Jerk Pork

Peel and chop your onion into smallish 1cm pieces. Peel and finely chop your garlic. Remove the core from your pepper and thinly slice it into strips about 1cm wide. Chop each of your tomatoes into roughly sixteen pieces.

Put 1 tbsp of oil in a saucepan on a medium heat and add your onion. Cook for 4 mins and then add the garlic, red pepper, tomatoes and your chilli flakes. Tip: If you don’t like spice, go easy on the chilli flakes! Cook together for another 2 mins.

Stir the rice into the pan along with 200ml of water, your coconut milk, 1/4 tsp of salt and a good grind of pepper, and bring to the boil. Drain and rinse your black beans in a sieve and once the mixture is boiling add them to the pan. Lower the heat slightly, cover the pan with a lid and simmer for 10 mins.

While the rice is cooking, give the kitchen a quick tidy. Once the rice has been cooking for 10 mins, take the pan off the heat and leave it for another 10 mins to rest off the heat. Tip: Don’t peek under the lid until the whole 20 mins is up! The mixture should be creamy due to the coconut milk.

While the rice is resting you can make a start on your pork. Put 1 tbsp of oil in a frying pan on a medium heat and add your pork steaks. Fry them for 3 mins on each side until cooked through and browned on each side. Tip: If your pan isn’t big enough simply fry them in batches as you don’t want your pan overcrowded. Set aside the cooked pork to rest on a plate and cover with tin foil.