Harbor Restaurant and Bar's Jamaican Rice and Peas (Red Beans and Rice)

Recipe courtesy Brad Smith

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Ingredients

  • 1 (16-ounce) package dried red kidney beans
  • 10 cups, plus 4 cups water
  • 3 cloves crushed garlic
  • 1 coconut
  • 3 scallions, sliced
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1/4 pound butter
  • 4 cups uncooked rice (recommended: Uncle Ben's Converted Rice

Directions

Bring beans, 10 cups water, and garlic to boil at high heat. Simmer for about 1 hour or until beans are soft.

Crack coconut, remove shell, and cut meat into small pieces. Put half of the coconut into blender with 2 cups water and puree. Repeat for remaining coconut. Strain the coconut through a strainer squeezing the milk out of the coconut (you will end up with approximately 3 cups of coconut milk).

Add coconut milk, scallions, salt, and butter to the beans and bring to a boil. Then add rice and stir with a fork. Turn to low heat and cook for 30 minutes or until water is cooked out. Be sure not to stir the rice until water is gone.

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  • on December 22, 2008

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    As a Jamaican, rice and peas is a staple in my home. I've cooked rice and peas using various methods and tried this recipe recently. It had a really good flavor and my family enjoyed it. If you like A LOT of peas (red beans in your rice, then the recommended amount is okay. However, I prefer less peas so I would use, the most, 12 ounces of kidney beans next time. To reduce the amount of work in making the recipe, I would recommend using coconut cream in place of a whole coconut. If you cannot find the coconut cream, the next best thing is coconut milk, however, it is not as rich as the whole coconut or the coconut cream.

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