Jollof Rice

Name: Jollof Rice
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: 2 lb chicken ((bone in), cut); 4 garlic cloves; 1 onion; 1 inch piece of ginger; 1 Scotch bonnet pepper; 1 stock cube (Maggi or other); 4 tablespoons vegetable oil; 2 onions (, thinly sliced); 8 oz tomato paste; 14 oz tomato puree ((canned)); 2 Scotch bonnet peppers; 2 bay leaves; 1 tablespoon curry powder ((optional)); 4 cups parboiled rice; ½ lb green beans (, cut into 1 inch / 2,5 cm pieces); 2 carrots (, peeled and cut into large matchsticks)