Jamaican Stewed Peas or ‘Stew Peas’

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Red Kidney Beans

Red kidney beans are the choice for this very popular, delicious dish which finds its way to most Jamaican tables at least once a week.

Don’t be fooled by the name ‘Stew Peas’. This dish contains generous portions of meat, fresh beef and salted pigs tail or salted beef, except when done for vegetarians.

INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 lb. salted beef
  • 1/2 lb. stewing beef
  • 1/2 lb. pigs tail
  • 2 scallions
  • 1 onion
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • 3 sprigs thyme
  • 1 scotch bonnet pepper
  • 1 can red peas (or two cups of red peas, soaked in water overnight)
  • 1 can coconut milk
  • 1/2 tsp. black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 5 pimento seeds
  • 2 cups flour

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Boil salted beef and pigs tail for 30 minutes, then drain water with a strainer. Repeat with fresh water.
  2. Gently fry stewing beef
  3. Cut all meat into bite-size pieces
  4. Place the peas, meat, and three cups of water in a pot
  5. Bring pot to a boil, then reduce heat and let simmer for one hour
  6. Chop the onion, scallion, and garlic and set aside
  7. Make a dough by mixing flour with water
  8. Break off small pieces of dough and roll them into about 2″ logs (called “spinners”), set aside
  9. When hour is up, add the onion, scallion, garlic, spinners, coconut milk, thyme, salt, black pepper, pimento, and whole scotch bonnet pepper
  10. Simmer for one hour
  11. Remove the scotch bonnet pepper
  12. Serve with white rice
Adapted from Jamaica Travel and Culture

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