COME WITH ME LET'S COOK A DELICIOUS GUYANESE COOK UP RICE || IN THE KITCHEN WITH LYNN

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: water + coconut extract

Light coconut milk reduces calories while maintaining flavor.

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Tofu offers a protein alternative, while canned beans are budget-friendly.

black-eyed peas

🥗Healthier: kidney beans

💰Cheaper: canned black beans

Kidney beans are nutritious, and canned black beans are cost-effective.

pork

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: chicken

Turkey is leaner, and chicken is often more affordable.

Cut chicken into small pieces and wash with lime, salt, and vinegar.

Season the chicken with salt, ginger powder, fresh ginger, paprika, and black pepper; set aside to marinate for 1 hour.

Soak black-eyed peas, field peas, and chick peas overnight and wash them.

In a pressure cooker, add 3 cups of water, black-eyed peas, salt, and baking powder; pressure cook for 20 minutes.

Repeat the process for the field peas and chick peas, boiling them separately until soft yet firm.

Wash brown rice and prepare other ingredients: chives, scotch bonnet pepper, diced carrots, and chopped onions.

Heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a pan over medium heat.

Add marinated chicken to the pan and stir to prevent sticking; cover and cook for 10 minutes.

After 10 minutes, check the chicken and cover again, cooking for another 5 minutes over high heat.

Add rice and onions to the chicken; season with black pepper, paprika, 2 flavor cubes, and a little sugar; stir and fry for 2 minutes.

Add the cooked peas to the mixture along with some liquid from the peas and coconut milk; ensure the liquid covers the rice and peas.

Cover and boil for 10 minutes, checking to prevent sticking.

After 10 minutes, taste and adjust salt; add carrots and chives, stir well, and cover to cook for 15 minutes over low heat.

Check the rice after 15 minutes; if not fully cooked, cover and cook for another 10 minutes, checking at 5 minutes for consistency.

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