Jollof Rice

📝 Ingredients

• 3 medium bell peppers
• 5 medium tomatos (roma)
• 2 scotch bonnet pepper
• 1 medium onion
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil (or oil of choice)
• 1 large onion (chopped)
• 18 oz tomato paste (not tomato sauce)
• 2 knorr seasoning cubes (or 2 teaspoons crushed bullion cube powder)
• 1 tbsp thyme
• 1 tbsp curry powder
• 2 bayleaves
• 2 tbsp salt
• 2 1/2 cup rich chicken broth
• 1 cup water
• 8 cups rice

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Boil meat with onion, garlic salt, seasoning cube, thyme, curry. You can use beef, chicken, turkey, goat meat etc. I use chicken for this recipe.
2. 2While meat is boiling, blend tomatoes, bell peppers, onion until smooth.
3. 3Transfer pepper mix to a wide pot and boil until reduce(about 15 minutes depending on how much water was used to blend peppers)
4. 4When meat is cooked, separate from stock, fry grill or air-fry meat until golden brown
5. 5Wash rice multiple times until water runs clear. Set aside.(see notes on type of rice)
6. 6In a large wide pot, heat up vegetables oil or oil of choice.
7. 7Fry chopped onion until onion is translucent and fragrant.Add tin tomato/tomato paste(different from tomato sauce). Fry tomato paste for about 15 minutes until it looks grainy. (Frying the tomato paste gets rid of the tangy taste)
8. 8Add boiled down pepper mix,season with salt, curry, thyme, bay leaves. fry for an additional 10 minutes.
9. 9Add meat stock or water. Stir.
10. 10Add washed rice, cover with foil and allow to cook for about 20 minutes(cook time also depends on the kind of rice being used. See note 2
11. 11After 20 minutes your rice should be ready. If you want the authentic part jollof taste cook on high heat for the first 25 minutes, reduce heat and let rice absolve the Smokey flavor generated from the Burt to rice.
12. 12Open foil, turn rice to release steam. If rice seems dry, add 3 teaspoon of butter, allow to melt with the heat.
13. 13Serve with chicken, fried plantain and salad.