• Bush Rice

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    Working in Lagos, I have experienced many caterers and I have to say the one that has caught my attention the most is the lady known as score card. I absolutely adore her barbecued chicken. The rest of the stuff could use a little character in cooking but I was amazed to see on her menu a dish called Bush Rice. At first I shied away from it as I was uncertain about the content. I like to know what I’m eating lol. On second thought, I decided to try it. Instead of just simply enjoying the dish, I was analyzing every flavour so I could recreate it and voila. Here we are. It’s very simple to make and you can decide to skip the palm oil in this recipe as that was me testing to see if it made a difference. If you end up trying this recipe please leave a comment on the blog or one of our social media accounts to let us know how it went. Enjoy xoxo

    Ingredients

    1 cup of Rice (I used basmati but that was preferential)

    1 cup of basmati rice

    1 small stockfish

    stockfish

    A small piece of dry fish

    smoked dry fish

    10 small pieces of crayfish

    crayfish

    2 cups of water

    1/4 bulb of onion

    1 clove of garlic

    2 tablespoons of blended scotch bonnet peppers (ata rodo)

    1 medium sized tomato

    1 table spoon salt

    2 sachets Maggi Mix’py’s (Ginger garlic variant)

    maggi mix'py ginger garlic variant

    1/4 green pepper(optional)

    1/2 carrot(optional)

    1 cooking spoon of Palm Oil (optional)

    Method

    Wash the stockfish, dry fish and crayfish and bring to boil in the pot with 2 cups of water.

    Wash the rice and add to the pot.

    Chop your onions, tomato and garlic and add as well as the blended scotch bonnet peppers

    Add your seasoning and leave to cook till the water is dry. Cook on medium heat.

    At this point decide whether you would like to add palm oil or not and if not add your vegetables, stir and allow to simmer for 2 minutes.

    Serve with Stewed Chicken, Beef or Fish.

    bush rice recipe

    15 comments on “Bush Rice”

    3. Helen akin-adebayo Reply

      I call it native jollof rice, but I add the palm oil. Yummy. My hubby adores it.

      • Afrolems Reply

        It’s actually cooked without the palm oil and is very different in taste from the Native Jollof Rice. I just added the palm oil to test the difference.

        • ronkeloke Reply

          palm kernel palm fruit- 2 handfuls. Rice- 2cups. Round pepper(rodo)- 4 large ones. Onion- 1 large bulb. Meat, chicken or dried fish-(depending on choice). Maggi- 2 cubes(knorr chicken my best option). Shrimps. Green beans or runner beans to garnish(optional). Salt to taste. Method. Boil the palm kernel till tender and extract the oily liquid by squeezing. Add water as you do so and strain. Repeat till you av extracted all. Now pour the extract into your cooking pot, making sure all grit is strained out. Bring to boil, add meat and sliced pepper. Then add the washed rice and cook for about ten minutes. Add the shrimps lower the heat(to avoid burning) and continue to cook. Add sliced onion, green beans,maggi cubes and salt to taste. Allow to simmer till meat is tender and rice is soft. Turn off heat and allow to stand for about ten minutes. This allow the rice to soak up the oil and moisture. Serve with fried ripe plantain(dodo).

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    7. Ogechukwu Reply

      hi,pls why is it called bush rice and can u give me a brief origin of it. Am making a report on food for my school work

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