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🇬🇾 Traditional dishes from Guyana

3 dishes people actually cook in Guyana: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Cook-up rice

60 min · medium · 11 ingredients

Cook-up rice, a traditional dish from Guyana

A flavorful one-pot rice dish with meat and spices.

  • 400 g rice
  • 500 g chicken
  • 1 onion
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 1 carrot
  • 3 tsp garlic
  • 1 tbsp thyme
  • 400 ml coconut milk
  • 600 ml water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

Metemgee

60 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Metemgee, a traditional dish from Guyana

A hearty and comforting one-pot dish from Guyana.

  • 500 g cassava
  • 300 g sweet potato
  • 2 plantains
  • 400 ml coconut milk
  • 1 onion
  • 3 garlic
  • 1 tbsp thyme
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper

Pepperpot

120 min · medium · 11 ingredients

Pepperpot, a traditional dish from Guyana

A hearty and spicy stew perfect for any occasion.

  • 500 g beef
  • 1000 ml water
  • 2 tbsp peppercorns
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 5 cloves
  • 4 garlic
  • 1 onion
  • 2 tbsp browning sauce
  • 1 tbsp thyme
  • 1 hot pepper
  • 1 tsp salt

What do people eat in Guyana?

The three dishes from Guyana documented in Copper are Cook-up rice, Metemgee and Pepperpot. Garlic and onion each appear in more than one recipe. All three are simmered. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 21 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Guyana?

The three recipes need 21 ingredients between them, of which 4 are shared by more than one dish. Copper's atlas covers 588 dishes from 196 countries, and these three are the Guyana entries. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Guyana take?

Cook-up rice is the quickest at 60 minutes. Pepperpot is the longest at 120 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 60 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Guyana is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Guyana here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Cook-up rice is the shortest way in.

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