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You are all welcome to my blog, today I will be sharing how to make homemade Nigerian fried and jollof rice with roasted chicken. You might have seen countless recipes and method of preparation for Nigeria homemade fried and jollof rice with roasted chicken, mine recipe include the use of some vegetables inside the jollof rice. Rumours has it that Ghana, Cameroon even Togo has the best way of making jollof rice but trust me Nigeria has a better methods of making them.
The images above show us a description of the pepper combination used for making the jollof rice which comprises of: red bell pepper, tomatoes, onions, ginger, garlic and habanero pepper
Blend it all in a blender.
Some of the vegetable includes carrot, Greenpeas, green beans and sweet corn.
When preparing both jollof rice and fried rice, there are several spice that can be used such as maggi knorr chicken, maggi knorr beef, maggi star beef, curry,thyme,salt nutmeg, tomato paste, bay leaf turmeric etc.
After which we cut the chicken and boiled it with salt, maggi knorr beef,curry, and thyme, then we keep the stock water for the preparation of jollof rice.
Then shredd onions, put a clean pot on fire and add vegetable oil, when hot add the shredded onions,then add the blended pepper and allow to fry, then add the tomato paste, add the stock water, add the other seasonings then wash the rice inside, then cover and allow to boil at an average temperature,
Check the rice after 30minutes, then pour in the diced carrot and diced green bean inside the jollof rice and stir well, cover and allow to cook for another 10minutes ...
then wash and parboil rice for the fried rice, then put a clean pot on fire, add vegetable oil, if available add margarine spread, then add diced onions, diced carrot, green beans, add the fresh green peas, stir and add the seasonings (curry, thyme, salt, nutmeg, turmeric,ginger and garlic and maggi knorr chicken. Stir well then pour in the ready parboiled rice, mix until blend the reduce the heat and cover it to cook.
Arrange the boiled chicken inside a tray, and roast for 35minutes
Fried and jollof rice with roasted chicken is ready to serve.
You can serve with Coleslaw or fried plantain...
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