{"id":225,"date":"2017-02-20T19:51:43","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T19:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recipesfrombahamas.com\/bahamas_recipes\/?p=225"},"modified":"2017-02-20T19:51:43","modified_gmt":"2017-02-20T19:51:43","slug":"bahamian-peas-n-rice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipesfrombahamas.com\/bahamas_recipes\/bahamian-peas-n-rice\/","title":{"rendered":"BAHAMIAN PEAS N\u2019 RICE"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAHAMIAN PEAS N\u2019 RICE<\/span><\/p>\n

Peas and rice is a staple and main stay in every Bahamian home, a delectable and mouth-watering part of almost every meal. To prepare a meal especially on Sunday or Christmas without a pot of Peas N\u2019 Rice is like breaking one of the commandments. So whatever you do please do not forget the Peas N\u2019 Rice. Auntie Rie and mama would take turns each Sunday making the pot of rice and I seldom could tell who made it from one Sunday to the next.<\/span><\/p>\n

A word of warning: over indulgence in this delicacy will result in what we call here in the islands a \u2018peas n\u2019rice\u2019 shape (very voluptuous buttocks). Too many cultures this figure is not appealing, but to our Bahamian men it is as delightful as the dish itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ingredients: \r\n

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3 cups\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Long grain Rice<\/span><\/p>\n

2 0z\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cooking oil<\/span><\/p>\n

1 sml\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Onion, chopped<\/span><\/p>\n

1 tsp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Browning<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bd tsp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thyme leaves or 2 twigs of fresh thyme<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bd tsp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Black pepper<\/span><\/p>\n

Salt to taste<\/span><\/p>\n

1-1 \u00bd cup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pigeon Peas (a.k.a gondules)<\/span><\/p>\n

1 \u00bd cup\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ripe tomatoes, canned tomatoes or 2 tbsp Tomato paste<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00bc lb\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Salt pork, chopped in small cubes, bacon drippings or ham skin\/fat and<\/span><\/p>\n

meat . Alternative<\/strong> to pork vegetable cooking oil and 1 cup beef or<\/span><\/p>\n

chicken stock<\/span><\/p>\n

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Preparation:<\/span><\/p>\n

Heat oil in a large pot over medium heat place until very hot. Carefully add ham skin\/scraps and allow to cook until crispy brown. Add onion, thyme and black pepper cook until onions are tender stir frequently. Then add tomatoes (ripe, canned or paste) and browning allow to cook down for 2 \u2013 5 minutes (with tomato paste fry to a caramelized colour). Add peas and cook for 2 minutes then add 3 cups of water and salt to taste, bring to a boil. Add rice stirring to distribute rice evenly in pot. Ensure that water is an inch above level of rice. Allow to boil vigorously with lid off until water has evaporated and is not visible above rice. Stir rice rotating from bottom of pot to top (about twice) the cover pot, reduce heat to low. Cook for 25-40 minutes or until rice is fluffy. If rice is still grainy or raw add \u00bd cup of seasoned water, cover and cook on very low heat.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n\r\n <\/span><\/p>\n

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BAHAMIAN PEAS N\u2019 RICE Peas and rice is a staple and main stay in every Bahamian home, a delectable and mouth-watering part of almost every meal. To prepare a meal especially on Sunday or Christmas without a pot of Peas N\u2019 Rice is like breaking one of the commandments. So whatever you do please do … Continue reading BAHAMIAN PEAS N\u2019 RICE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[109],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesfrombahamas.com\/bahamas_recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesfrombahamas.com\/bahamas_recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesfrombahamas.com\/bahamas_recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesfrombahamas.com\/bahamas_recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesfrombahamas.com\/bahamas_recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipesfrombahamas.com\/bahamas_recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":226,"href":"https:\/\/recipesfrombahamas.com\/bahamas_recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225\/revisions\/226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipesfrombahamas.com\/bahamas_recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesfrombahamas.com\/bahamas_recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipesfrombahamas.com\/bahamas_recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}