Culture Kitchen: Ghana

Jollof Rice is one of Ghana's treasured recipes. It's everyone's favorite!

Ingredients list for Chicken/Beef Jollof Rice

• Jasmine rice

• Vegetable Oil (or your preferred oil)

• Tomato paste

• Ground Cayenne pepper

• Onion

• Spices (salt, pepper, rosemary, curry, plus any spice of your choice)

• Ginger (Ground or powdered)

• Garlic (Ground or powdered)

• Carrots

• Green bell pepper (or your desired bell peppers)

• Chicken/ beef (whichever you prefer)

Recipe

1. Cut up meat to designed size

2. In a pan, add meat

3. Spice meat with ginger, garlic, rosemary, salt, black pepper, chopped onions

4. Let it simmer for 10 to 15 minutes (or till tender)

5. In a frying pan, add enough oil to shallow fry meat

6. Once meat is cooked, remove and then add chopped onion to the remaining oil

7. Add tomato paste and cook for 5 minutes

8. Add cayenne pepper and stock from meat

9. Cook for 5 minutes and add 2 cups rice

10. Stir and add salt

11. Add 2 cups of water and cook on low heat

12. Stir after intermittently so the rice mixes up well with stew and until there is no water

13. Taste for rice and sprinkle water if needed

14. Cover with paper napkin for even cooking

15. Add diced carrots and bell peppers wen rice is fully cooked and stir together

16. Let it simmer for a 3 minutes and serve.

17. NB: rice cooks evenly better on low heat