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Jug Jug

Name: Jug Jug
Total time: 150 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Barbados
Ingredients: 300g Green peas; 150g Bacon; 100g Corn grits; 1 Onion; 3 Green Onion; A pinch Thyme; A pinch Parsley; 30g Butter; 1/2 Chili pepper; A pinch Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 800ml Water

Side Dish

⏱ 150 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Pigeon peas, salted meat, and grain stewed together — a Barbadian Christmas dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Jug jug is a traditional dish essential to Christmas in Barbados: pigeon peas and salted pork or beef are stewed thick with Guinea corn (sorghum) flour and finished with herbs and spices. Said to be influenced by Scottish haggis, it's served alongside Christmas ham and turkey.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On the Barbadian Christmas table, a greenish mound of peas and meat sits beside big platters of ham and turkey.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Green peas 300g
Bacon 150g
Corn grits 100g
Onion 1
Green Onion 3
Thyme A pinch
Parsley A pinch
Butter 30g
Chili pepper 1/2
Salt A pinch
Black Pepper A pinch
Water 800ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Simmer the bacon, peas, and water in a pot for 30 minutes.
Remove the bacon and coarsely blend the peas and cooking liquid.
Return to the pot and add the chopped bacon, onion, green onion, thyme, parsley, and chili.
Add the corn grits little by little and cook on low for 30 minutes, stirring, until it comes together.
Season with butter, salt, and pepper and serve.

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