In this recipe, I am going to give you a step by step guide on how to prepare Coconut Jollof Rice. Coconut jollof rice can be served with green pepper sauce. This Nigerian Recipe is delicious.
In our previous article we did how to prepare jollof rice with peppered turkey wings. You can view it here.
If the want to surprise your family or a loved one, this meal I call the surprise Jollof Rice should be your first choice.
Coconut Jollof Rice Ingredients
Delicious Coconut Jollof Rice (Spicy)
Ingredients
- 3 cups perfumed rice
- 1 coconut OR 1 tin coconut milk
- 500 mls tomato stew base 2 cups
- 1 kg chicken hard
- 2 pieces onion white preferably
- shrimps optional
- 3 pieces carrots
- 1/2 cup green peas
- 3 medium-size seasoning cubes
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- 1 tbsp thyme
- 1 tbsp black pepper any amount of your choice
- Salt
Instructions
- Steam the chicken with the white onions, seasoning cubes, thyme and some of the coconut milk. Once it gets a good overall steam, add the rest of the coconut milk and start cooking till done. Top it up with water from time to time when necessary.
- When the chicken is done, separate the chicken from the stock and set aside.
- Decant the chicken stock into a different pot. Add the curry powder, black pepper and about half of the tomato stew base.
- Cover and once it boils, add the precooked rice, stir and make sure the liquid is at the same level as the rice. Taste for salt at this time and add some if necessary.
- Add the remaining tomato stew base on top. Cover with a sheet of foil followed by the pot cover and start cooking.
- Once you can no longer see the water (but the rice is not yet dry), add the carrots, red onions and green peas. Stir the top, cover with the foil and pot cover and continue cooking. See the video below for how to do all these.
- When all the water dries up, mix with a spatula till everything is well combined. Transfer to a cool container immediately so the Coconut Jollof Rice will not continue to cook and get mushy.
- While the rice is cooking the second time, grill (at 200 deg C or 400F) or deepfry the chicken to get a golden look. Turn them around while grilling for an overall golden look.
- Serve with the grilled chicken, I added some avocado too. You can add fried plantains and/or sauteed leafy vegetables.
Video
Notes
- For the tastiest Coconut Jollof Rice, make your own Coconut Milk if you can buy coconuts where you live.
- Prepare the Tomato Stew base if you don’t already have some. You should always have this in your freezer. 🙂
- Precook or parboil the rice following the procedure on How to Precook Rice for Nigerian Jollof Rice recipes.
- Clean the chicken, dice the red and white onions, carrots and clean the shrimps.
Nutrition
Editorial
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