Nigerian Jollof Rice Without Vegetables

                                 A plate of  tasty jollof rice.

Jollof rice is always present at every foodious Nigerian event. It is one meal I never get tired of eating. Even after enjoying mine at home before leaving, I'm still very much interested in the one served at the events' reception. I don't know why but I hate missing the jollof at any event I attend.

Sometimes, I boil the rice with thyme, onion, salt and seasoning before mixing with the already prepared stew.This method varies the taste and aroma. I don't add
curry here but enough thyme and benny spice. The only reason I have Benny spice at home is because it is superb for rice. I cook my soups and other meals with seasoning cubes and cook rice with Benny spice. 

 

 

Ingredients:

1. FreshTomato stew
2. Tomato paste
3. Soya oil
4. Onion
5. Hard chicken 11/2kg
6. Pepper 
7. Salt
8. Seasoning
9. Water 
10. Thyme
11. Rice      

Adding tomato paste to chicken stew with fried onion

  

Adding ingredients and stirring to fry

  

 Empty the stew into a cooking pot  

Let stew simmer, check for salt before and after adding water

  

Adding enough water to stew  before adding washed rice 

Adding Benny spice

  

Adding thyme

  

Adding parboiled washed rice to boiling stew, continue to add water and check for salt till rice is tender

  

Water dries up as heat is reduced to prevent  the pot from burning

              Jollof rice is cooked without vegetables

 

 Nigerian jollof rice cooked without vegetable is best served with coleslaw.
Enjoy