Jamaican Stew Peas

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1/2 lb stewing beef
• 1/2 lb pigs tail (if you'd like)
• 2 scallions
• 1 onion
• 3 garlic cloves
• 3 sprigs thyme
• 1 scotch bonnet pepper
• 1 (8 ounce) can red kidney beans (or two cups of red peas, soaked in water overnight)
• 1/2 cup coconut milk
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 allspice seeds or 5 pimentos
• 2 cups flour

Recipe

• 1 1. gently fry the stew beef to seal it.
• 2 2.cut the meat in to small pieces.
• 3 3.place the peas, meat and 3 1/2 cups of water in a pot, bring to the boil then let simmer for one hour.[please keep in mind if you're using pigtail this is the ideal time to add it also].
• 4 4.chop the onion, scallion and garlic.
• 5 5.make dough by mixing 2 cups of flour with water. break off small pieces of dough and roll them in to "spinners".
• 6 6.after the peas and meat have simmered for 1 hour add the tin of coconut milk, onion, scallion, spinners, garlic, thyme, salt, black pepper, pimento and scotch bonnet (the scotch bonnet should not be cut up).
• 7 cook for 1 hour then remove the scotch bonnet pepper.
• 8 7. serve this goodness with rice and fried sweet plantains!