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Kittitian Rice and Peas

Name: Kittitian Rice and Peas
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ingredients: 300g Rice; 200g Kidney Beans (canned); 200ml Coconut milk; 1/2 Onion; 1 clove Garlic; 2 Thyme; 1 Chili pepper; 1 tsp Salt; 250ml Water

Rice

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Rice cooked with pigeon peas and coconut milk — rice of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Rice and peas is bean rice loved throughout the Caribbean islands, and in Saint Kitts and Nevis pigeon peas are often used. It's cooked with coconut milk, thyme, and onion and is indispensable at Sunday lunch.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At Sunday lunch on St. Kitts, a big platter of rice and peas sits on the table of a family home from church.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Rice 300g
Kidney Beans (canned) 200g
Coconut milk 200ml
Onion 1/2
Garlic 1 clove
Thyme 2
Chili pepper 1
Salt 1 tsp
Water 250ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Rinse the rice and drain.
Bring the coconut milk, water, chopped onion and garlic, thyme, and salt to a boil in a pot.
Add the beans and rice and lay a whole chili on top.
Cover and cook on low for 20 minutes.
Let stand 10 minutes, remove the chili and thyme, and mix.

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