🇧🇸 Bahamian Cuisine

Peas and Rice

Pigeon Peas and Rice

Prep Time 10 min
Servings 6
Difficulty Easy
Calories 340 kcal

Fluffy rice cooked with pigeon peas, tomato paste, thyme, and coconut milk. The essential Bahamian side dish.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Rinse rice until water runs clear.
  2. 2 In a pot, saute onion in butter until translucent, about 3 minutes.
  3. 3 Add tomato paste and cook 1 minute.
  4. 4 Add pigeon peas, coconut milk, water, thyme, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil.
  5. 5 Stir in rice. Return to a boil, then reduce heat to low.
  6. 6 Cover tightly and cook 20 minutes without lifting the lid.
  7. 7 Fluff with a fork and serve.

Did You Know?

Peas and rice is so ubiquitous in the Bahamas that no holiday meal or Sunday dinner is complete without it.