Rasta Pasta Caribbean Cuisine

 Want to learn how to make food from the Caribbean but think it's too hard? This recipe is beginner friendly and is sure to receive good reviews. This meal takes 45 minutes or less to make and its easy clean up. With the help of this recipe you'll feel like you're in the Caribbean.

Step 1. Make sure you have all the ingredients 

   1 wooden spoon 

  1 box of Penne noddles 

   4 peppers one of each (red, yellow, orange, green) 

   1 shallot/onion ( if you can't find a shallot a onion is fine)

    Minced garlic 

   1 pint of heavy cream 

   Shredded  parmesan cheese 

   4 oz. mozzarella cheese 

   1 stick of butter 

   Vegetable oil 

   Jerk seasoning mild or spicy your preference 

   Salt and pepper 

   Chicken breast 

   Lemon juice 

   1 pot

   1 frying pan 

   1 drainer 

   2 bowls

   1 knife

Step 2. Clean your chicken with Lemon juice. 

Step 3. Cut chicken into strips and season chicken with jerk sauce, salt and pepper. 

Step 4. Put chicken in a bowl and place seasoned chicken in the refrigerator.

Step 5. Salt water and bring water to boil in a pot. 

Step 6. After water is boiled, pour in the penne noodles, cover pot. 

Step 7. Occasionally stir the pot. Test to see if the noodles are cooked by tasting it. If it's soft it's done.

Step 8. Drain noodles over a bowl. ( keep the 1 cup of pasta water)and return noodles to pot. 

Step 9. Dice your peppers and onions/shallot (Make sure your peppers are separated from your shallot/onion).

Step 10.Place frying pan on stove put on medium heat.

Step 11. Put a cap full of vegetable oil in pan. 

Step 12.Place peppers in pan.

Step 13. Cook peppers until slightly brown. 

Step 14. Place peppers in pot with cooked noddles.

Step 15. Rinse out frying pan.  

Step 16. Cut a half stick of butter.

Step 17. Place frying pan on stove.

Step 18. Put the half sick of butter on the pan, let it melt.

Step 19. Put all the chicken into frying pan cook on medium heat. 

Step 20. Move the chicken around in frying pan with wooden spoon.

Step 21. Let chicken cook for 10-15 minutes. Taste chicken to see if it's done.

Step 22. Place the chicken in the pot with the noodles.

Step 23. Rinse out frying pan. 

Step 24. Place the frying pan on fire with medium heat. 

Step 25. Put the other half stick of butter in pan.

Step 26. Place your onion/shallot in frying pan.

Step 27. Put 3 tablespoons of minced garlic in pan. 

Step 28. Put 3 tablespoons of parmesan cheese in sauce.

Step 29. Pour all of the heavy cream in frying pan 

Step 30. Stir the ingredients together for 5 minutes 

Step 31. Sprinkle parmesan cheese in sauce to your liking. 

Step 32. Pour the sauce in the pot with the noodles chicken and peppers

Step 33. Pour  a cup of the noodle water onto the pasta.

Step 34. Mix ingredients together. 

Step 35. Enjoy.

  

Did your tastebuds enjoy its trip to the Caribbean with this recipe? Cooking is a task many people shy away from because they're scared of messing up. With the help of this recipe you'll become more confident in the kitchen.