Native Jollof Rice
This Native Jollof Rice is a hearty and tasty Nigerian one-pot delicacy. It's simply rice cooked in palm oil with deep flavours from locust beans, crayfish and other earthly spices.
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 409kcal
Ingredients
- 2 cups Rice washed
- 1 cup Palm oil
- 1 tbsp Locust beans
- 1 Onion diced
- 2 medium Tomatoes diced
- 2 Red bell peppers coarsely blended
- 3 tablespoon Crayfish
- 1 tsp Salt
- ½ cup Smoked shrimps remove head and tail
- 2 teaspoon Bouillon or any seasoning powder
- 1 cup Smoked fish deboned and washed
- ½ cup Precooked cow skin
- 3 cups Water or stock
- 2 cups Spinach chopped
Instructions
- Wash the rice until the water runs clear, set aside to drain.
- Add the palm oil to a hot pot on medium heat, and sauté the locust beans, onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes until some water dries and the oil floats.
- Add the smoked fish, crayfish, cooked cow skin, smoked shrimp, salt, and bouillon. Stir very well.
- Add the washed rice and the water or broth and cook until the rice is tender and fluffy. Keed adding water when needed to prevent it from burning,
- When fully cooked, garnish with the chopped spinach and stir gently. The residual heat will soften the spinach.
- Serve immediately or when cool.
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Nutrition
Calories: 409kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 56g | Saturated Fat: 27g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 21g | Cholesterol: 49mg | Sodium: 905mg | Potassium: 547mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 2051IU | Vitamin C: 24mg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 1mg