Recipe of the day: Coconut Jollof Rice, BBQ Chicken Thighs and Moin-Moin

Hello!

Jollof rice is a popular dish in many parts of West Africa. In Nigeria, we all know Sunday rice (special rice). It always taste' better.

Anticipating during the week. I am adding coconut

milk to the basic ingredients which are rice, tomatoes, onion, salt, red pepper, and tomato paste to give it a different flavor. I am going to show you how I make moin-moin (Steamed bean pudding) people always like it and I end up teaching them how to make it ^_^. I'm using the bean flour and it tastes different from the soaked beans. It's a Yoruba dish (Southwest region of Nigeria). It can be baked or steamed and it can be eaten with rice, bread, plantain or alone. 

     

READY IN: 2 HOURS

    Ingredients 

• Rice
• Tomato
• Tomato paste
• Onion
• Red pepper
• Cayenne pepper
• Scotch bonnet 
• Green pepper
• Vegetable oil
• Coconut milk 
• Bouillon cube 
• Dried thyme
• Curry
• Black pepper
• Onion powder
• Garlic powder
• Chicken seasoning 
• Salt 
• Egg 
• Chicken stock 
• Chicken thighs 
• BBQ sauce 
• Honey
• Ketchup
• Sardine 

   Tools/Equipments

• Baking glass
• Oven
• Medium pot
• Cooking spoon
• Cooker
• Can opener
• Blender
• Plastic bowl(s)
• Stirring stick

   Directions

      (Coconut jollof rice) 

• Blend the onion, red pepper, tomatoes, cayenne pepper, green pepper and tomato paste.
• Add oil to the pot, when the oil is hot (the surface glistens and
  
  shimmers).
• Pour the blended pepper.
• Add the seasonings (bouillon cube, thyme, curry, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, salt) and stir.
• Simmer for three minutes.
• Pour the coconut milk and water, wait for it to boil. 
• Add the parboiled rice.  
• Make sure the water level is on the same level with the rice.
• Cover the pot and leave it to cook on medium heat.  

      (Moin-moin)

• Boil the eggs. 
• Soak the bean flour in warm water for one hour.
• After one hour, pour the blended pepper, add the seasonings
  
  (bouillon cube, onion powder, garlic powder, salt), sardine, vegetable oil and mix well.
• Scoop the mixture into the plastic bowls and add one boiled egg into the bowls.
• Steam for about 40 minutes. 

       (BBQ Chicken)

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 
• Thaw the chicken and wash with lemon juice.
• Boil the chicken and season with (bouillon cube, thyme, curry,
  
  black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, salt) and onion.
• After mix the BBQ sauce, thyme, ketchup, honey and vegetable oil together.
• Transfer the boiled chicken to a baking glass and cover each piece well with the reserved sauce and bake for 40 minutes basting with sauce every 15 minutes.  

    My kitchen tip(s)

• Before you add water/coconut milk to the tomato sauce, make sure you fry it very well.  
• Make sure the water level is on the same level with the rice.
• When the oil is hot, the surface glistens and shimmers.
• Wash the chicken with salt/lemon juice.
• Baste the chicken with sauce every 15 minutes.  

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Have a nice day

xoxo
Raheenah

                                   


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