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Jamaican Pepperpot Soup

Hearty Jamaican-style soup with callaloo, sweet potato, okra and scotch bonnet.

5 June 2026
Jamaican Pepperpot Soup

Ingredients

  • 200g callaloo or spinach
  • 2 sweet potatoes, cubed
  • 100g okra, sliced
  • 400g tin kidney beans
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 scotch bonnet pepper, left whole (remove for less heat)
  • 1.2 litres vegetable or chicken stock
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 400ml coconut milk

Method

  1. Soften onion and garlic in oil 5 min.
  2. Add all vegetables, beans, scotch bonnet, thyme and stock.
  3. Simmer 30 min until sweet potato is tender.
  4. Add coconut milk; cook 5 min more. Remove scotch bonnet; season.