Rice and peas

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A few years ago we were lucky enough to holiday in Barbados. The food there is superb. Most main dishes come served with rice and peas, a staple food. It's lovely.
We had a fabulous housemaid who was nice enough to give me a few pointers on making my own rice and peas, as we have a sea-view balcony with its own BBQ area, so we cooked many evenings.
This recipe takes what she taught me and also what I have read online. While it looks a little grey, the flavour is anything but.
Eat this dish with your mouth, not your eyes.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 4 people
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Caribbean

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups long grain rice
  • 1 can coconut milk
  • 400 ml chicken stock
  • 2 cans black bean or black eyed beans drained
  • 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves
  • 1/2 tsp ground all spice
  • 2 spring onions chopped, keep the green pieces for garnish
  • 2 cloves garlic finely chopped
  • 1 tsp ground black pepper
  • 1.5 tsp Maldon salt
  • 1 Scotch bonnet chilli
  • 1 tsp brown sugar
  • A few dashed of Maggi seasoning

Grill Temperature

180C temp_icon

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Method
 

  1. Setup your Egg for a direct cook at 180°C with the stainless steel grid.
  2. Add your rice, beans, stock, coconut milk, thyme, allspice, and garlic to your dutch oven, and heat unit it boils. Use the lid of your dutch oven.
  3. Once it is boiling add the white parts of the spring onions, the whole scotch bonnet chill, the salt, pepper and sugar and stir through. Allow to boil for 10 minutes.
  4. Once all the majority of the liquid has been soaked up, take off the heat and allow to stand for 5 minutes.
  5. Add a little Maggie, stir through and garnish with the tops of the spring onions.

Notes

Serve with my jerk chicken.
photo of Rice and Peas in a white bowl with a scotch bonnet chilli garnish

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