Calypso Rice Recipes

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, bring broth and pineapple juice to a boil over high heat.
• Add remaining ingredients except parsley.
• Reduce heat to low and cook, covered, for 20 minutes.
• Remove from heat and let stand, covered for 5 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed.
• Fluff rice with a fork and serve with fresh parsley prinkled on top, if desired.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan with tight-fitting lid, heat oil over medium heat. Add rice; cook and stir 3 minutes or until rice be-gins to brown.
• Add honey, garlic, salt and thyme; cook and stir 1 minute.
• Add broth, Tabasco, greens, squash and tomatoes. Bring to a boil; cover and re-duce heat to low.
• Simmer 15 to 20 minutes or until most of the liquid has been absorbed.
• Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with fork before serving.

Steps:

• Sort and wash beans and place in a medium saucepan. Cover with water to 2-inches above beans; bring to a full boil, and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 1 hour. Drain beans, and return to pan.Cover beans with 2-inches of water. Bring beans to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat, and simmer for 1 1/2 hours or until tender. Drain beans, and set aside.
• For the rice:.
• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add onion , celery, jalapeno, salt, garlic, and bay leaves; saute 4 minutes. Add rice; cook 1 minute. Add 3 1/2 cups water, bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes. Add beans; cover, and simmer 12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Discard bay leaves.
• Stir in the bell peppers,black pepper, cumin, coriander, and cook 6 minutes. Stir in pineapple and cilantro; cook 2 minutes.

Steps:

• Sort and wash beans, and place in a medium saucepan. Cover with water to 2 inches above beans; bring to a boil, and cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 1 hour. Drain beans, and return to pan. Cover beans with 2 inches of water. Bring beans to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat, and simmer for 11/2 hours or until tender. Drain beans, and set aside.
• To prepare rice, heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add onion, celery, jalapeno, salt, garlic, and bay leaves; saute 4 minutes. Add rice; cook 1 minute. Add 31/2 cups water; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes. Add beans; cover, and simmer 12 minutes, stirring occasionally. Discard bay leaves.
• Stir in the bell peppers, black pepper, cumin, and coriander, and cook 6 minutes. Stir in pineapple and cilantro; cook 2 minutes.

Steps:

• Drain the juice from the pineapple chunks into a zip-lock bag big enough to hold the chicken. Reserve the pineapple to add later. To the juice add rum, lime juice, soy sauce, brown sugar, curry powder, garlic, ginger, cloves and red pepper flakes. Stir or mush up the bag to blend.
• Add the chicken, turning to coat well. Place in refrigerator skin side down to marinade for 3-6 hours.
• Preheat oven to 375*. Saving the marinade, remove the chicken and place skin side up in a shallow baking dish.
• Bake, uncovered, basting often with the pan juices and leftover marinade for 30-35 minutes.
• Add the reserved pineapple chunks and mandarin oranges to the pan and bake 5-10 minutes more - until the chicken is no longer pink near the bone.
• Serve the chicken with pan juices basted over, along with the fruit. I like to serve this over rice (especially coconut rice). You can garnish with sliced lime for presentation.

Steps:

• Place the flour, salt and half the cayenne pepper on a large plate and mix together. Cut the fish into pieces measuring approximately 3 x 2ins and place in the seasoned flour to lightly coat both sides.
• Melt the butter in a large frying pan. Add the fish and cook gently for 3-4 minutes on each side or until light golden in colour. Carefully remove the fish fillets from the pan and keep warm.
• Re-heat the butter in the frying pan. Reduce the heat. Combine the vinegar, cinnamon, mace, cloves and remaining cayenne pepper in a small bowl, and add to the frying pan. Reduce the heat.
• Blend together the water and cornstarch. Stir in the tomato paste and add to the frying pan. Stir in the green pepper and bring the sauce to the boil.
• Arrange the fish on a serving plate and pour the sauce over.