The initial plan was to make native rice, but I changed course and made fried rice inspired Ofada rice something something. I was at loss as to what to name it. But here we are.

Thanks to bulk prepping, I pulled out frozen mixed vegetables from the freezer, as well as frozen boiled ayamase pepper. I shared a little while ago how I bulk buy vegetables chop and freeze, as a money saving technique. See here So because I had a lot of things prepped I just went straight to cooking.

Recipe

Ingredients

• 3 cups Ofada Rice
• ¼ cup parboiled Ayamase Pepper mix (green bell pepper/ green scotch bonnet)
• 2 cups meat stock
• 2 tbsp crayfish powder
• 1 cup water (you might need a little more)
• 1 cup bleached palm oil
• 1 large onion chopped
• ½ cup Iru (locust beans) you can use less.
• 2 cups chopped mixed vegetables
• Chopped fried meats
• *Taste to adjust salt and seasoning and add additional seasoning if necessary.

Procedure.

• Wash and rinse rice properly till the water is clear.
• Heat up your bleached palm oil (or bleach your palm oil with the lid on the pot till it is a little past smoke point), add Iru, chopped onions and fry
• Add washed rice to the hot oil, and stir fry for about five minutes.
• Add parboiled pepper mix,
• Add crayfish powder meat stock and water
• Cook on medium heat till the rice is soft. See Tips for cooking rice. Taste and adjust season if necessary.
• While rice is cooking, steam your chopped vegetable mix
• Once rice is cooked, add steamed vegetables, fried meats, and stir in.
• Turn heat down to lowand allow to steam together with lid off for about 5 minutes.
• Serve warm

Enjoy with a great bottle of Fresh Juice.

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