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Stew Peas
“Saturday Pot”
Stew Peas is Jamaica's great equaliser. Rich or poor, uptown or downtown, from the hills of Mandeville to the tenement yards of Jones Town, every Jamaican household has their version of this thick, creamy, meat-and-bean stew that anchors the Saturday table. The 'peas' in question are red kidney bean...
11 ingredients
Post-Emancipation one-pot tradition (1800s onward)
The 'spinners' (flour dumplings) in Stew Peas are rolled to a tapered torpedo shape for a reason: the thinner ends cook faster than the plump middle, giving you both a firm and a soft texture in a single dumpling.
YARD KITCHEN
Old Time Jamaican Recipes