Dinner · 35 min · Amounts not specified
Coconut rice and peas
Kidney beans are traditional; black beans are honest. Coconut is the liquid. Thyme is not optional.
The sheet · 3 bowls · 35 min
easyWhy tonight. Kidney beans are traditional; black beans are honest. Coconut is the liquid. Thyme is not optional.
What it needs
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- rice
- coconut milk
- black beans
- thyme
- scallion
Good if you have them, fine if you do not: garlic.
Method
- Thyme and scallion in a little fat until they smell sweet.
- Rice, coconut milk, and beans. The coconut is the liquid — don't drown it in stock.
- Lid on until the rice is tender. It should taste like coconut and thyme, not plain rice with beans.
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What the method is trying to make happen
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- Produce prepHow To Mince GarlicAmerica's Test KitchenSmashing and mincing a clove down to something that cooks evenly instead of burning in pieces.Link checked 2026-09-08
- Produce prepThe Best Way to Mince Garlic | Serious Eats At HomeSerious EatsCompares the knife methods for garlic, including when to take it all the way to paste.Link checked 2026-09-08
Why each of these is on the list
What the ingredients are actually doing
- rice
- Starch that either steams or fries, and the two want opposite things.
- coconut milk
- Fat that carries chili and spice further than water can, with a sweetness underneath.
- black beans
- Earthier and firmer than white beans, and they hold their shape where white beans go creamy.
- thyme
- The most patient herb here — it survives long cooking, which almost nothing green does.
- scallion
- Two ingredients on one stalk.
Missing one of them? The substitutions are written against those jobs rather than against a chart, so they say what each replacement costs this dish in particular.
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Next
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The ranking is only as honest as the shelf behind it. Empty the cream, and everything that leaned on cream should stop being offered.