3. Stir in the rice, pigeon peas, coconut milk, water, garlic, parsley, onion, salt and chives and season with salt and pepper. Simmer on low heat for 20 to 25 minutes, or until everything is ...

but you can also use green pigeon peas (aka gungo peas), which are commonly used as well. The coconut milk is infused with the reddish tint of the beans, which gives the rice its signature blush.

This easy and savory rice dish is made with ... sprinkling of Latin spices. Pigeon peas are also easily found with other Latin or Caribbean canned beans (Goya is a popular brand).

Growing up, special occasions meant rice and pigeon peas for actor and cookbook author Ayesha Curry. Enriched with coconut milk and ginger, her take on rice and peas is made for soaking up all the ...

Dried, pigeon peas are a main ingredient in Indian dals, Caribbean and African rice dishes, soups and stews. They are sometimes paired with green mango and fresh coconut. As beans, they need to be ...

Crab meat also works well with this recipe. I served the mince shrimp with peas and rice, a traditional Bahamian dish using pigeon peas, a legume similar in size to green peas. You can find canned ...

Another rice and peas variations in Jamaican cuisine include rice and gungo peas (or pigeon peas) -- but the most widely ...

Saute 8 minutes until vegetables are tender. Stir rice into bacon mixture. Stir in olives, capers, cilantro, tomato sauce and drained pigeon peas. Cook 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in 3 cups reserved liquid.

Stir in Sazón, pigeon peas, Alcaparrado and water and bring to boil. Stir in rice, return to boil, cover, lower heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir and turn rice from bottom up, cover and ...

Pernil without arroz con gandules is like turkey without stuffing—the arroz completes any holiday meal in the Greater Antilles (especially Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic).

Then add ¾ can of pigeon peas (all if you like) and 2 cups of water. Bring to a boil and then add 2 cups of rice and stir. Once it starts to boil again, bring heat down to moderate and ...