Rice & Peas

There is probably no dish more popular from island to island, in all its varieties, than rice and peas. Sometimes they are prepared separately, as in yellow rice and red beans or Cuban style ‘Moros y Cristianos’ (black beans and white rice) or all together as in Trinidadian ‘peas and rice’ or Jamaican ‘rice and peas’. On the French islands like Haiti it is known as ‘riz et pois colles’. The seasonings vary slightly, as does use of coconut milk, meat stock or spices for cooking the beans and