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Recipe Bahamian Style Peas and Rice (Side Dish)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2 ounces sliced bacon, diced
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- 1 large tomato, diced
- 1/2 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon ketchup
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 (15 ounce) can pigeon peas, with liquid
- 1 2/3 cups water
- 1 1/2 cups uncooked long-grain white rice
- 1 sprig fresh thyme, chopped
Preparing/Cooking:
- Melt butter in a large, heavy saucepan over medium high heat.
- Place bacon in the saucepan, and cook until evenly brown.
- Stir in onion and celery, and cook until tender.
- Mix in tomato, tomato paste, and ketchup.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Reduce heat to low, and continue cooking about 15 minutes.
- Stir pigeon peas and their liquid, water, rice, and thyme into the saucepan.
- Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat.
- Cook 40 minutes on low, or until all liquid is absorbed.
- Fluff rice with a fork.
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