Dinner · 60 min · caribbean

Cook-Up Rice

Weeknight-friendly Caribbean cooking: Cook-Up Rice comes together in 60 minutes with chicken pieces, long-grain rice, and not much else. At 739 calories and 42g protein per serving, it fits easily into a high-protein day. It scales cleanly if you are cooking for more than one.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 1.5 lb Chicken pieces
• 2.5 cups dry Long-grain rice
• 1 can Coconut milk
• 1 can Black-eyed peas
• 60 g Callaloo (or spinach)
• 1 Yellow onion
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 1 tsp Fresh thyme
• 3 tbsp Vegetable oil

Steps

1. Brown the seasoned chicken in hot oil until golden on all sides. Set aside.
2. Soften the onion, garlic, and thyme in the same pot, then stir in the rice to coat in the flavorful fat.
3. Add the coconut milk, 2 cups water, black-eyed peas, and the chicken. Bring to a boil, cover, and cook on low 20 minutes.
4. Fold in the chopped callaloo, cover, and cook 5 minutes more until the greens wilt into the rice.
5. Rest 10 minutes, fluff, and serve. Everything cooks in one pot — the rice absorbs the chicken, coconut, and greens into a complete meal. Guyana’s weeknight hero.

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