Recipe: Tasty Jollof rice with spinach

Recipe: Tasty Jollof rice with spinach Delicious, fresh and tasty.
Jollof rice with spinach. This is how I prepared my spinach jollof rice., very yummy and delicious recipe. The ingredients needed for this recipe are as follows Spinach ONIONS Pepper. Nigerian Jollof Rice - a spicy and vibrant one-pot tomato rice, this is probably the best-known Nigerian food recipe.
Jollof Rice (Jellof Rice) - a popular Nigerian one-pot dish that is bursting with flavors topped with mixed veggies Jollof rice is a popular dish across West Africa.
Originated from Wolof tribe in Senegal.
Brown Spinach Rice aka Check Rice- A healthy African way of cooking rice spiced up with cayenne.
You can cook Jollof rice with spinach using 23 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Jollof rice with spinach
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Prepare of Jollof rice.
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You need 900 grams of boneless chicken breast skinned and diced.
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You need 1 1/2 cup of per boiled rice.
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You need 2 tbsp of vegetable oil.
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You need 2 tsp of chicken bouillon powder.
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Prepare 1 1/2 can of liquid chicken broths.
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It’s 1 dash of ground black pepper.
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You need dash of dried thyme.
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It’s dash of curry powder.
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It’s 1 medium of white onions diced in cubes.
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It’s 1 medium of bell pepper diced in cubes.
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Prepare 2 medium of tomatoes diced in cubes.
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Prepare 2 1/2 tbsp of tomatoes paste.
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It’s 1/2 clove of ginger.
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You need 1 of bay leaf.
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Prepare dash of salt.
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You need of vegetable.
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It’s 500 grams of spinach.
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Prepare 1 tbsp of vegetable oil.
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Prepare 1 small of chopped onion.
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You need 1 medium of bell pepper diced in 8 pieces.
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Prepare 1 medium of tomatoes diced in 8 pieces.
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It’s 1 of crayfish or any disired meat (optional).
This Jollof Rice Recipe is a true West African classic!
Fragrant rice is steeped in rich ingredients like meat stock, garlic, onions, tomatoes, and spicy chilies adding an incredible Disclosure: This Jollof Rice post is a collaboration with AncestryDNA.
I received compensation, but all opinions are my own.
When Jollof rice first landed on our dinner table, my family had never tasted or even heard of Jollof rice, yet it felt familiar.
Jollof rice with spinach step by step
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In a big skillet, sautee onions, bell pepper, and tomatoes in veg. oil for 2 mins.
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Mix tomatoes paste with ground black pepper in a bowl add little water to make it blend but not watery, pour it in the skillet on mix with spoon,make sure it doesnt stick, add bouillon powder, add chicken and stir,add dried thyme, ginger and salt,fry for 2mins under medium heat, don't let it stick stir if necessary.
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Pour the per boiled rice gradually an stir with a spatula as u pour stir until it the rice blend, lift each side of the rice with the spatula in circular form adding the broth, do not stir,add bay leaves and cover letter it simmer for 3 min or until the rice is dry, u can now stir if u sure the rice is dry.
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For spinach.
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Sautee all diced ingredients add crayfish or any meat, add salt.
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In a bowl cut the spinach and wash with hot water 2 time, making sure its not too soft or soggy.
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Add garlic (optional) and spinach to the sautéed ingredients and stir until the vegetable blend in, cover and let it simmer for 1min or until its succulent.
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Food is ready to be served.
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It's that comforting one-pot Rice is a staple food through Ghana and Jollof rice is their most popular rice dish.
Now it's popular in my house too!
Sauteed spinach combined with rice makes a delicious side dish I just can't get enough of!
Toss rice with spinach and top with good grating cheese like Pecorino Romano.
Try out the Nigerian Basmati Jollof Rice.