Easiest Way to Make at dinner Jellof rice

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Jellof rice. The carrots and peas are optional for jollof rice. And the chicken can be cooked seperately from the rice and the broth added in with the tomatoes. the chicken can go in at the end. Jollof rice, or jollof (/ dʒ ə ˈ l ɒ f /), also known as benachin in Wolof ('one pot'), is a one-pot rice dish popular in many West African countries such as The Gambia, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Benin, Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Togo and Mali.

West African Jollof Rice is superb!

I grew up eating this rice and every eaten at every party where the host is west african.

Every west african country has its own version, however this is the best!

You can cook Jellof rice using 11 ingredients and 2 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Jellof rice

  1. You need of Rice.

  2. Prepare of Veg oil.

  3. Prepare of Tasty Tom tomato.

  4. Prepare of Scotch bonnet.

  5. Prepare of Onions.

  6. You need of Garlic & ginger.

  7. It’s of Meat.

  8. Prepare of Green beans.

  9. Prepare of Crayfish.

  10. You need of knor Maggi.

  11. Prepare of Salt.

Jollof rice is a spicy African rice dish that cooks in one pan, uses lots of veg and can be a veggie main or a side to some simply baked chicken.

While jollof rice is the most popular food in Nigeria and also considered the national food of Nigeria, fried rice is number two on the list.

I have written a detailed recipe for fried rice and also made a video for it - Fried Rice Recipe.

Add the rice, mixed vegetables, and water.

Jellof rice instructions

  1. Per boil your rice, then add a oil in a pot let it hot then add your slice onions, garlic then your grand pepper and tomato then you add your garlic fry it for some mints.

  2. Then you add your crayfish, Maggi and salt to taste then add water and let boil and add your rice.

Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and cover the pot with foil and a lid.

Jollof rice is a dish popular not only in Nigeria but in several other West-African countries, such as Senegal or Gambia, Ghana or Sierra Leone.

The main idea of the dish is the same in all of these countries but, of course, every country has its own version of it.

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) Author Notes.