Authentic Jamaican Red Pea Soup Recipe
This famous classic traditional authentic Jamaican red pea soup recipe with kidney beans is hearty and delicious and packed with a mix of Caribbean spices and can be prepared using meat or vegetables making it a great vegetarian or vegan dish.
Ingredients
Ingredients For The Jamaican Red Pea Soup
- 6 cups of water to soak beans
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 pounds kidney beans 900 grams or use 2 canned beans
- 1 1/2 pounds stew beef
- 1 pound chicken or turkey neck back, leg or foot (optional oxtail, ham bone, pig feet or tail cut into small pieces)
- 4 garlic cloves cut small
- 2 stalks scallion sliced into rings
- 1 scotch bonnet pepper cut in small pieces
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 medium size onion diced into cubes
- 3 teaspoons chicken soup mix I used Grace brand
- 1 potato or sweet potato cut into cubes
- 2 small yams or one large one Cut into small pieces
- 3/4 teaspoon Jamaican spice All spice, Pimento Seeds, Myrtle Pepper
- 2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 can coconut milk
- 1 Sweet potato
Ingredients For The Dumplings
- 1 cup of all purpose flour
- 3 tablespoon cornmeal
- 1 /3 cup of water or as needed
Instructions
Instructions How To Make Jamaican Dumplings (Spinners)
- Combine the flour, cornmeal and salt in a small bowl.
- Add the water and mix together until the dough begins to form. If you fine the dough to stiff, add a bit more water.
- Rest the dough for 15 minutes covered with plastic.
- Knead the dough until it's smooth and extensible. Cover and set aside for 10 minutes.
- To make the spinners, pinch off a small piece of dough about 10-15 grams and roll the dough in-between your palms or on a working surface and shape into long cylindrical piece.
- Make sure the ends are tampered and place onto a light floured plate and cover.
- Repeat until all the dumplings are formed. Keep covered and refrigerated until ready to cook.
- You can cook the spinners/dumplings in boiling pot of water for about 5 minutes then add them to the soup or you can cook them directly in the soup, either way works.
Instructions On How To Make Jamaican Red Pea Soup?
- Rinse and presoak the dried kidney bean in 6-8 cups of water the night before. Water should be covering the beans.
- If your using canned kidney beans then add in step 5.
- The next day - Fill a medium size pot with water and add the beans, salt, chicken or turkey pieces or pork feet or tail and bring to a boil.
- Add the stew beef and continue to cook on medium high for about 45-60 minutes or until the beef stew meat and beans are tender. Add water as needed, water should also be covering the beans and meat.
- Add in the coconut milk, onions, scallions, soup mix, garlic, thyme, potatoes, yam, and scotch bonnet peppers and cook on medium low (simmer) for about 20-25 minutes or until potato's and yam are tender.
- Add the dumplings (spinners) and cook for 5-6 minutes.
- Scotch bonnet peppers are super hot, you can remove from soup one cooked or omit from recipe.
- Serve and enjoy. You can serve with side rice.
