Beef Jollof: Ghana’s one-pot rice dish with beef.
This beef jollof is made using the jollof stew and succulent tender fried beef. Beef tends to be tough and I mostly boil it rather than steaming to make them tender before frying it.
I have other jollof variations on the site like tuna jollof with carrots and green beans, herrings and beans jollof, coconut jollof.
Jollof is my weakness. Make me jollof and I will fall in love with you, probably stick to you. You wouldn’t be able to tear me off. I know you love jollof too, let me taunt you with this bowl to get you to the kitchen.
And yeah, do call me when is done, because my stomach is never full with jollof.
One-pot rice dish made using tomato gravy and fried beef.
- 1/2-1 pound boneless beef
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 inch ginger
- 1/2 green bell pepper
- scotch bonnet pepper as required (optional)
- 1/2 onion
- salt as required.
- 1/2 cup/120ml oil
- 3 tablespoon tomato paste/ puree
- 1 large onion
- 2 tablespoon turkey berries optional
- pepper as required
- 2 large tomatoes chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 cups rice
- 1 1/2 - 2cups water adjust with the brand used
- salt as required
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Cut the beef into desired sizes. Blend all the ingredients under the beef together. Pour over the beef. Put on high heat and cook till is tender. Add water as and when needed when cooking.
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Blend onions, turkey berries and pepper together, set aside. Put oil in a saucepan and set on fire. When oil is hot, fry beef and set aside.
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Add tomato paste, stir fry for about two minutes, add blended onions, pepper and turkey berries. Add chopped tomatoes and stir fry. Add salt, curry and bay leaf. Cover and let simmer on high heat for about five minutes.
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Wash rice till water is cleared. Add washed rice to the stew, leftover beef stock from the cooked beef, water as needed, check and adjust for salt.
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Cover tightly and bring to boil. Immediately it starts boiling, remove lid, using a thin wooden ladle or a long fork stir from bottom to top. Cover tightly and let simmer on low heat for 10-12 minutes. After the time has lapsed, remove lid, stir again. Stir in beef at this point. Cover tightly and let simmer for 10 more minutes till its well cooked. Serve with coleslaw.
Brands of rice differ, check the amount of water you regularly use to cook regular rice and use less than that for jollof. Remember, we using steam.
