Spicy Jollof Rice

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Spicy jollof rice is a simple, tasty all-in-one recipe that’s popular in many parts of West Africa. Succulent chicken thighs are browned then cooked in a tomato, chilli and ginger sauce. Then you pop in the basmati rice…
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Ingredients

16 total
  • 1 yellow pepper, sliced
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 1 pinch of pepper
  • 3 tbsp of tomato puree
  • 400 g of cans plum tomatoes
  • 8 skinless and boneless chicken thigh fillets, cut into large pieces
  • 3 tbsp of olive oil
  • 1 large onion, halved and thinly sliced
  • 1 knorr chicken stock cube
  • 400 g of basmati rice, rinsed three times in cold water to remove excess starch
  • 1 red pepper, sliced
  • 100 g of okra, halved
  • 1 bunch of coriander, roughly chopped, to serve
  • 2 cloves garlic, peeled
  • 3 cm of piece fresh root ginger, peeled
  • 1 chilli

Method

9 steps
  1. Step 1

    Season chicken with salt and pepper. Heat 2 tbsps Flora cuisine in a large, deep frying pan over a high heat. Add in chicken and fry for 5 minutes, until lightly browned on all sides. Lift the chicken pieces out of the pan onto a plate.

  2. Step 2

    Add remaining Flora Cuisine to the frying pan and heat through. Fry the onion slices, stirring, until softened but without browning.

  3. Step 3

    Meanwhile, make the ginger and chilli base. In a food processor, blend together the garlic, tomatoes, ginger and chilli until smooth.

  4. Step 4

    Add the tomato puree to the onions in the pan. Fry for another 2 minutes then add the ginger and chilli mixture. Crumble in the stock cube, stir, then pour in 600ml boiling water.

  5. Step 5

    Add the browned chicken pieces to the pan. Bring to the boil, cover and simmer for 15 minutes.

  6. Step 6

    Add the rice to the same pan, reduce to a simmer, cover with foil and a lid so that no steam can escape and cook over a very low heat for 20 minutes.

  7. Step 7

    Take the lid off and scatter the sliced peppers and okra over the rice.

  8. Step 8

    Cover and cook for 10–15 minutes until the vegetables are softened and the rice tender.

  9. Step 9

    Just before serving mix the vegetables through the rice and scatter over coriander.