Rice and Peas Video Recipe

[NewDuppyConqueror]

I looove this food. but why is it called rice and PEAS and not rice and BEANS?

[shermz2003]

damn, that pot sure is close to the microwave.

[Vontood]

I followed the recipe to the letter and it came out well. It could have had more coconut and instead of 1 teaspoon of salt and pepper I think there should be 2 teaspoons. I am looking for a recipe to make rice and peas with pig tails. My aunt used to make it and it tasted so good.

[novvy25]

Is it safe to have the microwave so close to the hob like that?

[liptontea]

FanTEAstic recipe! Thanks for sharing!

[sweetjamgirl1]

Love this video. This is the way I make rice and beans. Have a wonderful day

[TheMrpalid]

Am I missing something, I thought she said peas? These are rice and beans.

[brownnbubblie]

THIS WAS HORRIBLE. She doesnt tell you how to reduce the water when using canned beans. My food came out soooooooo mushy it was ridiculous. I had to throw the entire batch away.

[MsLeopea]

@brownnbubblie - did you drain the water from the canned beans? Never use the water that comes in the can. I love this video. I am African American and LOVE Jamaican food. It's so flavorful!

[RobbiebethS]

Your videos are SO nice!



[gayle2020]

Please take down the LOGO or place it somewhere else. We can't see the FOOD!! :) YUm. can I follow the same procedure but use pigeon peas instead??

Has kidney beans always been used in Jamaican rice and peas?

[cunygrad]

I know your man love you girl I am about to do everything you just did verbatim hope it comes out slamming thx.. Big up Jamaica

[054384]

This was an excellent tutorial! Keep up the good work.

[jesusANme]

good job.. i approve this message

[JoJoKitty1]

this helped me so much! my 1st time making it was great!

[ausingtv]

When i say Rice you say and pea, 'RICE!'

[lachocolate69]

eh i have a hard time making jamaican rice and peas..i cook the beans with the garlic, scallions, thyme, salt & pepper ,coconut cream bar and scotch bonnet sauce (i don't have the pepper too scared to use it LOL...) I bring it to a boil, I do however use all of the cream bar....but when i add the rice its gets too starchy almost gooey texture (yuck!) ...i mean u can't just use any rice right??...does it have to be uncle ben's rice????

[jahar1]

@lachocolate69

LOL, sounds like you have too much liquid. Measure out how much liquid is needed for the amount of rice you want to cook. Take into consideration how much of the coconut cream you're using and how that will contribute to the liquid once it dissolves. Is the whole bar too much? If you use canned beans, use some of the liquid from that too but dont exceed the total amount of liquid needed for the rice.

[jahar1]

@lachocolate69

LOL, sounds like you have too much liquid. Measure out how much liquid is needed for the amount of rice you want to cook. Take into consideration how much of the coconut cream you're using and how that will contribute to the liquid once it dissolves. Is the whole bar too much? If you use canned beans, use some of the liquid from that too but dont exceed the total amount of liquid needed for the rice. You dont need to use Uncle Ben's. I like to use long grain Basmati.

[BlakkIndianBeauty]

You do a good job with your screen presence and speaking. (Your lisssp is cute!)

A couple tips:

1. You should not put your web address on the film throughout your demonstration.

2. You should film a little closer to show inside the pot and the way you smash the scallion/garlic.

3. Your presentation suggestions are nice! You should also taste your food when finished like on the Food Network.

Good job!

[MsSistren]

at 3:05 camera is tooo far, i could hardly hear u. Question; do u ever make south african fried rice with red and green hot peppers and goat meat?

[skullaria]

Thanks very much for posting these recipes.  I enjoy your videos a lot.

[anewmeePassion]

sometimes my dad add just a likkle bit of brown sugar to give it a nice and semi sweet taste

[jfbenzl]

scrumptious!

[Jeleosimi]

That was awesome !!!! Thank you very much for posting..

I got my surprise dish for the 4th of July Celebration at the church .

[ShaithMaster]

this reminds me of my grandmother RIP

[zettebda]

much of fresh beans did you use?

[asaesthetic90]

I tried today, I think i added too much water my rice came out mushy

[CherCherico]

@asaesthetic90 .

