Black Eyed Peas And Rice Recipe Trinidad

A southern traditional dish served on new year s day to bring good luck. Step 3 remove bay leaves from black eyed peas mixture and stir in rice. This black eyed peas recipe is smokey spicy with a deep yet not too overwhelming bacon flavor.

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Serve with sprinkle of coriander and hot sauce to taste. Once onions are fragrant add remaining ingredients and cook down for 35 40 minutes stirring frequently to keep bottom from burning. Use about 8oz dried black eyed peas for this recipe. Meanwhile heat the olive oil in a large deep skillet over medium heat. Cover pot with a lid and simmer until peas are tender 40 to 50 minutes.

Cover and bring to a boil. Add black eyed peas water bay leaves paprika salt and black pepper. Combine the black eyed peas 3 cups water and a pinch of salt in a small pot. I have heard all my life that one should eat black eyed peas on new year s day for good luck throughout the new year. The entire dish is flavored and colored with burnt sugar.

Leave overnight to soak. Once you have peas in your house for new year s day you would have plenty of everything for the new year. This peas and rice dish is normally associated with jamaica and quite rightly so however just about every island in the caribbean does a version of rice and peas. This pelau is a one pot dish that is made on weekends and especially when family and friends get together for a lime caribbean slang word for get together. It wasn t until i was in my early twenties that my father changed the dish from black eyed peas to hoppin john as our traditional new year s day good luck meal.

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Southern black eyed peas recipe or hoppin john is a hearty warm and soulful food. My daughters refer to this dish as the spicy rice with the beanies anything with peas or beans are called beanies as i love to burst the scotch bonnet pepper near the end of cooking to release all that wonderful caribbean vibe. It s simple po foke s food and i love it any time of the year. Trini pelau is an iconic dish of pigeon peas meat or chicken that is cooked with fresh herbs and coconut milk. This is the notion of why we in trinidad and tobago traditionally ensure that for new year s day old years black eye peas and rice is cooked up and waiting as the new year rolls over.

Place all ingredients into rice cooker or large pot turn on and follow your rice cooker s directions or in a pot bring to boil simmer for 15 minutes until rice is almost cooked cover and let sit for further 10 minutes. The next day drain liquid from peas then saute peas with onions garlic pepper. Place peas in a bowl and cover with water. Place all ingredients into rice cooker or large pot turn on and follow your rice cooker s directions or in a pot bring to boil simmer for 15 minutes until rice is almost cooked cover and let sit for further 10 minutes. Southern black eyed peas recipe or hoppin john is a hearty warm and soulful food.

Place peas in a bowl and cover with water. Leave overnight to soak. Cover and bring to a boil. Serve with sprinkle of coriander and hot sauce to taste.