My Jamaican Rice and Peas

My Jamaican Rice and Peas

  Ready in : 45 mins

If you have around 45 minutes to spend in the kitchen, My Jamaican Rice and Peas might be an amazing gluten free, dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and vegan recipe to try. For 85 cents per serving, this recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 8 servings with 456 calories, 12g of protein, and 16g of fat each. Only a few people really liked this side dish. This recipe from Foodista requires additional of water, water, scotch bonnet pepper sauce, and vegetable oil. 1 person found this recipe to be scrumptious and satisfying. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 42%. This score is pretty good. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Jamaican Rice and Peas, Jamaican Rice and Peas, and Jamaican Rice & Peas.

Ingredients

eyed peas

eyed peas

0.5 pound

coconut milk

coconut milk

1 can

rice

rice

1 pound

onion

onion

1 cup

salt

salt

0.5 teaspoon

scotch bonnet pepper sauce

scotch bonnet pepper sauce

2 teaspoons

vegetable oil

vegetable oil

2 tablespoons

additional of water

additional of water

3 cups

water

water

3 cups

Cooking in Steps

  1. 1
    In a large dutch oven or a large heavy bottomed pot with a lid, heat oil over medium heat.

    cooking oil

    cooking oil

    dutch oven
    dutch oven
  2. 2
    Add onions and cook until translucent, about 5 minutes.

    onion

    onion

  3. 3
    Add thyme, if using. Stir in peas and 3 cups water. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cover. Simmer until just tender, about 45 minutes.Then add coconut milk, salt, scotch bonnet pepper sauce OR whole pepper, and 3 cups water.

    scotch bonnet chili

    scotch bonnet chili

    coconut milk

    coconut milk

    pepper

    pepper

    thyme

    thyme

    water

    water

    peas

    peas

    salt

    salt

  4. 4
    Mix well and taste; it should be rich and well seasoned. Bring to a boil, stir in rice, reduce heat, cover and cook until rice is tender and liquid absorbed, about 45 minutes.Check occasionally while the rice is cooking.

    rice

    rice

  5. 5
    Add more water if needed, or remove the cover and let the liquid cook off, if it is too loose, but take care not to burn. Fluff the rice, and serve with love and gratitude!

    water

    water

    rice

    rice