Nassau Peas And Rice Food

BAHAMIAN PEAS AND RICE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat, combine the oil, bacon, onion, bell pepper, celery, thyme leaves, a pinch of salt, and a few grinds of pepper. Cook, stirring, until the bacon is crisped and the onion is tender and fragrant, about 10 minutes.
• Add the garlic and rice and toast the rice until it has a nutty, popcorn-like scent, about 10 minutes more.
• Stir in the peas, tomatoes, tomato sauce, Worcestershire, habanero pepper, and 3 cups water. Bring the pot to a boil, and then reduce to a low simmer and cover. Cook until the rice absorbs the liquid, 35 to 40 minutes. Try to avoid lifting the lid until the 30-minute mark, as the steam helps cook the rice.
• Serve warm.

BAHAMIAN PEAS & RICE

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, stirring occasionally. Remove with a slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard drippings, reserving 1 tablespoon. , Add the onion, celery and green pepper to drippings; cook and stir over medium-high heat for 5-7 minutes or until tender. Stir in the pigeon peas, ham, tomato paste, thyme, salt and pepper., Add the water, coconut milk and cooked bacon; bring to a boil. Stir in rice. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45-50 minutes or until rice is tender. Remove thyme sprigs.

JAMAICAN RICE AND PEAS

Steps:

• Rinse rice in a fine strainer.
• Heat oil in a large 5-quart saucepan over medium heat. Add garlic, green onions, and thyme; cook until wilted, about 2 minutes. Add the rice, kidney beans, stock, coconut milk, Scotch bonnet pepper, salt, sugar, black pepper, red pepper flakes, allspice, and cayenne pepper.
• Bring to a boil, uncovered. Reduce heat to low and cover. Simmer until rice is tender and liquid has evaporated, about 20 minutes.

NASSAU PEAS AND RICE

Steps:

• Place the ham (or bacon) fat in a saute pan and render fat. Remove any undesirable remaining fat solids, leaving rendered fat in the pan.
• Add oil to the pan and add chopped onion. Saute until lightly browned.
• Add thyme and tomato paste to the pan with the onions. Stir and simmer for about 5 minutes.
• Add drained pigeon peas to the tomato mixture, add water and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and add the rice. Lower the heat, cover and simmer for 20 - 30 minutes until the rice is tender.

ISLAND PEAS AND RICE

Steps:

• Combine coconut milk, chicken broth, raisins, and jerk seasoning in medium saucepan. Cover and bring to boil on high.
• Stir rice mix into boiling mixture.
• cover, return to boil, and cook 2 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Reduce to low:cook 20 minutes covered, without stirring, or until rice is tender.
• Stir in peas cover and cook 5-6 minutes until peas are heated.

STEW PEAS AND RICE

Steps:

• Soak the Salt Beef overnight (included in prep time), this will stop the stew from tasting too salty.
• Wash Red Kidney Beans and remove discolored beans or foreign matter. In a 2-quart stock pot, add beef products and beans.
• Cook beans and beef until they are soft (this will take some time; add water as needed).
• While the other ingredients are cooking, you will have to make the little dumplings called spinners.
• Put flour in a large bowl and add a little water. Knead flour into dough, adding water as necessary, like you're making bread.
• Pinch dough into small pieces, about 2" in diameter. Place pieces of dough into bowl and let sit for awhile.
• In the meantime, check on the beans in the pot to see if they are soft. If they are, reduce the fire to medium.
• With your palms facing each other, roll a piece of dough between them until the dough looks like a big piece of spaghetti.
• Then form the dough so that the middle is wide and the top and bottom are small. This is a spinner. The length of the spinner (dough) should be no more that 4" though. Repeat this process for all the pieces.
• Add all the spinners to the pot of stew and cover the pot. Let the spinners cook for about 5 minutes.
• Add scallions, thyme, black pepper, and cooking oil. Cook for 3 minutes then taste the stew.
• If it taste the way you like it...Mix a solution of flour and water to thicken the stew, then let it simmer for about 10 minutes.
• This is usually served with white rice.

BAHAMIAN PEAS AND RICE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large, heavy pot over medium heat. Add bacon and cook until lightly browned, about 4 minutes.
• Pour off all but 2 tablespoons fat.
• Add onion, bell pepper, garlic, basil, thyme, salt and pepper, and cook until the onion is golden brown, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in tomato paste and sugar and cook for 2 minutes more.
• Add water and bring to a boil.
• Stir in rice and lime juice and return to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover pot, and cook 15 minutes.
• If the rice is too dry, add 2-3 tablespoons water. If too wet, leave cover ajar for remaining cooking time.
• Stir in peas. Cook until rice is tender, about 3 minutes more.
• Remove pot from heat and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Fluff with fork and correct seasoning if needed.

BAHAMIAN PEAS & RICE

Steps:

• Boil peas in medium saucepan with 5-6 cups of water.
• Cook for 45 minutes or until tender and set aside.
• Fry bacon in a medium pot with the scallions, garlic, and red pepper.
• Saute for 3- 5 minutes and add salt, pepper, thyme, and tomato paste.
• Add peas and 4 cups of the water that was used to boil them in.
• Bring to a boil and add rice.
• Reduce heat, cover tightly, until most all of the water has evaporated.