If it is too mushy, what you can do is turn the stove down very low and open the pot a little and let the liquid steam out of the pot. It might not be perfect, but it will be less mushy and you probably like it softer; some people do.

[sexiladi74]

I'm not Jamaican...but wow...this food is sooo delicious....can't believe I've missed out all these years!! Thanks for the great recipes!! Really...THANKYOU!!

[redzor812]

fantastic recipe so many fake/bad recipes on this out there

[veronika777]

aw this is the 4th video in a row bout food im hungry ,gon try this and jerk chicken :D

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[hustla2g5]

same lol

[cheyEbz]

i was actually suprised that the rice wasn't washed too, you have some really nice recipes though!

[littlel1000]

i have tried this recipe looked good and peas cooked but what happended to the taste to much taste of coconut milk. wanna know what i didi wrong .i used basmati rice cos that hte only rice i can cook good he! he!.

[jomerriweather1]

let the coconut ,milk boil with the peas for 5 minutes before you add the rice. Or sometimes my Aunt will use only 1/2 cup instead of 1 cup. And you should probably use long grain rice instead. Most Jamaican in the states use Uncle Bens or Mahatma Rice.

[Blackjesus3]

1 thing yuh do is put a can of coconut milk thats wut in ur rice n peas n let it cook hmmmm

[queenfee]

Tinned coconut milk is not as aromatic and flavorful as fresh squeeze. What i do is use the tinned along with the powdered coconut milk. Just google powdered coconut milk and it will come up. Use two heaping tablespoons dissolved in you cooking liquid. Makes a big diff. Or cut up some fresh coconut and blend it and squeeze the milk from the pulp using cheese cloth.

[saiyansnake]

1 thing though, if you're going to use tin peas u must use about 1 1/2 - 2 cups less water because di rice will come out soggy. She used 7 cups water in this presentation because in the 45 mins that the raw peas would boil about 1 1/2 - 2 cups of it will evaporate.

[saiyansnake]

Mi love wash mi rice before mi cook it, mi nuh know why bit it taste betta wen mi wash it.

[avstar99]

Washing rice gets rid of the starch so the rice is less 'sticky'. hhhmmmmm much better!

[MsSistren]

@saiyansnake washing the rice also prevents constipation;)

[peezhead]

Screw American food. I prefer Jamaican food.

[niquester]

Thank you. So nicely presented and a very nice young lady.

[sweetzbaby1]

i can eat rice and peas by itself........especially when mi rice shelly an full of peppa:) and i agree real jamaicans wouldnt cut up the peppa to put in the rice.....if it is not hot enough u can burst it.....nice vid...dont give out 2 much of our secret though:)

[queenfee]

Mi nuh know why some people so bad mine...Not all Jamaicans speak patios all the time..If she wan fi speak proper den mek she speak proper...

[ghrbgod]

reeli tel me....wich jcan fam goin do di rice suh ???put it in a pot an den turn it ova in a tray??an dem muss stop try speak like americans wen they're not!!dem cyaa pull it off

[jrmetmoi]

Um it's just presentation, that's all! LOL Just like when a proper chef has to cook in especially the five star restaurants, he or she has to make the food look really nice on the plate always?

[jrmetmoi]

Does anybody else throw in the whole tin of coconut milk in their rice and peas like that? I've bough the Goya brand of coconut milk before and that tin is too large to put all of it in the rice.

In my family they'll use a third of a tin if coconut milk or a third or quarter of a block of the cream because my Mom said the leftover rice goes bad quickly when there's too much coconut milk in it.

[jrmetmoi]

Only in my family we don't put spring onion/scallions in rice and peas, we put in regular white onions and green peppers along with the rest of the stuff like garlic and thyme.

[jrmetmoi]

Does Grace have canned gungos as well or do they only have canned kidney beans? I don't want the canned peas to mash away when I'm cooking the rice.

[jrmetmoi]

I'm tired of some unpredictable bags of dried gungos that take hours and hours to cook after you've soaked em forever! LOL

[tokyosweetmintmaker]

wash di rice it will run yuh bellly

[kahntinuum]

u mus wash de rice!!!!!!

