The best Jollof rice recipe
Jollof or Jollof Rice rice in English is undoubtedly the most popular dish in West Africa. It is a very appreciated festive dish that we often serve during weddings, parties and other large gatherings
Ingredients
- 500 grams of rice
- 1 liter of water including chicken juice to cook the rice
- 4 tumor
- 5 concentrated tablespoon
- 1 or 2 pepper
- 3 red pepper
- bay leaves
- 3 onions to crush
- 1 Big onion to cut for the sauce
- 1 onion to cut to cook the chicken
- 1 tsp. curry
- 1 tsp. coffee thyme
- a little ginger
- 5 garlic cloves
- some branches of parsley
- 1 kg of chicken here I used the thighs
Instructions
Step 1: Cook the chicken
- Make a small marinade: crush onions, parsley, garlic, ginger, chili
- Boil the chicken with the small marinade of Step 1. Add the cut onion, salt and pepper. Cover the chicken with water
- After 15 minutes, drain the chicken and keep the juice
- Heat a little oil in the pan and fry the chicken
Step 2: Make the tomato sauce
- Crush the tomatoes, red peppers and onions all good
- Cook the mixture, in a small pot apart. Cook the tomatoes for at least 10 minutes, the water should dried
Step 3: Do the Jollof
- In another pot, heat a little oil
- Fry the onion until the onions are caramelized
- Add the concentrated tomatoes and fry 2 to 3 minutes
- Then add the tomato and pepper mixture cooked beforehand. Season with curry, thyme, bay leaves.
- Pour the chicken juice. rectify the seasoning by adding a little salt and pepper more
- Add water and rice
- Cover the lid with aluminum foil before closing the pot
- Cook for 15 minutes without stirring and opening
- Serve hot with chicken on top
- Enjoy your food
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Notes
I used 500 grams of rice, so I needed 1 l of liquid
I measured the amount of liter of chicken juice that I had to know exactly what amount of water remaining to add
I measured the amount of liter of chicken juice that I had to know exactly what amount of water remaining to add