Jamaican Red Peas Beef Soup
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.
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
Instructions
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 doughnutSet 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.
Disclaimer
Some parts of recipe maybe AI-generated.
Notes
When Scotch bonnet pepper is added take care not to rupture since it is very hot.
Nutrition
Calories: 496kcal (25%)Carbohydrates: 104g (35%)Protein: 13g (26%)Fat: 5g (8%)Saturated Fat: 1g (6%)Cholesterol: 1mgSodium: 870mg (38%)Potassium: 1192mg (34%)Fiber: 10g (42%)Sugar: 9g (10%)Vitamin A: 20947IU (419%)Vitamin C: 40mg (48%)Calcium: 86mg (9%)Iron: 5mg (28%)
Disclaimer
Nutritional information for this recipe is an approximation and is not to be construed as medical advice.
