About the dish
Cook-up rice is a Guyanese one-pot dish in which everything – rice, pulses, meat and seasoning – cooks together in coconut milk. It usually includes black-eyed peas, chicken and pieces of salted beef or pork, and gets its aroma from thyme, spring onion, garlic and a whole wiri wiri pepper that releases heat without bursting. The rice soaks up the broth and coconut fat and becomes creamy and very filling. It is a practical end-of-week dish that uses up what is left in the kitchen, so every home makes it a little differently. It is eaten especially on Saturdays and on the last night of the year, often with cucumber salad or fried plantain.
Main ingredients
- rice
- coconut milk
- black-eyed peas
- chicken
- salt beef
- thyme
- spring onion
Guyana: Traditionally cooked on Saturdays and on Old Year's Night.
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