Recipe: Eating on a Dime Nigerian Jollof rice and Fried Turkey

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Nigerian Jollof rice and Fried Turkey. Add the grilled/broiled turkey wings and mix till every turkey wing is coated with the pepper sauce. By now the water in the rice should be dry. Mix till everything is well combined.

Jollof rice is a very common dish prepared in many African countries and each recipe differs depending on the nation.

I specifically prepare the Nigerian party jollof.

Jollof rice is a popular Nigerian dish in parties and at home.

You can cook Nigerian Jollof rice and Fried Turkey using 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Nigerian Jollof rice and Fried Turkey

  1. Prepare 5 cups of rice.

  2. Prepare 10 of medium sized tomatoes.

  3. You need 4 of medium sized tatashe.

  4. Prepare 2 handful of fresh pepper.

  5. It’s 4 of medium sized onions.

  6. You need 2 of small tinned tomatoes.

  7. Prepare 3 kg of Turkey.

  8. You need of Curry powder.

  9. You need of Thyme.

  10. You need of Rosemary seasoning.

  11. It’s of Garlic powder.

  12. You need of Ginger powder.

  13. Prepare of Dried grounded black pepper.

  14. You need of Grounded dry crayfish.

  15. Prepare to taste of Salt.

  16. You need cubes of Seasoning.

  17. Prepare of Vegetable oil.

Unlike other Nigerian rice recipes, jollof rice can be cooked in different ways to create unique and distinct flavour.

Traditionally, Nigerian jollof rice is served with fried chicken/turkey or fried fish along with salads and fried plantain as sides.

Jollof Rice is one of the most popular food delicacies in Nigeria.

However, it is not only Nigerians that consume Jollof Rice.

Nigerian Jollof rice and Fried Turkey instructions

  1. Cut turkey, and wash thoroughly.

  2. Marinate turkey with curry, thyme and rosemary leaves, ginger, garlic, seasoning cubes, black pepper and two blended onions overnight.

  3. Boil turkey until properly cooked.

  4. Put aside the stock from cooked turkey.

  5. Fry turkey until golden brown.

  6. Parboil rice and wash thoroughly.

  7. Blend tomatoes, fresh pepper, two onions and tatashe until smooth.

  8. Fry the blended mix with two tin of tin tomato as well as one tablespoon each of black pepper and crayfish for five minutes using two cooking spoon of vegetable oil.

  9. Add the parboiled rice into sauce and mix thoroughly..

  10. Add stock from turkey boiled earlier in the pot and continue mixing. Add curry powder, salt to taste as well as seasoning cubes.

  11. Add ten cups of water into the pot and put back on medium heat until dry..

  12. Once dried serve with drink of your choice..

Other African countries have their respective variants of Jollof rice; for example, in Ghana, there is the Ghanaian Jollof Rice, in Liberia, there's the Liberian Jollof Rice, and a few others across the continent.

Place chicken drumsticks in a large Dutch oven over medium heat.

Jollof rice is a very common dish prepared in many African countries and each recipe differs depending on the nation.

I specifically prepare the Nigerian party jollof rice which I still feel is one of the best recipes out there (not being biased, just stating facts LOL) The Yellow Chilli is rated one of the top five resturants in Lagos and it is held in high esteem for its Jollof rice.

The resturant has outlets in Victoria Island and Ikeja in Lagos mainland.