Jamaican Rice Recipes

Jamaican cuisine — Jerk chicken, ackee & saltfish, rice and peas — fiery Caribbean soul food — brings its own distinctive techniques and seasonings to every ingredient it touches. When Jamaican cooks work with rice, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, grilling and marinating.

The everyday grain for half the planet — a neutral base that soaks up the flavours around it, from pilafs to fried rice. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, onion, fine sea salt, allspice, thyme and citrus juice or vinegar. The dishes here span jamaican classics ready in as little as 40 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.

Reader favourite: Jamaican Jerk Chicken (Classic) is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 3,240 ratings.