Recipe: Tasty Chicken jollof rice

Recipe: Tasty Chicken jollof rice Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Chicken jollof rice. Remove chicken from pot and set aside. Raise heat to medium-high, and using the same pot, add pureed tomato mixture, cooking until reduced by half. Take the lid off (the rice won't be cooked yet) then scatter the peppers and okra over the rice.
This Ghanian version adds chicken and peppers to the tomato rice for a one-pot meal.
How to make Jollof Rice with chicken?
First, you have to bake the chicken and for that, wash and cut the chicken.
You can have Chicken jollof rice using 18 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chicken jollof rice
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It’s 4 cups of basmati rice.
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It’s 2 sachet of tomato paste.
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You need 10 pcs of pepper.
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You need 10 pieces of fresh pepper.
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Prepare 6 pcs of sweet pepper (tattasai).
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It’s to taste of Salt.
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Prepare 1 cup of green beans.
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You need 1 cup of green pepper.
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It’s 1 cup of carrot.
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It’s 1 cup of groundnut oil.
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You need 2 pcs of big Onion.
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Prepare 6 of Seasoning cube.
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It’s of Chicken stock.
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Prepare 2 of tblspn of mixed onga..classic,garlic and ginger,chicken,stew.
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It’s of Water that will be enough to cook the rice after parboiling.
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Prepare 1 of whole chicken.
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It’s 1/2 of tspn of each Spice like ginger,thyme and garlic.
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You need 1 of tblspn of curry powder.
Season, the chicken with the spices mentioned in the recipe below.
I have made this recipe a couple of times before it had its approval.
The chicken must come out tender, and the rice light and fluffy.
And because everything cooks together in just one pan, the rice is incredibly flavorful.
Chicken jollof rice instructions
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Soak the rice for 2hrs to get good result..or parboil the rice and keep aside..
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Wash and grated the peppers,fresh tomatoes and slices the onions. Keep it aside too..
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Already you have marinated boiled and fried your chicken… Keep the chicken stock aside because you will need it..
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Place the pan/pot on fire,add the oil when hot add the slice onions sauté for 1mins and add the curry,thyme,ginger and garlic.. Also sauté for 1mins..
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Pour in the grated peppers,tomatoes and sachet tomatoes paste fry it for like 5-7mins..
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Pour in the parboiled rice stir it well add water and chicken stock…give it 5mins before adding the salt, seasoning cube and mixed onga..stir well..
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Add in the green pepper,carrot, green beans and fried chicken…stir it again and cover it till done,then off the flame..
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When its done,you can slice onions and add to the rice.. the steam of the rice will cook it.And enjoy with salad..
The juices of the chicken enhance the rice dish, making it really quite tasty.
Jollof rice, like Fried rice (Nigerian-style) is one of those dishes in the hall of fame.
No wedding, funeral, birthday party is complete without it….and certainly not Christmas.
It is almost always served with chunks of fried beef and chicken, Dodo and maybe coleslaw.
Place chicken drumsticks in a large Dutch oven over medium heat.