🏝️ Caribbean

Plantain Pepper Pot

Name: Plantain Pepper Pot
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 3 medium, cubed Potato; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 2 tbsp Coconut Oil; 1 tsp Allspice; 4 ripe Plantain; 2 tbsp Cassareep; 1 stick Cinnamon

🏝️ Caribbean

Guyanese-style pepperpot — plantain in a dark, spiced cassareep stew. 50 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 35 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Potato3 medium, cubed
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Stock or Broth750 ml
Coconut Oil2 tbsp
Allspice1 tsp
Plantain4 ripe
Cassareep2 tbsp
Cinnamon1 stick

Optional extras

Fresh Thymehandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Coconut Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the plantain well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the plantain out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the allspice.
3
Return the plantain, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
5
Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh thyme right before serving.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the allspice in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: MORRIS TIME COOKING | How To Make JAMAICAN PEPPER POT SOUP | Hawt Chef | S:5 E:1 · on YouTube