CTV Recipes
Search Recipes
Jerk shrimp with rice and beans
*This dish is relatively spicy when you use ½ cup of jerk marinade. To reduce the heat reduce the jerk marinade to ¼ cup and increase the water to 2 ¾ cups.
SERVES
4
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 1 ½ cups of white rice
- ½ cup cup jerk marinade *
- 1 can (540ml) kidney beans, drained and rinsed
- 454 g raw peeled large shrimp
- 1 cup chopped cilantro
Directions
- Place a heavy bottomed, oven -proof pot over medium heat and add the canola oil and the rice. Cook the rice for 3 minutes. stirring constantly until the rice is toasted lightly.
- Add the jerk marinade, salt, water and kidney beans and stir well. Cover the pot and transfer to the oven. Cook for 15 minutes.
- Stir the shrimp into the rice and beans and return to the oven covered. Cook for another 8 minutes. then remove from oven and let sit for another 5 minutes.
- Remove the lid and stir in the cilantro.
- Serve.
