Welcome to Chi Chi’s kitchen: A fun-loving exploration of cooking with an African influence, using whatever I can find in my cupboard. In this clip I will show you how to make Jollof rice. One of the most loved recipes and national dishes of Nigeria. If you have never had Nigerian food, here is a simple introduction into the world of Nigerian food. Enjoy.
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im trying to learn how to make nigerian food. im only 17.
so i want to learn how to make jollof one day and surprise my mother one day. its going to make her so proud!
and everyone loves jollof rice. its the best and its really good.
and for you people saying where it originated from….who cares!!! all we know is that its really good stuff and its from us africans. africans unite!
thank you chi chi (i have a sister named chi chi lol) for this great video!
5 stars!
Hi Chi-Chi, could you please write down the ingredients, because i dont understand these three brown things in the plastic trey. Sorry about that, my english is not very good!! Thank u so much.
“CHI CHI’S JOLLOF RICE!”…LMAO!
the african rissotto
@vixxy02 Stop being so attention hungry!! SHE DID NOT SAY NIGERIANS INVENTED IT!!!!! SHE SAID IT IS A POPULAR DISH IN NIGERIA!!!!! Senegalese/Gambian people are always trying to start something OVER JOLLOF RICE!!! THEY NEVER LISTEN TO THE ORIGINAL COMMENT GIVEN SO GET OVER IT!!!
Nigerians popularly use the small beef maggi cubes, but any stock cubes of your choice will do. Enjoy.
please not frozen veg!
Hmmmm. . . . .Ginger! I will try that.
Thanks so much for the video. It really lets you know how to cook Jollof rice. My only question is how do you make it drier?
I understand exactly where you’re coming from. Africans are so divisive, it’s gets on my nerves, and has led me to be more cautious around them, and I’m talking about Africans who are related to me by blood! I won’t even begin to expound on the African ppl who you come on a daily basis…
I mean WHO GIVES A FLYING FUCK where it came from. All we know is that people eat it today and find it jolly to share it with others. GOSH… Some africans really need to grow up.
You just end up looking like you want to take credit for something you didn’t even invent.
Does it really matter where the dish originated from? … There are millions of countries in Africa especially that claim it originated from their tribes. I’m so sick of Africans always fighting about stuff. They are supposed to unite over things, not fight about them, no wonder it was so easy for africans to sell each other during slave trade. Can’t believe how immature Africans can be at times, so much so that I get embarassed to call myself an african.
EBONY: You’re 100000000% correct! It did start there,and has become the most celebrated dish across the WHOLE of W/A, and rightfully so. Obviously from country to country slight changes have been made in terms of cooking styles and some spices, but we’ve got to give credit where it’s due, and our Senegalese/Gambian kindred deserve that honour!
PEACE!
Chi Chi, ive watched this about 4 times now, and plan on making it next week. I just wondered what stock cubes you used? Were they chicken stock cubes?
God it makes my mouth water every time i see this.
<3
Thanks for your comments. You would need to taste the diluted sauce before putting your rice in it to cook. Make sure it is salted enough and as tasty as you want it to be as this would be the point to make corrections to the flavor before the rice is added to cook. Enjoy. Will be posting more recipes up soon.
you sound ridiculous…… like i said a million times jollof rice orignated in senegal from the jollof people who speak wolof, which is the language people from jollof speak, google jollof senegal will come up. go to senegal ask for jollof you’ll be in jollof. if you know the lady who invented it, go and wake her up from the dead and ask her where she came from, maybe she’ll tell u she got it from microsoft corporation lol
NO HUN!! U got it all wrong. Jollof rice, was created by a nigerian woman, who was married to a ghanian.Just because something is named after the same name, doesn’t mean anything. Otherwise, bill gates, would have named microsoft, BILL GATES!!
HAHAHAHAHAHA!! Jolove….pls love me!!!!funny that!!
LOL!!! Is that why you watch her videos, just to see the way she licks her *fingers*
The amount of water you added to the rice in the pan, doesn’t that take much of the flavour away from the food, by the time its cooked??
actually Jolof rice is originally from senegal.. yupp
and she is right sucemapin!!!
Hi chi chi,
Great video. I am african american and I was introduced to jollof rice by a liberian. I was later retroduced to it by a camoronian and then ghanian. I am eager to try the nigerian version. All in all it is the same, and I like the claims who really prepare the best jollof rice. I am eager to try the senegalese version i must say. I love the video and continue your good work.
Thank you for your comments. Point taken, and i do agree that frozen foods will never really be as nice as fresh food despite the few times the convenience of using them has served me well. I hope you enjoyed the dish. I will be posting more delicious recipes soon.
Thanks for your response. Chili is not an essential ingredient for this dish, So you can eliminate it or just use it as sparingly as you like. I hope you enjoy it
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chichi you are a beautiful african beauty makes me proud to be nigerian