Caribbean Red Beans Brown Rice Food

JAMAICAN RICE AND PEAS (COCONUT RICE AND BEANS)

Steps:

• Heat butter in a medium saucepan. Add onion and garlic, and sauté 1-2 minutes over medium heat.
• Add rice, bay, thyme, pepper, water, and coconut milk. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer, covered, 10 minutes.
• Add the beans and continue to cook, covered, until all the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender, 8-10 minutes.
• Remove the bay leaf and mix in the salt. Let the rice stand, covered, for 5 minutes to finish steaming.
• Taste the rice and adjust the salt and pepper as desired.

CARIBBEAN-STYLE BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Heat a Dutch oven or large, deep pot over medium-high heat. Add the bacon to the hot pot and cook until light brown on both sides. Add the garlic and saute until light brown. Add the drained beans along with the cold water to the bacon and garlic and bring to a boil over high heat. Cover the pot, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until beans are just tender, about 1 hour. Add the chili peppers, cinnamon, coconut milk, scallions, thyme, allspice, salt, and pepper and bring to a boil. Stir in the rice and, once the mixture has returned to a boil, stir, reduce the heat to low, cover and cook for 20 to 30 minutes, or until the rice is tender and has absorbed all of the liquid. Allow to sit for 15 minutes before serving. Remove the thyme sprigs and Scotch bonnet pepper halves and serve.

CARIBBEAN RICE AND BEANS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet. Gently saute onions, garlic and hot peppers, then add beans and vinegar and cook for about 5 minutes. Add the rice to the beans, then stir in stock, reduce heat, and simmer until rice is cooked, about 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in parsley, chives, hot sauce, salt, and pepper and serve.

JAMAICAN RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Add everything but the rice to a large heavy bottomed pot-kidney beans, onion, scallion, garlic, thyme, scotch bonnet or other pepper, allspice, jerk seasoning, salt, pepper, coconut milk and water.
• Bring to a low boil over high heat, then turn the heat down to low and cover the pot. Let simmer for 15 minutes.
• Add the rinsed and drained rice and stir into the beans. Turn the heat to medium and bring it back to a simmer. Turn the heat down to low and cover the pot. Let simmer on low for 15 minutes, then turn off the heat without lifting the lid!
• Let steam with the heat off for 10 minutes, then open the pot, remove the whole pepper and thyme stems and fluff the rice with a fork.
• Serve garnished with scallion greens and enjoy!

SLOW COOKER COCONUT RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Use a 4 quart slow cooker.
• Sort beans and soak overnight in water to cover.
• In the morning drain the water and dump the beans in a large pot of fresh water.
• Boil rapidly on the stovetop for at least 10 minutes before draining and putting in the crockpot.
• Per Stephanie O'Dea Red beans MUST be boiled on the stovebefored being added to the slow cooker to kill a possible toxin that occurs naturally.
• Add onion, garlic and red pepper flakes.
• Pour in the entire can of coconut milk(the creamy stuff, too) and chicken broth.
• Stir in raw rice and kosher salt.
• Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until beans are bite tender.
• Before eating, squeeze on a bit of lime juice.
• "These are some killer beans. I loved how everything cooked together in one pot and how coconuty the rice tasted. My grandma took home in a big Tupperware and reported back that they froze and reheated quite well(she nuked to reheat).".

JAMAICAN STYLE RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Place beans, garlic, coconut milk and 2 cups water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer the beans until they are tender, about 2 hours.
• Add 2 1/2 cups water, rice, scallions, thyme, 1 tablespoon of salt, and some freshly-ground black pepper. Bring mixture to a boil, stir, then reduce heat, cover, and cook without stirring about 20 minutes, until rice has absorbed all the liquid.
• Allow mixture to stand for 15 minutes, still covered. Fluff rice and beans with a fork before serving and add additional salt and pepper, to taste, if desired.

CARIBBEAN RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• In a large saucepot, over medium-high heat, add the olive oil and onion and cook until soft, then add the jalapeno pepper.
• Add the rice and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the beans, coconut milk and chicken broth and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to low, and add the thyme and salt and pepper.
• Cook until the broth and coconut milk are reduced, about 25 minutes.

JAMAICAN RED BEANS OVER RICE

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat about 8-10 cups of water to boiling (enough water to cover beans by about 1 inch). Add dry beans and boil 2 to 3 minutes. Remove pot from heat, cover and let stand about 4 hours or overnight. Drain the beans thoroughly and rise.
• Add enough fresh water to just cover beans, add garlic and salt, stir. Simmer about 30 minutes until they begin to get tender (not cooked through). Save 3 cups liquid, discard remaining liquid and garlic clove.
• In the pot sautee yams, allspice, scallions and peppers in oil until the scallions begin to soften. (2-3 minutes)
• Return the beans and add the reserved liquid to the pot with the coconut milk and simmer about another 10-20 minutes stirring occasionally until the beans are soft and yams are cooked thoroughly. Serve over cooked rice in individual bowls.
• Shortcut method: drain and risne two (2) 12oz. cans of light or dark kidney beans. Skip to sautéing the vegetables and spices (add garlic to the sautee' pot) When they are soft add the drained/rinsed beans and about 1-1/2 cups of water and continue with recipe from there.

RED BEANS AND BROWN RICE

Steps:

• Drain the beans, discarding the water, and set them aside in a pot. Place the onion, celery, garlic and bay leaves in a medium mixing bowl. Drizzle the olive oil over them and let the mixture sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes. Don't skip it!
• Pour the oil and veggie mixture over the beans and let that mix sit at room temp for 10 to 15 minutes. Add enough of the water to cover the beans and bring to a boil. (Here, you could also place the mix in a slow cooker.) Lower the temp to a simmer, add S & P, cover and cook for 3 to 4 hours. Remove the bay leaves and add final seasonings to taste. Serve the hot beans over the rice.
• I add plenty of Red Hot at the end, as well.