Jamaican red peas soup with ham bone
January 23, 2024
14 cups water
2 cups red peas, soaked
1 large ham bone
3 cloves garlic, crushed
4 whole pimento berries
1 pound yellow yam, peeled and sliced
1 large cocoa, peeled and sliced
2 large sweet potato, sliced
1 cup freshly made coconut milk
spinners (soup dumplings)
2 stalk skellion, crushed
Piece of fresh thyme
1 whole green Scotch bonnet pepper
Salt to taste
Method
Put water to boil in a large pot. Add red peas, ham bone, garlic and pimento berries and boil for about 40 minutes or until the peas becomes tender.
Add the yellow yam, cocoa, sweet potato.
Add Coconut Milk, then shape and add the spinners.
Add crushed escallion, thyme, whole scotch bonnet pepper Add salt to taste. Allow to simmer for about 15-20 minutes.
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