Jollof rice, fried plantain & pepper meat🥩. Jollof rice is found throughout West Africa and is thought to be the origin of the Cajun dish, jambalaya. Season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper and serve the joffol with fried plantains and a crisp green salad. Jollof, a traditional Nigerian main dish, brings out the best flavors of rice and chicken and pairs especially well with fried plantains.
For the rice:- Easycook rice, Plum tomatoes, bell pepper, onions, scotch bonnet, thyme, stock cubes, salt to taste, olive oil.
Jollof rice, or jollof (/dʒəˈlɒf/), also known as benachin in Wolof ('one pot'), is a one-pot rice dish popular in many West African countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, The Gambia, Senegal, Cameroon.
Jollof rice is a household staple, often accompanied by fried plantain.
You can have Jollof rice, fried plantain & pepper meat🥩 using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Jollof rice, fried plantain & pepper meat🥩
- You need 2 pieces of plantain.
- Prepare 1 cup of perboiled rice.
- You need 2 of scotch pepper.
- Prepare 2 of red bell peppers.
- Prepare 1 of big onion.
- You need 2 of tomatos.
- It's 3 of carrots.
- You need 1 of big green pepper.
- Prepare of Some green beans.
- It's of Some peas.
- Prepare of Oil.
- You need 1/2 tea spoon of salt.
- It's 2 of maggi.
- You need of Curry & thyme.
Nigerian jollof rice is probably one of the most talked about dishes from Nigeria in any part of the world where it has been eaten. One of such is the Nigerian Jollof Rice. Jollof rice is a dominant name among African dishes. You can as well serve your Nigerian jollof rice with the fried meat, plantain.
Jollof rice, fried plantain & pepper meat🥩 instructions
- Crush the tomato, red bell pepper, scotch pepper & onions add them into a pot & fry with 1 serving spoon oil then add in a little water that can easily soften the rice then add in the maggi, salt, curry & thyme then allow to boil..
- When it boils you add in the perboiled rice together with the green beans, green pepper, peas & carrots stir well & allow to cook until the rice is well soften & the water is drained then serve..
- For the plantain you peel it cut into pieces & fry in hot oil until golden brown the remove from heat plate it & serve. The recipe for the pepper meat is below👇🏻.
Serve the rice with the plantain and coriander scattered over and a green salad on the side. Tip If you are vegetarian, replace the chicken stock with vegetable stock. The Nigerian jollof rice is often served as a side dish for meats or fish. Often, the chicken or other kind of meat is already included in the dish. It could also be served with fried plantains, with a dish called moi-moi, which is actually a Nigerian steamed bean pudding, with coleslaw or steamed vegetables.