Caribbean Challenge - Veg Power

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp oil
• 1 onion, diced
• 200g chicken (boneless, skinless thigh or breast) or veggie alternative, diced
• 1 tsp garlic puree or 2 finely sliced garlic cloves (optional)
• 200g sweet potato, diced (frozen pre-diced sweet potato or squash is fine)
• 2 carrots, diced
• 150ml water
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 1 tbsp jerk seasoning
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 red pepper, diced
• 400g tomatoes, chopped (or use 1 400g tin chopped tomatoes)
• 1 veg stock cube (optional)
• 1 tbsp tomato puree
• Juice of ½ lemon
• ¼ tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp cornflour or tapioca starch mixed with 2 tsp water to make a paste
• 2 spring onions, sliced (optional)
• 1 mug rice (ideally basmati, but you can use others and just check package instructions for how long it takes to cook)
• 2 mugs water
• 1 400g tin kidney beans
• 50ml coconut milk (optional)
• 100g peas (frozen is fine)