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Jamaican Red Peas Soup

Jamaican Red Pea Soup is a hearty and flavorful dish that brings the vibrant tastes of the Caribbean to your table. Rich with red kidney beans, tender meats, and aromatic spices, this comforting soup is perfect for warming up on a cool day.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours 5 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Soup
Cuisine: American, Caribbean, Jamaican
Calories: 410
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 & ½ cup Red kidney beans
  • 2 lbs Beef
  • 5 oz Butternut squash
  • 2 Sweet corn on the cob
  • 3 Potatoes
  • 2 Carrots
  • 1 Onion
  • 2 tbsp Garlic
  • 1 Celery
  • ¼ cup Spring onion chopped
  • tsp Seasoning (Oregano, pinch of salt, dried Italian herbs, turmeric, dried rosemary, 1 of cube beef stock.0
Ingredients for dumpling
  • 1 cup All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking powder
  • pinch of salt
  • ¾ cup Water

Method
 

  1. Cook the beans in a large deep pot with 4 cups of water on medium-high heat for 45 to an hour. If you can soak the beans in water the night before. Use this time to make the dumplings.
Making the dumplings
  1. In a large bowl sift a cup of all-purpose flour, 2 teaspoons of baking powder, and a pinch of salt.
  2. Mix the dry ingredients well then add about ¾ of a lukewarm water and mix until it forms into a dough. It shouldn't be too stiff or too soft either.
  3. Let the dough rest for a few minutes (15 to 30 minutes).
  4. Dive the dough into small meatball-sized balls, making these dumplings for soup recipe you can roll them into a stick-like shape but I prefer mine in a round shape. The stick-like shape cooks faster than my round-shaped dumplings. Set these bad boys aside.
Cooking the Jamaican Red Peas Soup
  1. Prepare the vegetables. Chop and peel the potatoes and cut them into bite-size cubes. Chop the carrots, celery, spring onion and dice the onion. Peel the skin off the squash and cut it into bite size chunks as well. Cut each sweet corn cob into 2 or 3 pieces depending on how long it is. Cut the beef into stew-sized bites.
  2. After an hour the beans should be pre-cooked, not fully cooked. Add the beef chunks and 3 to 4 more cups of water then cook for 30 more minutes.
  3. Add carrots and potatoes and let it cook for 10 minutes.
  4. Add the chopped onions, celery, and spring onion. You can add your seasoning as well at this stage.
  5. Add the sweet corn and squash and cook for 10 minutes. You can add more water if needed.
  6. Add the dumplings and cook for 10 to 15 more minutes. Do a taste test for seasoning and also to check if the squash and the dumplings are cooked. If all is cooked then your Caribbean red peas soup is ready to be served and enjoyed.