Jamaican Rice and "Peas"

Ingredients

• 1 fresh coconut
• cracked and meat removed from shell
• 4 cups water
• 1 cup dried red kidney beans
• soaked overnight in 3 cups of water
• 1/2 pound smoked pork hocks
• tails
• or other meat for flavoring
• optional
• 4 cloves garlic
• smashed
• 4 scallions
• crushed*
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
• 3 teaspoons salt
• 1 scotch bonnet
• halved and seeded
• 2 1/2 cups long grain rice
• washed and drained

Instructions

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