Rice and Peas

There is Jamaican restaurant by my house that serves delicious food and from eating there so many times I found my new love for Jamaican foods so I did most of my research and I learned how to make some of my favorites....Here's one of my favorites. Goes very well with curry shrimp and curry goat

Ingredients: 

• 3 cups of rice
•  1 cup of fresh kidney beans
•  1 uncut scotch bonnet pepper (1 jalapeno pepper may be used as a substitute)
•  1 tin (or one cup) of coconut milk
•  1 teaspoon of salt
•  1 teaspoon of black pepper
•  2 teaspoons of dried thyme

Method:

1. Wash beans and boil.
2. After 35mins of boiling the beans should be soft to the touch. Take 1 or 2 out if it crushes easily then it's ready 
3. Add coconut milk,salt,thyme,pepper & scotch bonnet.(the pepper remains uncut so as to not make the rice spicy, just give it a subtle peppery flavor)
4. Add rice,stir,cover with foil and allow to cook for about 40minutes

After adding everything to the beans.