Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, jamaican red peas soup. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Jamaican red peas soup is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Jamaican red peas soup is something which I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook jamaican red peas soup using 17 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Jamaican red peas soup:
- Make ready 3/4 lb pig tail (cut in pieces)
- Take 1/2 lb stew beef (cut in pieces)
- Get 3/4 lb Red peas
- Prepare 1 1/2 pack grace cock soup
- Get 1/2 lb flour
- Make ready 4 tbs cornmeal
- Prepare 1/2 lb yam
- Get 1/2 lb sweet potato
- Get pimento seeds
- Prepare 2 stalks escallion
- Prepare 1 sprig thyme
- Take 1 green scotch bonnet pepper
- Make ready 1/2 lb pumpkin
- Prepare 1 small dasheen (to thicken soup)
- Take 1 pk Kendel coconut powder
- Prepare 2 pegs garlic
- Make ready 10 pimento seeds
Rich and decadent, Jamaican Red Peas Soup (actually made with Red Kidney Beans) is thick, creamy and full of meat, dumplings and ground provisions, making it perfect for a summer starter or a warming winter meal. The traditional recipe calls for stewing beef along with salted pig tails or ham hocks. This is a recipe for authentic Jamaican red pea soup. In Jamaica, kidney beans are known as red peas.
Steps to make Jamaican red peas soup:
- Rinse pig's tail and beef with vinegar and water.
- Boil pig tail for about 5 mins., to get rid of excess salt.
- Rinse peas and place in pressure cooker, dice pumpkin and dasheen and add to peas along with garlic and pimento seeds. Add enough water to cover the peas. Then bring to a boil.
- Pour about 6 cups tap water in the pressure cooker, then add meat. cover and pressure for 30 minutes. (start counting after the pressure cooker starts making that sound :))
- Remove from heat and allow the cooker to cool, then open. remove meat if they are already tender.
- Pour out the contents of the pressure cooker in another pot, or use an ordinary cover on the pressure cooker. Use the flour and cornmeal to make dumplings, peel and slice yam and sweet potato or any other ground provision you like, add to the pot.
- Mix the coconut cream in 1 cup warm water and add to pot
- Add, cock soup, escallion, thyme and scotch bonnet pepper. Cover and allow food to cook. This will take about 15 minutes. Add cooked meat when about 5 mins remain.
- Stir regularly to prevent sticking.
- Remove from heat, and enjoy!
Despite its name, and like most Jamaican soups, red peas soup is a thick, flavorful stew consisting of meat such as beef or pork, starchy vegetables such as yams, potatoes, and red peas, and tender, chewy dumplings. The stew is additionally flavored with seasonings such as pimento and thyme. Try this Jamaican Red Pea Soup recipe, or contribute your own. (If using canned beans, add at this time.) Add salt to taste. Remove the whole hot pepper and thyme sprig before serving. You haven't had red peas soup until you've had it Jamaican style!
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