how to cook delicious jollof rice in 20 minutes

Here's a detailed step by step on how to cook jollof rice: First, blend the bell peppers, plum tomatoes, scotch bonnet, and brown onion. Place a pot on heat, add oil into the pot, then add in sliced onions. Sautee the onions till they are fragrant and translucent. This should take about 2 minutes. Next, add in the tomato puree/tomato paste. Fry for 5-10 minutes till reduced in quantity and doesn't taste tart. Add in the blended peppers, curry powder, dried thyme, stock cubes, bay leaves, and salt. Fry till it is dark red and no longer raw. It will be reduced in quantity, thick and the oil floats to the top of the sauce. This takes about 10 - 15 minutes. Then add in the chicken broth, and boiling water. Stir, add in the washed rice. Cover the pot tightly and cook the rice on low heat till it's almost tender. (About 25 minutes). Add the remaining sliced red onion, sliced tomato, and butter. Cover the pot and continue to steam the rice till it's tender. Stir the rice and take it off the heat. Serve and enjoy! HOW LONG TO COOK JOLLOF RICE On average, cooking jollof rice takes between 40-60 minutes depending on the quantity. The rice usually cooks at the same time either in small or large quantities, but it takes longer to fry the tomato/pepper base for a large quantity. Therefore it will take a shorter time for frying the pepper base for 10 servings than the pepper base for 20 servings. To fry the sauce base takes about 10-20 minutes While it takes about 30 minutes to steam the rice in the sauce base. WHAT TO SERVE WITH Roast Chicken Fried plantain Fried Beef Fish Fried chicken Turkey Coleslaw Salad Moin moin Pan fried steak HOW TO STORE Leftovers should be stored in the fridge. Put it in an airtight container, label it, and put it in the freezer where it will last up to 4 days. You can also freeze jollof rice but it's best to reheat from frozen and not thaw first. If thawed, it doesn't re when reheated. To store in the freezer: Put in a freezer-safe and microwave-safe bowl (since you will be reheating from frozen), label with name and dates, then put it in the freezer where it will preserve well for 3 months. How to reheat it from frozen, put the microwaveable bowl of Jollof in the microwave and heat on high setting for 4 minutes, stir then reheat at 1-minute intervals till it is heated.