Ingredients
- 1 cup Ocean Spray Craisins
- 2 cups leftover/cooked Ham or Turkey chopped
- 3 cups parboiled rice
- 1 carrot diced
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 5 cloves garlic minced
- 1 ” piece ginger minced
- 1 scotch bonnet pepper optional
- ¾ cup whole kernel corn
- 1 sweet pepper diced
- 3 celery stalks finely chopped
- 4 sprigs thyme
- 1 tsp all spice/pimento berries crushed
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 4 cardamom pods
- 2 bay leaves
- 3 cups water or chicken stock
- Oil for sautéing
- Salt & black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Add oil to a pot on medium/high heat
- Add onions then sauté for 1 minute or until translucent
- Add ginger, garlic, carrot, celery and all spice. Season with salt and black pepper then sauté for 2 minutes
- Add rice, cinnamon, cardamom and bay leaves then allow rice to cook for 3 minutes
- Add corn, sweet pepper, ham/turkey and Ocean Spray Craisins to the pot
- Add water/chicken stock, two sprigs of thyme and scotch bonnet pepper then season with salt to taste
- Cover pot then allow to cook for 12 minutes on low heat
- Turn off heat then allow the rice to continue to steam for another 5 minutes
- Add remaining thyme to the rice to finish
- Serve & Enjoy
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