Jamaican Vegetables Beans And Rice

Name: Jamaican Vegetables Beans And Rice
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: bacon; onions; white kidney beans, canned; coconut milk; ham; cayenne pepper; thyme; long grain rice; soup vegetables; salt; black pepper; coriander; red hot pepper sauce

Submitted by happyzhangbo

This is an amazing recipe, you can use all kinds of leftovers, they mix with rice, very tasty!

YIELD

6 servings

PREP

10 min

COOK

30 min

READY

40 min

Ingredients

GRAMS BACON
streaky, roughly chopped

EACH ONIONS
peeled and crushed

800

GRAMS WHITE KIDNEY BEANS, CANNED
or red, drained and rinsed

400

MILLILITRES COCONUT MILK
can *

250

GRAMS HAM
or sausage leftover, cut into small pieces

TEASPOON CAYENNE PEPPER

TEASPOON THYME
dried, or a few sprigs of fresh thyme *

300

MILLILITRES LONG GRAIN RICE *

X SOUP VEGETABLES
cooked, such as peppers, courgettes and broccoli *

X SALT
to taste *

X BLACK PEPPER
to taste *

X CORIANDER
Sprigs, as needed *

X RED HOT PEPPER SAUCE
as needed *

Directions

In a non-stick medium pan, add the chopped bacon and cook until the fat is released then add the onion and garlic and cook until just soft over a low heat.

Add the beans, coconut milk, ham or sausage, cayenne pepper and thyme and bring to the boil.

Allow it to cook, stirring for about 1 minute.

Add the rice and 450ml boiling water, turn down the heat to barely a simmer, cover and leave undisturbed for about 25 minutes.

When the rice is tender, stir gently and add any leftover vegetables, then season to taste.

Serve in bowls and garnish with coriander sprigs, allow your guests to help themselves to the spicy sauce.