Chef Lovern delicious three peas Guyanese🇬🇾 style cookup rice, chicken, saltfish and coconut milk

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.

Add black eye peas, pink peas, and kidney beans to a pot.

Add half a teaspoon of salt and a little thyme to the peas.

Cover the pot and pressure cook the peas for about half an hour.

In a separate pan, add 3 tablespoons of brown sugar to olive oil and let it melt for color and flavor.

Once the sugar is bubbling and melted, add seasoned chicken to the pan.

Allow the chicken to fry until browned.

Prepare the seasoning by chopping celery, onion, thyme, ginger, garlic, and fresh seasoning pepper.

Once the chicken is browned, add the prepared seasoning to the pan and stir.

After the peas are finished pressuring, combine them with the chicken in the pan.

Add 2 cups of brown rice and freshly grated coconut milk to the mixture and stir.

Add spices: Maggi Cube, black pepper, cook up seasoning, and 2 tablespoons of butter.

Cover the pot and let the cook up cook.

When the rice is halfway cooked, add the saltfish to the pot.

Cover the pot again and allow it to steam until finished.

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