Jollof Rice(West Africa) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. lean beef, cubed
1 lb. boneless chicken, cubed
3 large onions
3 tomatoes
1/2 c. cooking oil
1 can tomato puree
1 tsp. black pepper
1/4 tsp. hot red pepper
2 tsp. thyme
4 c. raw rice
3 tsp. salt
8 c. liquid (including 1 can tomato puree, broth and water)
1 (10 oz.) pkg. frozen peas, cooked

Preparation

Boil
the cubed meats about 1/2 hour. Remove from broth and drain. Brown in cooking oil. Remove from oil. Slice onions and tomatoes
and cook in the oil. Add 1 can tomato puree. Add black and red peppers and
thyme.
Add meats to this sauce and simmer for 1/2 hour. Cook rice, salt and liquid as directed on package, watching that it
does
not
scorch.
Cook\tthe peas. After rice is cooked, gently
fold
the
sauce and cooked peas into
it and serve
while
hot.\t(Cooked
green\tbeans,\tgreen peppers or even French fried
potatoes
can be used instead of the peas.)