Name: Jamaican Red Peas Beef Soup
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 80 min
Total time: 110 min
Ingredients: 3 cups all purpose flour; 1 pack red kidney peas; 3 lbs beef bone with meat (cut into chunks); 2 cloves garlic (crushed); 6 medium carrots (cubed half. Other half cut into blocks); 2 whole corn (cut each in into 3); 4 medium potatoes (cut into halves); 2 whole Scotch bonnet pepper (1 green, 1 ripe); 1 sprig thyme; 2 packs Grace® Cock Soup Mix; 1 medium turnip (cut in 1/2 inches cube); 2 medium sweet potatoes (cut 8 blocks); 1 stalk scallion; 4 whole allspice; 1 whole cho cho ((chayote squash), peel and cut into cubes, 1/2 inch); 1 stick celery (chop in large piece); 1 tablespoon coconut powder

Jamaican Red Peas Beef Soup

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Jamaican Red Peas Beef Soup is a delicious and hearty traditional Jamaican soup made with beef, red kidney beans, vegetables, and flavorful spices like thyme, scotch bonnet pepper, and allspice. It’s a popular dish in Jamaica and is often enjoyed as a comforting meal, especially on a Saturday.

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Prep Time 30

Cook Time 1 20

Total Time 1 50

Servings: 6 people

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: Caribbean, Jamaican

Calories: 496

Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients

3 cups all purpose flour
1 pack red kidney peas
3 lbs beef bone with meat cut into chunks
2 cloves garlic crushed
6 medium carrots cubed half. Other half cut into blocks
2 whole corn cut each in into 3
4 medium potatoes cut into halves
2 whole Scotch bonnet pepper 1 green, 1 ripe
1 sprig thyme
2 packs Grace® Cock Soup Mix
1 medium turnip cut in 1/2 inches cube
2 medium sweet potatoes cut 8 blocks
1 stalk scallion
4 whole allspice
1 whole cho cho (chayote squash), peel and cut into cubes, 1/2 inch
1 stick celery chop in large piece
1 tablespoon coconut powder

Method

Prepare vegetables:

Wash and prepare vegetables. Separate cut turnip.

Prepare kidney peas and beef:

Cut beef into medium size parts.
Wash kidney beans. Peas will cook faster if soaked overnight in cold water.

Cook beef and beans:

To decrease cooking time add beef and peas to a pressure cooker and pressure for about 30 minutes. Add additional 10 minutes until meat and peas are cooked. Set aside.

Prepare dumplings:

Combine together flour 1/2 cup water, pouring slowly, mixing and kneading until flour has a doughy consistency. If sticky, add more flour to mixture until doughy consistency.
Pull up a small chunk of flour about 1/4 handful and make in a ball. Knead dough inwards with fingers then indent the middle so that it looks like a doughnut
Set aside.

Start stock pot going:

To a large pot add a gallon of water and bring to boil. Add turnip and boil for 10 minutes.
Add dumplings to pot and cook for 10 minutes.
Add beef and red peas stock and cook for 10 minutes.
Add yam, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and cho cho (Chayote squash). Cook for another 10 minutes.
Add chopped carrots, carrot blocks and cook for another 10 minutes.
Add Grace® Cock Soup Mix (2 packs), garlic, all spice, Scotch bonnet pepper, thyme, celery, tablespoonful of coconut powder and scallion. Simmer for 10 minutes.
Serve hot or warm.

Nutrition

Calories: 496kcalCarbohydrates: 104gProtein: 13gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 870mgPotassium: 1192mgFiber: 10gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 20947IUVitamin C: 40mgCalcium: 86mgIron: 5mg

Notes

When Scotch bonnet pepper is added take care not to rupture since it is very hot.

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