Jamaican vegetables rice and beans recipe

Jamaican Vegetables Rice and Beans recipe

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This Jamaican vegetables rice and beans recipe is a delightful combination of flavors and textures that will transport you to the Caribbean. With a base of fragrant jasmine rice and hearty kidney beans, this dish is packed with colorful vegetables like bell peppers, onions, and carrots. The addition of traditional Jamaican spices like thyme, allspice, and scotch bonnet pepper adds a spicy kick to the dish. Serve this flavorful and nutritious meal as a main course or as a side dish alongside your favorite protein.

Keywords: Jamaican, vegetables, rice and beans, Caribbean, spices.

Jamaican vegetables rice and beans recipe details

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Ingredients

75 g	streaky bacon, roughly chopped
1	onion, chopped
2 clove(s)	garlic, finely sliced
800 g	red Kidney beans, drained and rinsed (2 tins)
400 ml	coconut milk (1 tin)
250 g	ham, sausage or Polish sausage leftovers
½ tsp	cayenne pepper
½ tsp	dried thyme or a sprig of fresh
200 g	rice, raw, or use the according amount of leftover cooked rice
	vegetables, leftovers as: courgette, broccoli, peppers, peas etc or a handful of several fresh
	salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
	coriander, chopped
	tabasco or sweet chili sauce to your taste

Instructions

Cook the chopped bacon in a pan until the fat runs and add the onion and garlic, cooking until just soft. Add the beans, coconut milk, ham, cayenne pepper and thyme and bring to the boil. Cook for approximately one minute, stirring.

Add the rice and 450 ml of boiling water if using uncooked rice, and simmer for about 25 minutes. Add the left-over vegetables, coriander and tabasco or chili sauce and simmer until everything is heated through.

If using cooked rice, add with the leftover vegetables but don’t add water, and cook until all ingredients are heated through. Add the sauces to taste.

Serve with extra sauce if wanted.

Preparation time:
ca. 15 min
Grade of difficulty:
easy
Calories per portion:
n/a