the rice until the water runs clear. Add the rice, stir and adjust the salt and seasoning if necessary. The water should be slightly above the rice. Cover and cook until it’s 80% done. Stir, cover with some foil and cook until it’s perfectly done.
ENJOY
