Recipe: Perfect Jamaican red peas soup

Jamaican red peas soup. Caribbean Red Peas Soup (stewed peas) Meatless Red Peas Stew - Grace Foods Creative Cooking Traditional Jamaican Dishes. Jamaican Red Pea Soup recipe is definitely a family favourite, and one of the most recognisable soups to come out of Jamaica.

This is a recipe for authentic Jamaican red pea soup. In Jamaica, kidney beans are known as red peas. Rich and decadent, Jamaican Red Peas Soup (actually made with Red Kidney Beans) is thick, creamy and full of meat, dumplings and ground provisions, making it perfect for a summer starter or a warming winter meal. You can cook Jamaican red peas soup using 17 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Jamaican red peas soup

1. You need of pig tail (cut in pieces).
2. You need of stew beef (cut in pieces).
3. You need of Red peas.
4. It's of grace cock soup.
5. Prepare of flour.
6. Prepare of cornmeal.
7. It's of yam.
8. You need of sweet potato.
9. You need of pimento seeds.
10. It's of escallion.
11. You need of thyme.
12. It's of green scotch bonnet pepper.
13. It's of pumpkin.
14. Prepare of small dasheen (to thicken soup).
15. It's of Kendel coconut powder.
16. Prepare of pegs garlic.
17. It's of pimento seeds.

The traditional recipe calls for stewing beef along with salted pig tails or ham hocks. You haven't had red peas soup until you've had it Jamaican style! Say "Yeah Mon" if you agree with me (lol) :-) Anyway, here is it. About a dozen whole dry pimento berries (Allspice).

Jamaican red peas soup instructions

1. Rinse pig's tail and beef with vinegar and water..
2. Boil pig tail for about 5 mins., to get rid of excess salt..
3. Rinse peas and place in pressure cooker, dice pumpkin and dasheen and add to peas along with garlic and pimento seeds. Add enough water to cover the peas. Then bring to a boil..
4. Pour about 6 cups tap water in the pressure cooker, then add meat. cover and pressure for 30 minutes. (start counting after the pressure cooker starts making that sound :)).
5. Remove from heat and allow the cooker to cool, then open. remove meat if they are already tender..
6. Pour out the contents of the pressure cooker in another pot, or use an ordinary cover on the pressure cooker. Use the flour and cornmeal to make dumplings, peel and slice yam and sweet potato or any other ground provision you like, add to the pot..
7. Mix the coconut cream in 1 cup warm water and add to pot.
8. Add, cock soup, escallion, thyme and scotch bonnet pepper. Cover and allow food to cook. This will take about 15 minutes. Add cooked meat when about 5 mins remain..
9. Stir regularly to prevent sticking..
10. Remove from heat, and enjoy!.

Despite its name, and like most Jamaican soups, red peas soup is a thick, flavorful stew consisting of meat such as beef or pork, starchy vegetables such as yams, potatoes, and red peas, and tender, chewy dumplings. The stew is additionally flavored with seasonings such as pimento and thyme. Jamaican Gungo Peas Soup is hearty soup with bold flavors that surely is a crowd pleaser. Jamaican Gungo Pea Soup is one of my favourite soups and a close second to my favourite Red Pea Soup. Try this Jamaican Red Pea Soup recipe, or contribute your own. (If using canned beans, add at this time.) Add salt to taste.