Carribean Style Red Beans Rice Recipes

CARIBBEAN RICE AND BEANS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet. Gently saute onions, garlic and hot peppers, then add beans and vinegar and cook for about 5 minutes. Add the rice to the beans, then stir in stock, reduce heat, and simmer until rice is cooked, about 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in parsley, chives, hot sauce, salt, and pepper and serve.

CARRIBEAN STYLE RED BEANS & RICE

Steps:

• 1. heat olive oil in pan.
• 2. Add onions & peppers. Saute' until softened and fragrant. Add garlic and saute for a few minutes more.
• 3. Add rice and saute' until rice has browned a bit.
• 4. Pour in the 2 1/2 cups vegetable broth.
• 5. Place ginger, cloves and allspice in a tea ball or tie up in a coffee filter or cheese cloth. Add them to pan then add beans and chopped thyme. Cover and turn heat to low.
• 6. Cook about 20 minutes or until all of liquid has absorbed.
• 7. Remove tea ball. Add salt and pepper to taste, and chopped cilantro or parsley. Gently fluff with a fork.

CARIBBEAN RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• In a large saucepot, over medium-high heat, add the olive oil and onion and cook until soft, then add the jalapeno pepper.
• Add the rice and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the beans, coconut milk and chicken broth and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat to low, and add the thyme and salt and pepper.
• Cook until the broth and coconut milk are reduced, about 25 minutes.

CARIBBEAN-STYLE BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Heat a Dutch oven or large, deep pot over medium-high heat. Add the bacon to the hot pot and cook until light brown on both sides. Add the garlic and saute until light brown. Add the drained beans along with the cold water to the bacon and garlic and bring to a boil over high heat. Cover the pot, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until beans are just tender, about 1 hour. Add the chili peppers, cinnamon, coconut milk, scallions, thyme, allspice, salt, and pepper and bring to a boil. Stir in the rice and, once the mixture has returned to a boil, stir, reduce the heat to low, cover and cook for 20 to 30 minutes, or until the rice is tender and has absorbed all of the liquid. Allow to sit for 15 minutes before serving. Remove the thyme sprigs and Scotch bonnet pepper halves and serve.

CARIBBEAN RED BEANS AND BROWN RICE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, heat the 2 tablespoons oil over medium-high heat. Add the onion, bell pepper and celery; saute until the vegetables are softened, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook until softened, about 1 minute. Add the allspice, cloves, cayenne, the remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt and the black pepper. Cook for 1 minute. Stir in the vegetable stock, beans, tomato, thyme and hot-pepper sauce. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• While the beans are cooking, cook the brown rice according to package directions.
• Divide the rice among 6 individual bowls. Top each serving with beans and sprinkle with the cilantro.

JAMAICAN STYLE RED BEANS AND RICE

Steps:

• Place beans, garlic, coconut milk and 2 cups water in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer the beans until they are tender, about 2 hours.
• Add 2 1/2 cups water, rice, scallions, thyme, 1 tablespoon of salt, and some freshly-ground black pepper. Bring mixture to a boil, stir, then reduce heat, cover, and cook without stirring about 20 minutes, until rice has absorbed all the liquid.
• Allow mixture to stand for 15 minutes, still covered. Fluff rice and beans with a fork before serving and add additional salt and pepper, to taste, if desired.

JAMAICAN STYLE PEAS AND RICE (RED BEANS AND RICE)

Steps:

• Combine the kidney beans, garlic, water and salt to taste in a saucepan. Cook, covered over medium heat until tender, about 2 hours.
• Add the coconut milk, pepper to taste, scallion, onion, thyme and whole fresh pepper.
• Bring to a boil, remove the hot pepper. Then add the rice and stir.
• Return to a boil, cover, reduce the heat, and simmer for 25 minutes, or until all the liquids have been absorbed. Serve hot as a side dish.
• * Can use 16-oz. can cooked beans instead. Drain and combine with water and other ingredients except rice. Boil, reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Add rice, boil, reduce heat and cook about 20 minutes or until liquids are absorbed.