Peas & rice
Yield: 5 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1/4 lb Salt Pork; chopped
- 1 tb Vegetable Oil
- 1 Onion; chopped
- 1/2 c Green Pepper; Bell chopped
- 1 Stalk of Celery; chopped
- 2 Tomatoes; fresh chopped
- 2 tb Tomato Paste
- 2 ts Thyme
- 2 Cayenne chiles stems and -seeds removed.Or substitute -1 Habanero
- 2 c Rice
- 1/2 c Pigeon Peas
- 1 qt Chicken Broth
Instructions:
Salt and freshly ground -Black Pepper to taste Fry the salt pork to render the fat. Add the oil onion bell pepper and celery and saute until soft. Stir in the tomato paste thyme and chile and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the rice peas and broth. Bring to a boil reduce the heat cover and simmer until the rice is tender and the liquid is absorbed about 35 minutes.



