Breadfruit & Peas Stew

My bredren Kevin dropped off some breadfruit for me the other day and I was thinking of ways prepare it. Didn’t want to do the same old breadfruit chips and I already have a curry breadfruit recipe on the channel so I decided to do a breadfruit & peas stew, one pot something. I didn’t go out to shop to put this dish together so I’m just using stuff I have in the kitchen.

Instead of taking the approach of just throwing everything into the pot and allowing it to cook together, which would result in a mushy breadfruit dish similar to oil down, I decided to fry the breadfruit separately then toss it in the stew at the end for some difference in textures in the dish.

Breadfruit & Peas Stew Ingredients

• 1 breadfruit cut into bite sized chunks
• 1 can pigeon peas
• 1 onion diced
• 5 cloves of garlic minced
• 4 pimentos finely chopped
• 1 habanero pepper finely chopped
• 3 celery stalks finely chopped
• 1 carrot diced
• 3 tomatoes diced
• 3 bay leaves
• 8 all spice berries crushed
• 2 tbsp dried thyme
• 2 tbsp roucou
• 1 1/2 cups coconut milk
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• salt and black pepper to taste

Method

1. Add oil to pot then fry breadfruit chunks until golden brown, season with salt and black pepper
2. Remove breadfruit from pot and set aside
3. Saute aromatics – onion, garlic, pimento, habanero, celery, carrot, season with salt and black pepper then saute for 2 minutes
4. Add tomatoes, bay leaves, all spice dried thyme, pigeon peas and roucou then saute for another 3 minutes
5. Add coconut milk, cover then allow to simmer for 7 minutes
6. Toss fried breadfruit with mixture or plate separately
7. Enjoy