Easily the BEST Authentic Jamaican Rice and Peas
Making Jamaican rice and peas seriously easy this side dish is extremely diverse and tastes amazing with any sort of protein
Ingredients
- 1½ cup red kidney beans
- 1 can coconut milk unsweetened
- 1 tsp all-purpose seasoning
- 3 stalks scallion chopped
- 2 cloves garlic smashed and peeled
- 1 spring fresh thyme or 2 teaspoons dried
- 1 inch ginger root
- 1 tsp whole allspice manually ground (or ½ teaspoon pre-ground)
- 1 whole scotch bonnet pepper uncut and unbruised (green is preferred )
- 1½ tsp salt (optional)
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 3 cups water
- 2 Cups of rice White or brown rice or quinoa
Instructions
- Soak kidney beans overnight in water. To soften the beans.
- Place your beans in a medium pan, add about 3 cups of water and boil for about 1 hr under a medium flame. Your beans should now be tender (test by sticking a fork into one of them and just giving it a little squeeze)
- While your beans are simmering, you can now add your unsweetened coconut milk, and stir for about 3 minutes.
- Then you add your chopped garlic, scallions (green onions), thyme, allspice seeds, and scotch bonnet pepper, ginger, salt, and pepper to taste
- Add water if necessary
- Stir under a medium-high flame for about 3-5 minutes. Then you can add your rice and cook until the rice is cooked, tender and fluffy, which takes about 20-30mins. And in no time you will have delicious Jamaican rice and peas
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Notes
Please do not let the pepper burst inside the pot, this will cause it to be very spicy! So if you are not a spice person this can be very bad yet flavorful lol. Make sure to wash the beans with water to remove all the dirt that usually comes with the beans. If when cooking your rice and you find that it’s still hard add a little bit of water, as needed then place foil paper or wash off a grocery bag aka “scandal bag” in the pot then cover and steam until soft.
Nutrition
Serving: 4gCalories: 291kcalCarbohydrates: 21gProtein: 9gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 18gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.5gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 3mgSodium: 156mgPotassium: 570mgFiber: 6gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 115IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 64mgIron: 6mg
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