Emergency Nigerian Jollof Rice

Every kitchen has an emergency corner for items that we know are not perishable and do not need Naija electricity to survive. These come in handy when we need to rush a quick meal at an odd time.
Emergency Nigerian Jollof Rice. You can cook with the step by step pics from my green jollof rice or cook like this recipe. You can also make the stew with sardine, tomatoes and other ingredients to add when rice is cooked.

Please don’t say unhealthy or whatever cos it’s not every time you sef can rush to the market to all your ingredients, sometimes we manage with what is available.

You’ve never eaten canned food? Enjoy our emergency Nigerian jollof rice

For any yummy Lady Anon that is planning to tell us this is unhealthy cos I cooked with canned foods like sardine or tin tomatoes, abeg o, after telling us, kuku tell us that you have never drank soaked garri with only sugar or salt on a hot afternoon. 

That you have never eaten roasted plantain or never chewed boiled yam with only fresh pepper and palm oil; are those ones nutritious ni? If we do not learn to sometimes improvise and manage, what happens when condition changes cause no condition is permanent o.

 Ok now, let me deviate small, think of people in war torn areas of the world, do you think that when they manage to see canned sardine and tomatoes, they’ll have the strength to condemn and ask for fresh food?

Aside from emergency cooking, sometimes, it’s
good we cook some not very palatable for our kids so they start learning that life sometimes is about survival and this survival cannot be for the weak minded.

 

Let them know now that every day cannot be christmas cos mom and Dad cannot spend everything cooking meals for them to eat and turn around to feed the toilet FAT.

Done with small vexing, anyway sef I don’t think canned foods are unhealthy when eaten in moderation.

Back to the matter of our emergency jollof rice. 

Ingredients For Nigerian Emergency kitchen corner:

1. Corned beef
2. Sardines
3. Mackerel in tomato sauce
4. Baked beans
5. kidney beans
6. Creams
7. Tomato ketchup
8. Canned tomatoes
9. Sweet corn
10. Tuna
11. Peas
12. coconut milk
13. Seasoning cubes pack
14. Salt
15. Can’t think of any other right now

With these, you can cook anything even in a situation where you can’t get out for a whole week.

Add washed rice to the boiling stock

Add some thyme to pot of rice

Thyme is used sparingly not much, stirred a little and covered to boil

Once rice begins to boil, heat is reduced and left to simmer till cooked. Remember to check for salt every time water is added. I try not to add water cos it affects the taste, I just add enough stock and water at first and cook with very low heat so water doesn’t dry before my jollof is cooked

Tasty emergency jollof rice you can’t resist. No chicken or meat but it tasted great

 

You can’t beat the taste of tomatoes mixed with sardine in jollof rice or even tomato stew Enjoy! Energency Nigerian Jollof rice