DISH RESEARCH · Rice dish
Cook-Up Rice
Althea Brown’s Guyanese cook-up rice draws on the dish her father made for Ole Year’s Night.
About Cook-Up Rice
Althea Brown’s Guyanese cook-up rice draws on the dish her father made for Ole Year’s Night. This beef rendition combines rice with chickpeas, kidney beans, pigeon peas and black-eyed peas.
Cassareep, brown sugar and dried seasonings flavour the marinated beef. Fresh green seasoning brings scallion, onion, garlic, thyme, cilantro stems and basil into the pot, with optional Mexican oregano.
Coconut milk gives the rice its creamy character as it finishes cooking with the meat and legumes. The mixture is served hot, combining tender beef, soft beans and moist rice in one pot.
Allergens in this recipe
Optional additions: Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Cook-Up Rice
Althea Brown’s Guyanese beef cook-up rice on the stovetop.
- ChickpeasBase
- Red kidney beansBase
- Pigeon peasBase
- Black-eyed peasBase
- Cubed stewing beefProtein
- Bone-in beef piecesProtein
- SaltSeasoning
- Onion powderSeasoning
- Garlic powderSeasoning
- PaprikaSeasoning
- Brown sugarSweetener
- CassareepSeasoning
- Avocado oilCooking medium
- Yellow onionAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- Medium-grain riceBase
- Full-fat canned coconut milkLiquid
- WaterLiquid
- Wiri wiri peppersSeasoning · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- Dried Guyanese thymeAromaticIngredient page not linked
- ScallionsAromatic
- Fresh thymeAromatic
- Cilantro stemsAromatic
- Thai basil stems and leavesAromatic
- Mexican oregano leavesAromatic · Optional
- ButterFinish · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Chickpeas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Red kidney beans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual148 explicitly offered kidneybean alternative selected, matches method181.
- Pigeon peas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual149 and original stovetop103, retained despite short method181 omitting this name.
- Black-eyed peas: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cubed stewing beef: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual151 specific stewing form, broader beef.
- Bone-in beef pieces: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual152 bone-in form, short ribs illustrative not forced exact cut; broader beef.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Paprika: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Brown sugar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cassareep: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual158 named cassava product, full upstream formula unprovided; no soy substitute.
- Avocado oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Yellow onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual160/169 own green seasoning and pot onion, broader Onion.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual161/170 own green seasoning and pot garlic.
- Medium-grain rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual162 selected medium grain over Jasmine, broader Rice candidate.
- Full-fat canned coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual163, full product formula unprovided; coconut is not dairy Milk.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual164/176/181–183 explicit soak/rinse/dilution/simmer and extra as needed.
- Wiri wiri peppers (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual165 listed but explicit105 if using; exact registry identity absent, not guessed substitute species.
- Dried Guyanese thyme: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual166 named local dried herb, exact botanical identity unresolved; not forced ordinary thyme.
- Scallions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh thyme: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual171 own green seasoning sprig, distinct from dried Guyanese herb.
- Cilantro stems: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual172 explicit cilantro STEMS, broader coriander-leaf registry base only, part mismatch retained.
- Thai basil stems and leaves: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual173 plus177/184 split stems/remainingleaves. Source marridmanpoke equivalence unresolved; explicit Thai basil identity only.
- Mexican oregano leaves (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual174 optional named Mexican oregano choice, no broadleafthyme botanical equivalence asserted.
- Butter (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual116 named optional same-pot/finish butter addition, retained independently of default depicted coconut-milk core; Milk definite.
Origins & food traditions
Guyana association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Guyana
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCatalogue link pending review
- GuyanaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Guyanese Cuisine
- Guyanese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Vincentian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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