[woogleslap]

is tomato sometime used in rice and peas?

[jrmetmoi]

Just the skin of it and it doesn't have to be a lot of the tomato's skin either. Put a bit of scotch bonnet in and use NO MORE than two of the scotch bonnet's seeds.

If you're in the US, scotch bonnet peppers are sometimes sold under the Spanish name 'habaneros'.

[jrmetmoi]

When I say a bit of scotch bonnet I mean I cook with like half of a cut of the scotch bonnet and I take out most of the seeds and only put two seeds from the actual scotch bonnet in the rice. But this chick just dropped the whole pepper in there like it was nothing! Hell no!

[JamaicaTandC]

Hi jrmetmoi

The scotch bonnet was not cut up. This way it adds some of the pepper's flavour to the rice without adding much heat. If you were to cut up the pepper, exposing the inner flesh and the seeds this would make the rice very spicy.

When serving the rice you should remove the whole pepper or somebody may be in for a surprise!

[woogleslap]

thanks, i am VERY familier with habaneros. i have two zip lock bags of them in the freezer. lol. i was just wondering about the tomato becase when i go to the jamaican restaurant. the rice has a reddish color. it also taste like they put something else in there besides what the recipes tell me. i've searched a few recipes.

[jrmetmoi]

The red color of the rice comes off of the skin of the kidney beans or gungo peas. I think it has something to do with the coconut milk or coconut cream doing that.

[Terrodar12]

Come along sing along sing along with me,when i say ice you say and pea.

RICE.

[SexySensi]

I swear, the microwave so close to the cooker cannot be SAFE!!!!!!!

[64354256]

But how high do you put the fire for the ror beans,and how long,and how much ammount of water,should be left.Because i see she threw in 3 cups of rice.But she did say 45 minutes,but what if i turn the fire so high that theres no water really,left to cook the rice with.And when i put the rice in am I suppose to turn down the fire.

[woogleslap]

I bring evrything up to a boil. once it starts boiling i then turn it down on low and just let it simmer til all the water has cooked out. about 20 min.

[DJ417]

Now a days people rarely grater the coconut and extract the juice no its either them use the coconut milk or powder

[oldphoque]

I don`t like so much thyme. It is overpowering. If using dry thyme use a sachet: Use a coffee filter or cheese cloth to make a tea bag. Too much thyme kills the dish!

[jrmetmoi]

I love thyme but I always use the fresh ones still on a stick that have been dried by sitting out. Thyme is the Jamaican staple baby along with gartlic.

[oldphoque]

Yes. I grow my thyme for that reason. Drying thyme, (most leafy herbs) in the oven works well. Lowest setting for 10 - 15 min. Allow to cool before bagging. I do skip the thyme in my rice often, not always but mostly use it with poultry, sauces and stock.

[jrmetmoi]

You don't need to dry your thyme in an oven by the next day or so it's already drying!

[jrmetmoi]

No man. Thyme and garlic at the same time has to be in the rice and all the meat at all times!

[oldphoque]

It is a personal preferance. I like some, not too much. As for drying, I grow so much herbs, I like to preserve it and give alot away. If you don`t illiminate the moisture quickly, it can become moldy depending on your climate. Otherwise, I use fresh. The oils hold all the real flavor and is not as strong. Also healthier.

[LynneM1111]

ur a lifesaver tracy lol

[braveboy100]

can some one please tell me whether i have to put water in the pot if using canned peas?

[Lindamorena]

yes you do because you have to cook the rice. so just follow the intructions. but you don't have to cook the can peas long, just enough to heat them up.

[rodlarose]

hello

I love your videos.can you add the oxtail recipe? also can you add the chicken foot recipe? thanks much

[leonorz21]

good job

[ljwoods1]

I know plantains are suppose to be easy to cook but I'm never sure how to choose them. Do you choose plantains that are really ripe and soft or kind of greenish/yellow and firm? I love your instructional videos. They help alot. Keep them coming.

