I know tomatoes “haff cost” but don’t worry, you don’t need fresh tomatoes for this, with tinned tomatoe paste /tomato sauce in a can you are good go! Initially I was making Jollof but added a bunch of other ingredients and ended up with a spoon-licking jambalaya rice. So can we call it Jambalaya Jollof? T’s not 100% Jambalaya and it’s not 100% Jollof. LOL. Name this dish! Back to how delicious this was…Bobo said “don’t serve plenty for me oh“(fitfam tinz)…as a good wife I said “Ok” and gave him a small portion. This guy went back two times to that pot! I no blame am, na the rice wey sweet I blame. Even Tito balance well to wack the rice. So what are the ingredients?
INGREDIENTS
Tinned tomato paste- I prefer Gino because of the rich red colour
Tomato Sauce-I stumbled on this one and loved it
Peppers- Green, Red, Yello
Sweet Corn
Salt
Maggi
Vegetable Oil
Bay Leaves
Thyme
Curry
Black Pepper
Chicken stock
Basmati Rice
Sausage
PREPARATION
- Chop your peppers, onion and sausage neatly.
- Heat up your pot, add vegetable oil, sauté some of the chopped Onion, then add your tomato paste, your spices, and bay leaf.
- Fry the tomato paste till it is cooked and it looks like small clumps, then add chicken stock and water. Allow to boil.
- When it is boiling, add your basmati rice, lower the heat and allow to cook.
- Don’t allow the rice to be dry before turning it off, leave a bit of sauce.
- In another pan, now sauté the remaining onion, cut sausage and medley of peppers.
- Add the rice to the sautéed vegetables and combine.Allow to simmer for 5 minutes and your jambalaya rice is ready!
You can watch the video to see how easy it is to prepare. Don’t forget to LIKE and SUBSCRIBE!
