Thread: Jollof rice

That does sound pretty tasty. Is it served as a main dish or a side? Where in Africa is it typically served?

Sounds good. I've had Portuguese rice before and it has some type of cheese, green and red peppers and white rice. It wasn't as flavorful as I thought, but it was still good.

That sounds delicious. I would serve it with king prawns or chicken.

Isn't Scotch Bonnet one of the hottest chillies? I may have to go a bit steady with that, if so. Or use a variety with less heat!

And what's plantain? I have never heard of it.

Sounds delicious, in our country rice is a staple food and we usually pair it with a dish, even if I eat plain rice everyday I love to try different rice recipes. I will definitely try this but I have no clue about the other ingredients - scotch bonnet and plantain.

It's a nice post but I'd appreciate it more if there's a picture

Jollof rice is eaten throughout West Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana and Gambia. It would be nice with prawns, you can eat it with any meat or fish. Sometimes they cook the meat slowly in the stock and then use the stock to cook the rice. Scotch bonnets are hot but they have a lot of flavour, if you don't want the heat you can put the scotch bonnet in whole to infuse the flavour and remove it when you are ready to eat.

Plantain is a form of banana, it can be cooked many ways but the most popular method is to slice it and fry it until crispy. It is popular in the West Indies and Africa. it is often eaten with eggs for breakfast as well.

It's like the yang chow fried rice here in Asia. It would be interesting to have the chance to taste jollof rice so that I can compare its taste on our local fried rice version. Sure it's tasty too.

I just found a recipe for his online after reading this post, a very artistic combination in this dish, I have been trying to get a perfect rice recipe for ages, I am going to try this.

That sounds absolutely delicious! Now if only I knew how to cook...

Thanks for sharing this.

Originally Posted by shaun

My favourite African dish (although I haven't tried many) is jollof rice. You make jollof rice by cooking onions, peppers, garlic, tomatoes, scotch bonnet, spices and the rice is cooked in stock, you can eat it with any meat or fish and it is served with fried plantain, healthy and delicious.

I love jollof rice with chicken!
I had it on my last trip to South Africa for dinner at the five star hotel in the Oceana Beach and Wildlife Reserve.

Sounds delicious, but a little spicy too :P

Originally Posted by summerRain

It's like the yang chow fried rice here in Asia. It would be interesting to have the chance to taste jollof rice so that I can compare its taste on our local fried rice version. Sure it's tasty too.

The rice isn't fried, it is cooked in stock with vegetables and others flavourings.
I like fried rice too, especially nasi goreng from Indonesia. :P