Jamaican Stew Peas

Name: Jamaican Stew Peas
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 2 cups red kidney beans; 300g salted beef or pigtail; 1 cup coconut milk; Spinners (small flour dumplings)

Stew Peas/stew peez/

About this dish

Red kidney beans stewed with salted pork or beef and spinners, a hearty comfort dish.

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Ingredients

🫘2 cups red kidney beans

🥩300g salted beef or pigtail

🥥1 cup coconut milk

🌾Spinners (small flour dumplings)

Method

Serves 3

Soak the salted meat to reduce saltiness, then simmer with beans until tender.

Add coconut milk and simmer further.

Add spinners and cook until they float and are cooked through.

Season with thyme and scotch bonnet.

Serve with rice.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Stew peas is a beloved Jamaican dish, traditionally including small dumplings called spinners, cooked with coconut milk and pigtail or beef.

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