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Ghanaian jollof rice

Name: Ghanaian jollof rice
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Ghanaian
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups washed basmati rice; 700 g in pieces chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces); 4 chopped tomato; 1/4 cup tomato paste tomato puree; 2 large onion; 2 inch piece ginger; 6 cloves garlic; 1 scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli); 2 tsp curry powder; 1 tsp dried thyme; 2 bay leaf (indian bay leaf); 2 cubes stock cube (bouillon cube); 5 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 diced carrot; 1/2 cup green peas; 2 3/4 cups chicken stock water; Salt, to taste

Fragrant basmati, ginger, garlic and chicken in one red pot. Accra says this is the real one.

80 minTime

31 gProtein each

mediumSpice

The Ghanaian side of the war1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBasmati, ginger, garlic and chicken in a fried tomato base.

The original

617kcalsame

31 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

80minutessame

Classic Ghanaian jollof.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Basmati rice2¼ cups, washed

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)700 g, in pieces

Tomato4, chopped

Tomato puree¼ cup tomato paste

Onion2 large

Ginger5 cm piece

Garlic6 cloves

Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)1

Curry powder2 tsp

Dried thyme1 tsp

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)2

Stock cube (bouillon cube)2 cubes

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)5 tbsp

Carrot1, diced

Green peas½ cup

Water2¾ cups chicken stock

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Blend half the onion with ginger, garlic and scotch bonnet. Rub a third over the chicken with salt and a cube; boil the chicken in 3 cups water 20 minutes. Keep the stock.
2Brown the chicken pieces in hot oil, then lift out.
3In the same oil fry the remaining onion, sliced, then the rest of the ginger garlic paste and tomato paste.
4Add the blended tomatoes, curry powder, thyme, bay and the other cube. Cook down until thick and oily.
5Stir in rice, carrot and peas, add stock to just cover. Cover tightly and steam on low. Return the chicken on top for the last 10 minutes.

Serve it like this

Serve on a large plate with the chicken on top, a spoon of shito, sliced boiled egg and a side of salad.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Ghana

Ghanaian jollof rice

Fragrant basmati, ginger, garlic and chicken in one red pot. Accra says this is the real one.

80 minTime

31 gProtein each

mediumSpice

The Ghanaian side of the war1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBasmati, ginger, garlic and chicken in a fried tomato base.

The original

617kcalsame

31 gproteinsame

4 gfibresame

80minutessame

Classic Ghanaian jollof.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Basmati rice2¼ cups, washed

Chicken, curry cut (bone in chicken, small pieces)700 g, in pieces

Tomato4, chopped

Tomato puree¼ cup tomato paste

Onion2 large

Ginger5 cm piece

Garlic6 cloves

Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)1

Curry powder2 tsp

Dried thyme1 tsp

Bay leaf (indian bay leaf)2

Stock cube (bouillon cube)2 cubes

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)5 tbsp

Carrot1, diced

Green peas½ cup

Water2¾ cups chicken stock

Saltto taste

Method

5 steps

1Blend half the onion with ginger, garlic and scotch bonnet. Rub a third over the chicken with salt and a cube; boil the chicken in 3 cups water 20 minutes. Keep the stock.
2Brown the chicken pieces in hot oil, then lift out.
3In the same oil fry the remaining onion, sliced, then the rest of the ginger garlic paste and tomato paste.
4Add the blended tomatoes, curry powder, thyme, bay and the other cube. Cook down until thick and oily.
5Stir in rice, carrot and peas, add stock to just cover. Cover tightly and steam on low. Return the chicken on top for the last 10 minutes.

Serve it like this

Serve on a large plate with the chicken on top, a spoon of shito, sliced boiled egg and a side of salad.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Ghanaian jollof rice

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Ghanaian jollof rice

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