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Recipe Request: West Indian Recipes for My Son and Me

Hi, you did not say from where in the West Indies you would like recipes from. I am from Trinidad and if you would like some of our recipes i would be delighted to share some with you from Coconut bake to Bake and Shark to Roti to Calloo.

Talk to you soon!!!!

Trinimom

trinimom at 9:08PM on 04/15/09

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Dinner Tonight: West Indian Rice and Beans

In the Trinidad when you add meat to it, be it chicken,pork,beef,pig-tail, salt-beef or smoked bones it becomes what some Caribbean people call Pelau

trinimom at 9:01PM on 04/15/09

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Dinner Tonight: West Indian Rice and Beans

I am from the Caribbean and I can tell you our Rice and Peas DO NOT LOOK LIKE THAT, depending on our Country you use either Pigeon Peas, Red Beans or Black-eyes Peas and we ALWAYS use dried peas that has been soaked.We don't use the vegetable stock as the recipe says but the water the peas or beans has been pressured in (pressured to get the peas soft). In the finish product the rice is cooked but still firm and the flavors of all the ingredients have married.

trinimom at 9:32PM on 04/01/09

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From Talk

Recipe Request: West Indian Recipes for My Son and Me

Hi, you did not say from where in the West Indies you would like recipes from. I am from Trinidad and if you would like some of our recipes i would be delighted to share some with you from Coconut bake to Bake and Shark to Roti to Calloo.

Talk to you soon!!!!

Trinimom

trinimom at 9:08PM on 04/15/09

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Dinner Tonight: West Indian Rice and Beans

In the Trinidad when you add meat to it, be it chicken,pork,beef,pig-tail, salt-beef or smoked bones it becomes what some Caribbean people call Pelau

trinimom at 9:01PM on 04/15/09

From Recipes

Dinner Tonight: West Indian Rice and Beans

I am from the Caribbean and I can tell you our Rice and Peas DO NOT LOOK LIKE THAT, depending on our Country you use either Pigeon Peas, Red Beans or Black-eyes Peas and we ALWAYS use dried peas that has been soaked.We don't use the vegetable stock as the recipe says but the water the peas or beans has been pressured in (pressured to get the peas soft). In the finish product the rice is cooked but still firm and the flavors of all the ingredients have married.

trinimom at 9:32PM on 04/01/09

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Dinner Tonight: West Indian Rice and Beans

I'm not terribly concerned with the authenticity of this dish. I made it and it was yummy. My kids loved it as well so I was extra happy. Makes an easy and cheap week night dinner. I didn't have green onions so I subbed cilantro and it worked perfectly. I like the allspice in it.

I'm making it again tonight with pork tenderloin on the side.

jenh718 at 1:19PM on 05/20/09

From Talk

Recipe Request: West Indian Recipes for My Son and Me

Hi trinimom. To be honest, we don't know exactly where in the West Indies his birth father is from, but any and all recipes would be appreciated. We've found a local baker who does some specialties, and we cook curry together, but we'd love some more ideas. Thanks for replying.

NotAmerican at 2:25AM on 05/19/09

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Dinner Tonight: West Indian Rice and Beans

we made this over the weekend but added some chicken and chalula. it was like a nice bean risotto. really good. I see lots of potential for improvisation here.

eldiablito at 12:09PM on 04/07/09

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Dinner Tonight: West Indian Rice and Beans

Americans love extra sauce!! as a Jamaican I always go into a restuarant where Yankees are asking for extra gravy. Rice and Peas is suppose to be DRY. Honestly this is by far not not from the Caribbean. Also the above looks like Red Stew Peas and Rice..All it is missing is the spinners, some salt pork or beef.

lachefs at 9:19AM on 04/07/09

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Dinner Tonight: West Indian Rice and Beans

Looks good. But my Cuban grandmama never made rice and beans without a piece of meat in 'em. Usually pork or chicken.

BITTER at 3:06PM on 04/06/09

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Dinner Tonight: West Indian Rice and Beans

This is making me hungry for rice and peas, which I haven't had in a while. But I can't keep staring at that picture - it is like a car wreck - just looks so wrong. Place me in the camp with those saying it shouldn't be soupy at all. All my family members who made it made a dry version, no soup or "risotto-like consistency" at all.

Also - use one scotch bonnet pepper (or habanero if scotch bonnet isn't available where you live) with a small hole poked in it instead of the chopped jalapeno. Remove the pepper prior to serving, lest your friends think it is okay to just eat the thing whole!

I'm also a fan of lots of thyme - I put a few stems of fresh thyme in mine and let the leaves cook off/down.

fatcat at 10:51AM on 04/06/09

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Dinner Tonight: West Indian Rice and Beans

Ooh...I didn't realize there were other Trinis here!! :)
As was previously mentioned, different Caribbean islands have variations on the same recipe...this one being no different...this take on R&P does look a bit soupier than what I'm used to, but yummy nontheless.
I think it's more than ok to use canned peas or beans, which Trinis and other Caribbean nationalities use in the interest of time.

annie_eye at 11:43AM on 04/05/09

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Dinner Tonight: West Indian Rice and Beans

Well, I tried this the other night. Once it was done cooking according to the directions I put the lid on and let the whole thing sit for about 15 minutes while I finished the rest of the meal. The result was a thick rice and beans- not the soupy one shown above in the photo. Personally, I didn't care for it, but I didn't have real high hopes since I don't care for coconut milk in savory applications. However, it gets high marks for ease, and I think I'll make a variation of it again, omitting the coconut milk.

ErikaWaz at 8:15PM on 04/04/09

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Favorite foods: Once it name food,i love West Indian food,

Last bite on earth: My moms Oil-down , Tannia Porridge, Coconut Bake and Saltfish. yummmm