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- Prep time:
- 15 mins
- Cook time:
- 1 hrs 35 mins
- Serves:
- 6
Gary Rhodes and Ezekial Jackson stud rice with preserved meats, salt fish and Caribbean vegetables in this hearty one-pot dish
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- Cooks Tips...
- pickled pig tails and pig mouth is traditionally used in this recipe. You can use bacon or pancetta as a substitute. Salt fish is also a classic addition; this can be replaced with smoked haddock, diced and added 5 minutes before rice is ready.
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Ingredients
- 450g salt beef, diced
- 225g pickled pig's tails, diced (see cook's note)
- 225g pickled pig's cheeks, diced ( see cook's note)
- 12 chicken wings
- 225g Kidney beans, or pigeon peas
- 1 medium Onion, chopped
- ½ small green pepper, sliced
- ½ small red pepper, sliced
- ½ small yellow pepper, sliced
- 225g white Cabbage, shredded
- 2 cloves Garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tsp fresh Thyme, leaves
- 1 fillet, salt fish, flaked (see cook's note)
- 1-2 handfuls Spinach, shredded
- 3 tsp tomato purée
- 2 tsp mild Chillies, finely chopped
- 450g long grain rice
- 55g Butter
Method
1. Put the salt beef in a pan of cold water and bring to the boil. Drain and repeat once or twice more to remove excess salt.2. Bring 1 litre of water to the boil in a large pan. Add the blanched salt beef, pig tail, pig cheek and chicken wings and simmer for 45-60 minutes, or until the beef is tender.
3. Meanwhile boil the pigeon peas in 500ml water for 45-60 minutes, until tender.
4. Mix the contents of the two pans together, including the cooking liquors. Return to the heat and stir in the onion, peppers, cabbage, garlic, thyme, saltfish, spinach, tomato puree and seasoning pepper.
5. Add the rice and bring up to a simmer. Cover with a lid and cook for 20 minutes or until the rice is tender.
6. Stir in the butter and cook for another couple of minutes before serving.
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Very nice.Bacon joint or ham hock work well just boil and change water untill its not too salty do same with salt fish.Salt fish can be found in most large suppermarkets now and even sweet shops!