peas and rice
Jamaican side dish
Peas and rice is a Caribbean dish of rice cooked with pigeon peas or black-eyed peas, typically seasoned with coconut milk, thyme, and scotch bonnet pepper.
It appears at Sunday dinners, holidays, and celebrations throughout the Bahamas, Jamaica, and other islands, where it often accompanies jerk chicken or stewed meats: No Bahamian Christmas is complete without peas and rice.
- stapleBasic dietary necessity
- dishFood container or recipe
- one pot mealComplete dish, single vessel
- comfort foodEmotionally consoling dishes
- mealOccasion for nourishment
lunch · West African cuisine · dinner · kidney beans · Caribbean cuisine · coconut milk · thyme · allspice · Jamaican cuisine · side · pilaf · snap pea · cuisine · jambalaya · chickpeas · Latin American cuisine · soul food · scotch bonnet
- rice dishesbiryani, pilaf, pulao, congee, long grain
- Bahamian foodconch, conch fritters, conch chowder, johnny cake, johnnycake
- peaspetit pois, pea pods, pea seeds, cowpeas, pea protein
peas and ricebeef Wellington
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tasting menu · coq au vin · molecular gastronomy · haute cuisine
peas and ricesushi
Vinegared rice with toppings
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