3 west indian beef Recipes

all-purpose flour, salt, black pepper, vegetable oil, boneless beef chuck , cut into 1-inch pieces, garlic cloves, minced, onions, chopped (2 1/2 cups), green bell peppers, chopped (2 cups), tomato paste, water, whole tomatoes in juice , juice reserved and tomatoes chopped, turkish or 1/2 california bay leaf, tabasco, sugar, dark rum, pimiento-stuffed green olives, thinly sliced (1/4 cup), steamed white rice

vegetable oil, onion, garlic cloves, minced, chopped celery, fresh thyme, chopped chives, okra, sliced, chopped west indian pumpkin (substitute butternut squash), dasheen leaves, washed and coarsely chopped (or 1 bunch swiss chard and 1/2 bunch spinach), coconut milk, maggi seasoning, cube plus, water or 4 cups chicken stock, live blue crabs, cleaned and washed in lime juice (or 5-6 pieces salted beef or salted pigtail), whole scotch bonnet pepper (congo pepper), golden ray cooking margarine, salt (if using maggi cube taste first before adding or the soup will be too y.)