Name: Red ‘Peas’ Soup
Prep time: 2 h 50 min
Total time: 2 h 50 min
Yield: Serves 6–8
Cuisine: Jamaica
Ingredients: salt and pepper; 1 scotch bonnet pepper; 4 garlic cloves; a dash of hot pepper sauce; 400 g/14 oz dried red beans, soaked overnight and rinsed; 3 spring onions; 250 ml/1 cup coconut milk; 2.85 litres/5 pints vegetable, chicken or beef stock; 450 g/1 lb coco or yam and sweet potato, peeled and cut into 2.5 cm/1-inch pieces; 10 allspice berries or 1 tsp ground allspice; 75 g/½ cup plain flour; 2 fresh thyme sprigs; a pinch of salt

Preparation info

Serves
6–8

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
3 hr

Appears in

Eat Caribbean

By Virginia Burke

Published 2005

About

This soup is an easy version, made without the traditional Jamaican pig’s tail or beef. But it does have the option for chewy ‘spinners’ (dumplings) and all the spices.

Ingredients

For the spinners

75 g/½ cup plain flour
a pinch of salt

Method

Fill a large pot with 2.4 litres/½ gallon of stock. Add the beans and bring to the boil. Lower the heat and cook for about 1½ hours.
Prepare the spinners: mix the flour an