Nigerian jollof rice with beans, carrots

Nigerian jollof rice with beans, carrots

A serving of jollof rice and beans.

 Nigerian jollof rice and beans is very filling. It fills you up so much so that you just keep drinking water the whole day without feeling hungry. It is very easy to cook and less expensive too. Every day is not christmas, this was cooked with only beef stock and crayfish, no meat or fish. The chicken and fish in the pics were just brought from the fridge, heated and added to garnish for serving. There is palm oil rice and beans too on the blog. You can also add beans when cooking Ghana's version of Jollof rice posted here by Celise. What I do not know and haven't tried is if beans can be added to Nigerian fried rice and coconut rice

INGREDIENTS FOR JOLLOF RICE WITH BEANS:

• 2 CUPS RICE
• 3 CUPS BEANS
• SOYA OIL
• SEASONING CUBES
• ONE MEDIUM SIZED ONION
• 3 MEDIUM SIZED CARROTS (optional)
• PEPPER SAUCE
• BEEF STOCK 
• SALT 
• WATER

HOW TO COOK NIGERIAN JOLLOF RICE AND BEANS:

cooked pot of rice and beans waiting for carrots.


Fry onion, tomatoe paste, crayfish, seasoning  and pepper in hot oil before adding the beef, chicken or whatever stock. I added frozen stock here. The stock contains pepper so, very minimal pepper was used when frying

Fry onion, tomatoe paste, crayfish, seasoning  and pepper in hot oil before adding the beef, chicken or whatever stock. I added frozen stock here. The stock contains pepper so, very minimal pepper was used when frying

Adding washed rice to boiling beans

Cooked, tender  rice with beans waiting for carrots

Cubed carrots are added to cooked rice and beans, left to simmer for 10 minutes before turning off the heat. You can leave your carrots for as long as you want but don't over cook. I am happy I didn't skip the carrots cos while rice and beans were tender, the carrots added some crunchiness.

 Heating  some  agents of protein. The head tho.

Chicken and fish were not part of the whole arrangement, these came in from the fridge just to get heated and be served to the few who can get.

 My naija carroted jollof rice with a drum stick. Some peppery sauce innit.

 Jollof rice with fish head. I love fish head but not with the gills o.

 Carrots are stirred in and left to simmer and burnnn. Burn in is for you lover of dry jollof bottom pot. For me, I like to lick the sauce with my five fingers. You very free to let your pot do some burnin' after adding the carrots and some peas maybe.

 Some sauce in well cooked soft rice and beans is the best lunch. The sauce for a starter with the steaming, hot cloudy mound of jollof as the main course. Excellently yummy for my tummy.

 Jollof rice and beans with grilled chicken

Nigerian jollof rice and beans with some sauce. Rice can be cooked till pot is dry if that's how you like it. Incase no beef or chicken stock at home, cook with just water and much crayfish. I love them watery with some sauce.
Enjoy!