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Rice and peas recipe

Ingredients

 2 cups of rice
 1 can of tinned or 1 cup of fresh red peas (either kidney beans or pigeon peas)
 5 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
 1 uncut scotch bonnet pepper (1 jalapeno pepper may be used as a substitute)
 3 Scallion (spring onions may be used as a substitute)
 1 tin (or one cup) of coconut milk
 1 teaspoon of salt
 1 teaspoon of black pepper
2 sprigs of fresh thyme (2 teaspoons of dried thyme may be used as a substitute)

Cooking

 Drain juice from beans, add coconut milk + sufficient water to make 5 cups of cooking liquid










 Put beans, "cooking liquid" and garlic in a pot and bring to the boil, simmer for 2 minutes










 Add scallions, thyme, and black pepper and salt to taste, simmer for a further 2 minutes










 Add scotch bonnet pepper (as this is not cut up it will not make the rice spicy, it will just add a subtle Jamaican flavour.









 Add rice










 Let boil uncovered for 20 minutes (or until all liquid has been absorbed if this is sooner)










 Remove scotch bonnet pepper then serve










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