🇬🇾 BACKYARD COOKOUT GUYANESE STYLE COOKUP RICE / FRIED SNAPPER & CASSAVA CHIPS #streetfood 🇬🇾

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: coconut cream diluted with water

Light coconut milk reduces calories while maintaining flavor.

black-eyed peas

🥗Healthier: green peas

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Canned beans are more affordable and save prep time.

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned chickpeas

Tofu provides a plant-based protein alternative.

Season the snapper with green seasoning, garlic, fish seasoning, adobo, salt, and black pepper.

Clean the snapper and cut it into portions, reserving the head for a future fish broth.

Prepare the cook up rice by gathering ingredients: onion, pepper, baji, plantain, cassava, white rice, coconut milk, Chinese sauce, cookup seasoning, canned black eye, and chana.

Heat oil in a pan for frying the plantains and cassava chips.

Slice the plantains using a plantain slicer and fry them in the heated oil until crispy.

Slice the cassava and fry until golden and crunchy.

Once the plantains are done, remove them from the oil and set aside.

Fry the snapper in the same oil until cooked through and golden brown.

Prepare the cook up rice by adding the rice to the pot with coconut milk, water, and the previously prepared seasonings.

Cook the rice until tender and fluffy, stirring occasionally.

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