Dinner

Jamaican rice and beans is for Dinner.

Jamaican rice and beans takes several minutes to prepare.

Jamaican rice and beans takes several minutes to cook.

Jamaican rice and beans makes 10 servings.

The ingredients for Jamaican rice and beans are:

1 tsp coconut oil (or canola)
1 garlic clove, crushed
1/4 cup onion, minced
1 scallion, chopped
1 sprig fresh thyme
15.5 oz can red kidney beans, rinsed and drained
2 cups uncooked long grain rice
salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
2 1/4 cups water
13.5 oz can (1 3/4 cups) light coconut milk
1 whole scotch bonnet hot pepper (not chopped)

Here is how you make Jamaican rice and beans:

In a medium heavy saucepan, heat oil over medium heat; add garlic, scallion, onion and thyme. Saut? a few minutes, then add rice, beans and stir.Add the coconut milk, water, salt and fresh pepper and place the whole scotch bonnet pepper in the pot, stir to combine and bring to a boil.Remove and discard the hot pepper and continue to cook the rice until almost all the liquid is absorbed and just skims the top.Cover; reduce heat to low; simmer for 25 minutes. Remove from heat and keep covered for 10 additional minutes to allow the steam to finish cooking the rice (do not be tempted to lift the lid before that). Serve hot.Serving Size: Makes 7 1/2 cupsNumber of Servings: 10Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CAREN_BLUEJEANS.

The nutritional information for Jamaican rice and beans is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 10
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 374.0

• Total Fat: 2.8 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 942.1 mg
• Total Carbs: 64.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 29.8 g
• Protein: 20.2 g

The dietary needs meet for Jamaican rice and beans is Vegetarian