Cook-Up Rice Guyanese Style 🇬🇾🇬🇾🙏🙏❤️👍🌹

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: water + coconut extract

Light coconut milk reduces calories while maintaining flavor.

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned chicken

Tofu offers a vegetarian option, while canned chicken is often less expensive.

pork

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: chicken

Turkey is leaner, and chicken is generally more affordable.

scotch bonnet pepper

🥗Healthier: jalapeño

💰Cheaper: serrano pepper

Jalapeños provide heat with lower intensity, while serrano is more accessible.

Introduce the dish and ingredients, mentioning it's a traditional Guyanese cook-up rice.

Chop leftover chicken from the previous dinner into small pieces.

Prep black eye beans and red kidney beans by washing and boiling them, then refrigerate.

Heat a pot on the stove and add chopped onion and garlic; sauté for 2-3 minutes until softened.

Add chopped bell peppers and some cilantro and green onions to the pot; sauté for another few minutes.

Add the chopped chicken to the pot and stir.

Season the mixture with seasoned complete seasoning, cajun seasoning, and all-purpose seasoning.

Add the prepped beans to the pot along with a Maggie cube for flavor.

Stir in the brown rice and mix well with the other ingredients.

Add Caribbean color seasoning to achieve the desired color of the rice, adjusting as necessary.

Pour in coconut milk to cover the rice slightly, then add broth from the beans and meat.

Add thyme and scotch bonnet pepper to the mixture.

Cover the pot and let it cook, allowing the rice to steam.

Add okra to the pot, letting it steam without cooking it too much.

Lower the heat and cover the pot to finish cooking the rice and okra.

After cooking, add the remaining green onions and cilantro before serving.

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