[oldphoque]

Unlike banannas, Plantains taste pretty much the same when you cook them. Obviously riper will be sweeter and more green, starchy. Yet there is little differance. You can use plantains with black skins. The fruit will be good if not bruised. They will be sweet. Unripe plantains will taste more like pumpkin or potato. Just starchy whith a hint of sweet. If frying, you want some yellow on the skin. Even some black. Green plantains are for masa.

[ljwoods1]

Thank you.

[jrmetmoi]

Green plantains are for massa? Really LOL LOL

I like the sweet and green plantains they're both great. But as for the banana chips and plantain chips they sell in bags, only the green ones taste good, the sweet ones taste suspect.

[oldphoque]

Well, not Only for masa. If you like Puerto Rican and Cuban food, you need green plantains for the masa when making pasteles. I wasn`t talking about tamale masa. LOL lOL!

[jrmetmoi]

Cuban food is really good also yeah, but Jamaican food trumps even that just because yay! Woo hoo!

[oldphoque]

I like all carribean, central and South American food. I gravitate toward Latino foods because I like MEAT! Goat and mutton, even though I love "lamb", doesn`t cut it for me. Chicken is pretty much universal. But yeah, I hear you. Woohoo mon! There`s nothing to not like about Jamaican food. Even the vegetarian meals are tasty. I just don`t care much for curry anything. I am all about surf and turf.

[jrmetmoi]

I think the key to great Jamaican curry is hot curry powder as opposed to the mild one, the hot curry powder is the best!

[funkg]

personally i don't put cloves of garlic in my rice, just thyme, mixed herbs, some rock salt and real butter. i would never use canned peas (red) or canned coconut milk. i like using basmati rice as this is more fragrant.

[jrmetmoi]

No garlic? Madness.

[funkg]

i never really thought about using garlic because i have more or less followed my mothers method

[jrmetmoi]

My Mom's method is about garlic and thyme at the same time always! LOL Trust me it is good that way.

[funkg]

i will try the garlic, btw how many cloves? do you leave the garlic whole?

i will ask my mum if this garlic method common in st lucia

[jrmetmoi]

Two cloves should be enough. If you mean by whole, you mean don't crush it, then I say no to that.

You should crush the garlic because crushing it releases the flavor and juice from the garlic that's inside of it which is what you want.

[78nikki]

Washing the rice is a must and it should be adding to the pot last after the flavors of all the other ingredients has started to release and I use only one clove or two depending on size of garlic when am soaking the peas as it helps the peas to soften so it doesn't require as much cooking not 5 for that size of pot and also why use dry peas if your going to use can coconut milk you might as well had use can peas.

[chanelle718BKNY]

GYAL u fi wash di rice not da damn peas .. DI RICE n coconot milk dnt come outta can ...damn fool

[blaq218]

lol lawd a mercy

[naruto2710]

jollof merks rice and peas

[959623]

Unfortunately this is not authentic Jamaican Rice&Peas,you need real coconut,which you blend or grate and extrack the juice and no cloves please, use pimento(found at any chinese or west indian store. less garlic also

[fashionmeetpuppy]

thats exactly wat my mom do

[redbone1301]

What is cloves?

[phdmary]

when you peal a garlic the sections are cloves

[redbone1301]

Thank You

[oldphoque]

I refer to a head of garlic as 1 bulb. Most cook books use the same terms. As phdMary says, the sections OF a bulb are "cloves" of garlic. Not the spice cloves.

[jrmetmoi]

A real coconut in impractical! I don't wanna machete off my thumbs and fingers! No it's all real enough with coconut milk or coconut cream thanks! LOL

[jabmalassie]

My rice still don't taste good. I am going to try this because my festival was nice.

[tammy403]

jamaicans don't cloves in their rice and peas?

[Caribbeanrestaurant]

Health Benefits: Cloves contain eugenol which is used for the prevention of toxicity from environmental pollutants like carbon tetrachloride, digestive tract cancers, & joint inflammation. In the US, eugenol extracts from clove are used in dentistry in conjunction with root canal therapy, temporary fillings, general gum pain, since eugenol & other components of clove combine to make clove a mild anaesthetic & anti-bacterial agent. You'll also find clove oil for sore throat sprays & mouth washes.

[redfireponu]

yes thank im going to try it this week