• Jollof Rice with a Twist

    Dear Afrolems lovers,

    Hope Your weekend is awesome so far…So this weekend i had a hearty meal..i would like to call it Jollof Rice with a twist. Some people say its called Jellof Rice and for my Non-Nigerian friends its Tomato Rice. Anyway here is the recipe with some pictures to hopefully inspire you to create this beautiful meal.

    Ingredients

    *5 pieces Chicken

    *2 Cups of Rice

    *7 small Tomatoes

    *5 pieces of pepper (yes i like my food spicy)

    * 1/2 green and red bell peppers

    *3 Cooking spoons of oil (could be vegetable, canola, peanut, olive)

    *cole slaw pack ( carrots, cabbage, onions)

    * 1 sausage (chicken or pork)

    *5 pieces of shrimp chopped

    * 1 stick of plantain

    * 5 cubes of Maggi Cube

    * 1 teaspoon of curry

    * a pinch of thyme

    * 1 bulb of Onion

    * 1 table spoon of tomato puree

    * 1 Tablespoon of Mayonnaise ( Or any salad dressing of Your Choice)

    * 3 teaspoons of salt

    * 2 table spoons of dry pepper

    * 3 Cups of water

    #Preparation

    * Wash the Chicken and boil with one cup of water, one tablespoon of dry pepper, 1 teaspoon of salt, 2 cubes of Maggi cube and a table spoon of chopped onions for 20 minutes.

    * Wash the tomato and pepper and blend and boil till the water dries. But reserve one piece of tomato for the salad.

    *Wash the rice till the water is reasonably clear and set aside

    * Boil the sausage

    * Chop up the bell peppers and onions

    * Separate the chicken from its stock and heat up one spoon of oil and fry the chicken till brown and set aside

    *Heat up the remaining oil and fry the onions, blended tomato and tomato puree.

    * Add the Chicken stock, curry, thyme, maggi and shrimp

    *Add the washed rice and stir in once and add water allow to cook on low heat till the rice is soft.

    *Mix the coleslaw, sausages and mayonaise

    * Cut the plantain in whatever shape is desired and fry.

    * When Rice is soft, take it off the fire and serve warm.

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    By Now you get the idea that it was indeed a hearty meal…Have fun making it 🙂

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