Vegetarian mains
Green banana jerk stew
Ingredients
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- oil for frying e.g. vegetable or sunflower
- 3 spring onions, sliced
- 3 green bananas, peeled and cut into 2cm pieces
- salt and pepper
- 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
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½ tbsp dried thyme
- 1 tsp allspice berries
- 1 tsp black peppercorns
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper – or to taste
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg</em>
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- 1 tin chopped tomatoes
- 1 tin cooked black beans, drained
- 400ml vegetable stock
- 100g baby spinach
- 1 lime
- 1 tbsp peanut butter (optional)
- cooked rice to serve
Method
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Step 1
Warm 2 tablespoons of oil in a saucepan. Add the onions, bananas and a pinch of salt. Cook gently for 5 minutes until the onions start to soften.
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Step 2
Add the garlic and jerk seasoning to the pan and cook for 1 minute, stirring to make sure the spices don't burn. Tip in the tomatoes, beans and stock. Bring to a simmer and cook for about 20-30 minutes, until the bananas are tender.
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Step 3
When the stew is ready, stir in the spinach until wilted. Taste and tweak the seasoning with salt, pepper and a squeeze or two of lime.
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Step 4
If you want to add the peanut butter, put it in a bowl and add a ladle of liquid from the stew. Mix it into a paste and add it back into the pan. If you don't do this, it tends to stay in one piece and doesn't distribute easily.
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Step 5
Serve with rice and some wedges of remaining lime.