Monday, July 26, 2010

Ghanaian food in Virginia: Jollof rice

Gabriel, one of my housemates this summer, is from Ghana, and his sister is a great chef and owner of a restaurant in Ghana!  We are both learning to cook some traditional Ghanaian dishes using recipes from his sister.  Here is a recipe for Jollof rice:

1 lb meat
1 onion
2 fresh tomatoes pureed or 1 can of tomato sauce
1 box chicken broth
1/2 can of tomato paste
3 cups of rice
salt to taste

1. Cook beef/chicken in water with ground pepper
2. Add 1/4 of a sliced onion and leave to cook
3. Fry rest of onion in separate pan with oil
4. Add tomato paste and stir well into the oil
5. Add fresh tomato puree and cook well
6. Fry chicken in oil but keep broth
7. Add tomato mixture and fried chicken to broth
8. Add container of chicken broth
9. Add salt
10.  Bring to boil
11. Add rice and turn down heat. Make sure water covers the rice.


Here's a bad picture I took with my cellphone.  It's usually eaten with salad.


Only at Virginia Beach.


-Kathy

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