Jamaicanredbeansoverrice Recipes

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.

HARBOR RESTAURANT AND BAR'S JAMAICAN RICE AND PEAS (RED BEANS AND RICE)

Steps:

• 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.

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.

JAMAICAN BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a deep skillet or medium sized saucepan with a good lid to medium high.
• Salt and pepper the chicken thighs and place them in the pan, skin side down.
• Brown both sides of the chicken thighs and then remove from the pan and keep warm.
• Adjust the fat in the pan by removing some or adding some and add onions to the fat in the pan.
• Sprinkle with salt, pepper, thyme and curry powder and saute until they start to soften.
• Add rice and stir to coat the rice with the oil and seasonings.
• Add the liquid to the pan and raise heat to high.
• Scrape the bottom of the pan to get up the crusty bits and incorporate everything together.
• When the pot boils nestle the browned chicken into the rice and put the lid on the pan.
• Turn heat down to low and let simmer for 45 minutes or until rice is tender and chicken is cooked through.
• Remove chicken from the rice and remove skin and bones.
• Shred meat and return to the rice.
• Add beans and any vegetables, stir to combine and let sit over low heat to warm the beans and vegetables.
• Serve with pineapple or mango chutney and a big green salad!