Rice and Peas Recipe?

[Tulip]

How do you make yours? I have noticed that on the what you cooking for Sunday menu just about everybody but me cooks them.

Aside from not thinking red beans should be called peas, I have dated enough men with roots out of my country to know that gungo peas and what not can also be used. Got into a big discussion about whether they should be called rice and peas or peas and rice. I still maintain my position that whichever ingredient is more plentiful should be called first in the dish name.

I kind of digressed but I’m wordy and that’s how I go.

Now, in my neck of the woods rice, beans, or peas of any type are cooked separately. You ladle the legume over the rice, and normally there is some sort of meat (even if only sausage) cooked in.

That being said, I have a decent recipe for rice and peas that is basically rice, peas, coconut milk, scotch bonnet pepper, and water. Even with all that, it’s bland and I’m tired of pretending like it’s ok while we salt it to death on the plate if nothing with gravy goes on top.

So I’m humbly asking you all and any who are willing to answer, how do I make it taste like yours?

[Xavier]

Re: Rice and Peas Recipe?

I do quick rice and peas in a slow cooker. I have used it for years and no complaints. Follow the recipe to a tea and you will be okay.

Quick Jamaican Rice & Peas

INGREDIENTS :

* 2 Cups Uncle Bens Rice
* 3 Sprigs thyme
* 2 Clove Garlic
* 2 Stalks scallion
* 1 tablespoon salt
* 1 tablespoon pepper
* 1 can green pigeon or red peas with coconut milk (Ocho Rio brand)
* 3 1/2 cup water (Or use the required amount for the rice cooker)
* 1 Scotch bonnet pepper

METHOD:

1. Pour the rice in the Rice Cooker.
2. Combine the water with the green pigeon peas with coconut milk into a pot.
3. Be sure the rice is completely covered with water
4. Add the salt, pepper, thyme, Garlic and scallion
5. Place Scotch bonnet in the pot
6. Turn on the rice cook
7. Serve once the rice cooker has completed cooking
. Do not keep the rice cooker on warm as it will burn the bottom of the rice.

Source: Jamaicans.com Recipes

[Stormmey]

Re: Rice and Peas Recipe?

Yes Missa Xaviya....that recipe is the bombdigitty....mattafact I am cooking up a storm now with recipes from the home page. Even when I cook Canadian or Swedish dishes I juss throw in some jammie seasoning like Walkers Wood jerk season etc.

The problem is..... if I a having some bland family members for dinner.....i know they going say it too spicy so I have my likkle brown suga on hand and will say throw some in the gravy tone down the spice I have a heavy hand on the spice they say

[Suesumba]

Re: Rice and Peas Recipe?

what X said, without the rice cooker, use a pot.

[Jazz]

Re: Rice and Peas Recipe?

seriously??? canned peas?? (ok I do use it sometimes when mi inna rush) but you have to give her an original recipe that utilizes the dried peas to get that rich color and the nice coconut taste...

Tulip mi soon come

[CeaBee]

Re: Rice and Peas Recipe?

it taste the same to me canned peas or not to be honest...but it look like Jazz gwine have u gratering coconut too

[Skelly]

Re: Rice and Peas Recipe?

soak peas ovanight...boil in di mawnin...den cook rice and peas one hour before you meat done cook

[twiney]

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I add pimento and butter to mine... and it is off the charts... the can thing work but mi staying away from canned things so mi cook mi peas miself ...fling it in the slow cooker on high for 2 hrs with the seasonings and coconut milk so when I transfer it to rice cooker with butter and the scotchie.

[Skelly]

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is di worse ting in di world fi bite pan a pimento seed so mi use pimento leaf instead

[j-kid]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: CeaBee</div><div class="ubbcode-body">but it look like Jazz gwine have u gratering coconut too
</div></div>

Tell har watch har knuckles.

[twiney]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Skelly</div><div class="ubbcode-body">is di worse ting in di world fi bite pan a pimento seed so mi use pimento leaf instead </div></div>

slow cooker thing you fling them away since the flavour done cook out aready ...

[Tulip]

Re: Rice and Peas Recipe?

Thanks for the recipe Xavier. I'm almost shame it's in the recipes link on the home page.

Also thanks Skelly and Twiney. I think I will definitely add pimento.

I'm country so i don't own a rice cooker. I'm all pots and pans.

I'm waiting for you Jazz. (Got my notepad off the fridge because I know I'm going to need to put something on the list.)

[Skelly]

Re: Rice and Peas Recipe?

I don't own a rice cooker either. By choice.

[RichD]

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i want a rice cooker..it goes well wid the crock pot

[Skelly]

Re: Rice and Peas Recipe?

Seet deh. Plus rice cooker rice too shelly to me.