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stew red beans

Stew Red Beans

Make a Caribbean stew red beans in no time with this simple recipe. No overnight soaking needed for a tasty side dish!
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Caribbean, Tobago, Trinidad
Keyword: vegan, vegetarian
Author: baidawi

Equipment

  • 1 Pressure Cooker

Ingredients

  • 2 cups red beans rinsed
  • 2 large onions diced
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 tbsp ginger minced
  • 6 pimentos chopped
  • 1 bundle celery chopped
  • 2 cups pumpkin cubed
  • 2 tbsp fine thyme
  • 2 tbsp roucou
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 tbsp all-spice/ pimento/ juniper berries crushed or ground into a powder
  • 12 cups water
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • salt & black pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Add oil to pressure cooker on medium/high heat then sauté onions until translucent and softened
  • Add all spice then continue to sauté for 30 seconds
  • Add garlic, ginger, pimento and celery then continue to sauté for 1 minute
  • Add pumpkin then season with salt and black pepper to taste. Sauté for 2 minutes
  • Add red beans, roucou, bay leaf, tomato paste and water. Cover then allow the beans to cook in pressure cooker for 90 minutes
  • Allow steam to be released from pressure cooker before safely removing the cover.
  • Taste for salt and adjust as needed
  • Add fresh thyme
  • If beans are too thick, add 3/4 cups of water to loosen them
  • Serve & Enjoy!

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