Rice and Peas
Ingredients
- 2 Cups long grain white rice (brown rice can be substituted)
- 3/4 Cup Unsweetened coconut milk
- 1 Clove Garlic Chopped
- 1 3/4 Cup Dried Kidney Beans
- 2 Sprigs Thyme Dried
- 1/2 Tablespoon Salt
- 7 Whole Allspice seeds Also called Pimento seeds
Instructions
- The first thing you must do if you're using dried kidney beans is to make sure you soak them overnight in a bowl of water. This softens the texture of the beans. I prefer dried beans, but you can use the canned kidney beans instead. Drain the water from the beans and rinse thoroughly with water.
- Place your beans in a medium saucepan, 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).
- While your beans are simmering, you can now add your unsweetened coconut milk, and stir for about 5 minutes.
- Then you add your chopped garlic, scallions (green onions), thyme, allspice seeds and scotch bonnet pepper.
- Add your salt and pepper to the mix
- Stir under a medium-high flame for about 5 minutes or so. Then you can add your rice and cook until the rice is cooked and fluffy, which takes about ½ hr to 40 minutes. There you have it, delicious Jamaican rice and pe
