A spicy and smoky rice dish that's popular throughout West Africa. Made with a tomato and pepper-based sauce that gives the rice a wonderful rich flavour.
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Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 45 minutesmins
Total Time 1 hourhr
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Nigerian
Servings 4
Ingredients
Jollof Sauce
400gtin chopped tomatoes
4clovesgarlic
30gginger
1Scotch bonnet chilli*
2red bell peppers
1medium brown onion
Jollof Rice
300gbasmati rice
4tablespoonsvegetable oil
1medium brown onionthinly sliced
1teaspoondried thyme
1teaspoonsmoked paprika
1teaspooncurry powder
2bay leaves
400mlvegan chicken stockor vegetable
Instructions
Roughly chop all the ingredients for the sauce and add them to a blender. You can remove the seeds from the Scotch bonnet if you want less heat.
Blend the sauce until smooth then set aside until later.
Add the oil to a pan over medium heat. Once hot add the sliced onion with a pinch of salt and sauté until the onion is starting to turn soft and translucent, around 4 minutes.
Add the blended sauce. Bring to a simmer then partially cover the pan. Let the sauce reduce until it's thick and the oil is starting to pool at the sides of the pan, stirring occasionally. This will take around 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, In another pot, bring around 1 litre of salted water to a boil. Wash the rice thoroughly and add to the boiling water for 5 minutes to part cook the rice. Drain the rice and run it under cold water to stop it from cooking and set it aside.
Once the sauce has reduced to a thick paste-like consistency add the dried thyme, smoked paprika, curry powder, bay leaves and the vegan chicken stock. Mix well to incorporate everything and bring back to a simmer.
Once simmering add the partially cooked rice and stir well to evenly mix the rice through the sauce. Turn the heat to low and cover the pot until the rice is fully cooked and absorbed most of the liquid. This will take around 10 minutes.
Turn off the heat and taste for seasoning. We didn't need to add any salt.
Leave your Vegan Jollof Rice to sit for 5 minutes before fluffing up with a fork and serving.
Notes
If you don't want your Vegan Jollof Rice to be too spicy you can swap out the Scotch bonnet for a chilli with less heat.