In my recipe, red beans are soaked overnight, then boiled. After boiling, the flavor of the beans is enhanced with the addition of aromatic vegetables, herbs and coconut milk.
Stewed red beans are a mainstay in traditional Trinidadian cuisine. For a typical Sunday lunch, it is usually accompanied by baked chicken, stewed chicken or curried chicken, rice and a salad of lettuce or watercress, sliced tomatoes and cucumber and the occasional macaroni pie.
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Prep Time: 1 hourhour
Cook Time: 45 minutesminutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 108kcal
Ingredients
To boil beans
1lbdried red or pink kidney beans or 3 - canned beanspicked through, rinsed and drained
Soak the beans overnight. Wash. Drain. Wash, peel and chop veggies.
In a medium saucepan over high heat, add water and bring to boil. Once it comes to a boil, add beans and sugar.
Bring to a boil again, lower heat to medium and cook until beans are tender, but still whole/firm, about 60 minutes. Set aside.
Stew beans:
In a heavy bottomed pot, heat oil over medium heat. Add brown sugar and allow it to bubble, froth, expand and darken.
Add ketchup and cook for 10 seconds, Add onion, green seasoning, tomato, celery, sweet pepper, garlic, pumpkin, carrots, hot pepper, 4 sprigs of thyme, garlic and stir well to combine - for about 3 minutes.
Cover and cook for 10 minutes, over medium heat, stirring every 5 minutes. You may add 1/4 cup of water to help in the cooking process.
Stir in beans with liquid. Add salt and freshly ground black pepper. Add additional 2-3 cups of water if there isn’t enough liquid. Add 1/4 (one quarter or 1 can coconut milk) block or creamed coconut(or fresh coconut milk ), if using.
Bring to a boil, immediately reduce heat to low, cover pot and simmer for about 15 -20 minutes until sauce thickens. Taste for salt and black pepper. Add more if necessary.
Be not afraid to attempt stewed read beans from scratch. If you don't you will be missing out on the most flavorful and delicious stewed red beans you ever ate....!!
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Notes
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