Jollof Rice with a Twist

Dear Afrolems lovers,

Hope Your weekend is awesome so far…So this weekend i had a hearty meal..i would like to call it Jollof Rice with a twist. Some people say its called Jellof Rice and for my Non-Nigerian friends its Tomato Rice. Anyway here is the recipe with some pictures to hopefully inspire you to create this beautiful meal.

Ingredients

*5 pieces Chicken

*2 Cups of Rice

*7 small Tomatoes

*5 pieces of pepper (yes i like my food spicy)

* 1/2 green and red bell peppers

*3 Cooking spoons of oil (could be vegetable, canola, peanut, olive)

*cole slaw pack ( carrots, cabbage, onions)

* 1 sausage (chicken or pork)

*5 pieces of shrimp chopped

* 1 stick of plantain

* 5 cubes of Maggi Cube

* 1 teaspoon of curry

* a pinch of thyme

* 1 bulb of Onion

* 1 table spoon of tomato puree

* 1 Tablespoon of Mayonnaise ( Or any salad dressing of Your Choice)

* 3 teaspoons of salt

* 2 table spoons of dry pepper

* 3 Cups of water

#Preparation

* Wash the Chicken and boil with one cup of water, one tablespoon of dry pepper, 1 teaspoon of salt, 2 cubes of Maggi cube and a table spoon of chopped onions for 20 minutes.

* Wash the tomato and pepper and blend and boil till the water dries. But reserve one piece of tomato for the salad.

*Wash the rice till the water is reasonably clear and set aside

* Boil the sausage

* Chop up the bell peppers and onions

* Separate the chicken from its stock and heat up one spoon of oil and fry the chicken till brown and set aside

*Heat up the remaining oil and fry the onions, blended tomato and tomato puree.

* Add the Chicken stock, curry, thyme, maggi and shrimp

*Add the washed rice and stir in once and add water allow to cook on low heat till the rice is soft.

*Mix the coleslaw, sausages and mayonaise

* Cut the plantain in whatever shape is desired and fry.

* When Rice is soft, take it off the fire and serve warm.

By Now you get the idea that it was indeed a hearty meal…Have fun making it 🙂