The Recipe for the best Ghanaian Jollof Rice

Hi guys today I'm going to share a healthy and tasty recipe for Jollof rice. there has been and i guess will always be an argument between who's Jollof tastes better in Africa especially between Ghanaian  and Nigerian.  i have tried both and i will without a bias that Ghanaian Jollof wins in my humble opinion. lemme know what you think in the comment section.

lets take a look at the recipe for cooking a delicious and health Jollof. 

Do give it a try and let us know how it turns out. 

The secret to a tasty Jollof is  a good stew or gravy. lets walk you through the process and ingredients 

Ingredients

Steaming of Beef /Chicken

Beef / Chicken

1/2-1 pound boneless beef or chicken 

3 cloves garlic

1 inch ginger

1/2 green bell pepper

scotch bonnet pepper as required (optional)

1/2 onion

salt as required.

Add desired herbal spices 

Stew

1/2 cup/120ml oil

3 tablespoon tomato paste/ puree

2 large onion

pepper as required

2 large tomatoes chopped

1/2 teaspoon curry powder

1 bay leaf

1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg

3 spoons of shrimp powder 

3 spoons of Dry fish powder(Amane)

1/2 teaspoon of Rosemary 

Jollof

2 cups rice

1 1/2 - 2cups water adjust with the brand used

salt as required  

Instructions

Prepare Beef/Chicken

Wash and Cut the Beef / Chicken into desired sizes. Blend all the ingredients under the 

Steaming of Beef /Chicken  together. 

Pour over the Beef / chicken.  Put on high heat and cook till is tender. Remove from cooker and pour into a sieve, drain stock for later use. 

To make the stew

Blend onions,  garlic and pepper together, set aside. Put oil in a saucepan and set on fire. 

When oil is hot, add some sliced onions to spice the oil then  fry beef/chicken and set aside.

Add tomato paste, stir fry for about two minutes, add blended onions, pepper, garlic.

 Add chopped tomatoes and stir fry. Add salt,Shrimp and fish Powder. 

curry and bay leaf, nutmeg, rosemary.   Cover and let simmer on high heat for about five minutes.

To make jollof

Wash rice till water is cleared. Add washed rice to the stew, leftover beef stock from the cooked beef/chicken , water as needed,  check and adjust for salt.

Cover tightly and bring to boil. Immediately it starts boiling, remove lid, using a thin wooden ladle or a long fork stir from bottom to top. Cover tightly and let simmer on low heat for 10-12 minutes. After the time has lapsed, remove lid, stir again. Stir in beef at this point. 

Cover tightly and let simmer for 10 more minutes till its well cooked.you can add vegetables and serve with shito or green pepper sauce.

Try it and share the pictures with us we will be excited to hear from you.