World Flavors Cookbook

Cook-Up Rice

Name: Cook-Up Rice
Cook time: 45 min
Cuisine: Guyana
Ingredients: rice, kidney beans or black-eyed peas, coconut milk, chicken or salted meat, onion, garlic, thyme, scotch bonnet, scallions

A flavorful one-pot dish of rice, beans, and meat cooked in coconut milk, symbolizing Guyanese unity.

Cuisine: Guyana

Ingredients

rice, kidney beans or black-eyed peas, coconut milk, chicken or salted meat, onion, garlic, thyme, scotch bonnet, scallions

Instructions

Cook beans until partially tender. Sauté onion, garlic, and meat. Add rice, beans, coconut milk, and enough broth or water. Season with thyme and scotch bonnet. Simmer until the rice is fluffy and the liquid is absorbed.