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Jiggs Dinner and Peas Pudding

Traditional Newfoundland Jiggs Dinner, it’s also called boiled dinner and Sunday dinner. Made up of fresh local veggies, salt beef or riblets and peas pudding.

By Bonita Hussey

5.06 ratings
Prep
30 min
Cook
2 hr
Makes
1 boiler
Serves
6 people
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This recipe is in my cookbook Traditional Newfoundland Cooking and Recipes
Jiggs Dinner

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Jiggs Dinner
Ingredients for a delicious feed of Jiggs dinner
Jiggs dinner
Fresh local vegetables
JIGGS DINNER
Tasty plate of JIGGS DINNER and a side of pot liquor to pour over your tasty meal.
JIGGS DINNER
Jiggs dinner is with pot liquor and no gravy and a boiled Sunday dinner got gravy and a protein of choice.

I sometimes like to have fresh turnip greens with my boiled Sunday dinner/ jiggs dinner instead of green cabbage.

Traditional Newfoundland Turnip Greens

Boiled Turnip Greens
Turnip Greens, cooking them with Jiggs Dinner or boil down to bottle or bag for another meal.

Years ago this meal was made by many Newfoundlander’s on Sunday’s, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter Sunday or special occasions and they didn’t always have a baked chicken or roast it would be only the pot liquor ” juice” from the boiler. This would be in a mug at the side of your plate to pour over your boiled dinner. Salted beef or pork riblets was cooked with our jiggs dinner to salt the pot liquor ” juice” for your veggies.

That Ole” Sunday Dinner from a long time ago!

Plenty for 20 and leftover’s for a pan of Couldn’t “Hash”

Traditional Newfoundland Couldn’ts

Couldn'ts
Left over vegetable’s and meat from your Jiggs dinner. called couldn’t or hash.

Also you can make JIGGS DINNER in PASTRIES

JIGGS DINNER in PASTRIES
JIGGS DINNER in PASTRIES, this is a meal made up of all the veggies, salt beef and roasted chicken wrapped in a pastries and topped with gravy.

Traditional Newfoundland Brining Pork Riblets or Beef

Salted Pork and Beef
Pork Riblets in pickling salted water.

Traditional Newfoundland Pickled Beets

Traditional Newfoundland pickled Beets
Traditional Newfoundland Pickled Beets

Traditional Newfoundland Turkey Stuffing and Sausage

Roasted Turkey stuffed with dressing on one side and sausage on the other side.
Roasted Turkey stuffed with dressing on one side and sausage on the other side.

Traditional Newfoundland Blueberry Duff and Caramel Sauce

Blueberry Duff with Caramel Sauce

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Traditional Newfoundland Jiggs Dinner, featured in my New cookbook.
Traditional Newfoundland Jiggs Dinner, featured in my New cookbook.
Jiggs Dinner
Traditional Newfoundland Jiggs Dinner, it’s also called boiled dinner and Sunday dinner.
Cabbage Rolls
Local Freshly grown green cabbage .

Locally grown green cabbage from the farmers stand, the leaves are so green, crunchy and prefect.

They make the best cabbage rolls ever and that’s one of my favourites.

Traditional Newfoundland Cabbage Rolls

Cabbage Rolls
Cabbage Rolls
Battered Deep Fried Chicken
Uncooked chicken

This is a picture of all the ingredients you would need to make yourself a delicious  Jiggs Dinner.

Jiggs dinner
Fresh local vegetables, we love to support our local farmers stand when possible you know you are getting quality vegetable’s and it’s also supports our community.

If you never made Jiggs dinner before and you like to get started follow this video tutorial and you will be on your way to a delicious homemade Jiggs dinner.

If you never had this meal before you will love it, this is an affordable meal that will feel a big family or crowd.

Jiggs Dinner
Fresh local home grown veggies.
Jiggs Dinner
Jiggs dinner framers all over NL with amazing freshly grown veggies. My brother-in-laws garden.

PLUS!

It got leftovers you can turn into many recipe like, Peas Soup from Leftovers  Traditional Newfoundland Couldnt’s  POTATO BISCUITS  Traditional Newfoundland Cold Plates and so much more!

Traditional Newfoundland Blueberry Duff and Caramel Sauce

Blueberry Pudding

Blueberry Duff and Caramel Sauce with your Jiggs dinner is so good you can serve it with your meal or as a dessert with homemade caramel sauce over top and a scoop of whipping cream. 

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JIGGS DINNER
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Roasted Chicken with Dressing (stuffing)

Dressing (stuffing)

Gravy: Chicken and Jiggs dinner drippings

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Jiggs Dinner

  1. Soak salt beef overnight in cold water or boil in a large boiler for ½ hour, then drain liquid off, add more cold water to lower the amount of salt on the beef then add 1 medium onion to the boiler.

  2. In a prepared pudding bag, pour ½ bag of split peas in a pudding bag and tie the top with a cotton string. Soak overnight in cold water or start cooking peas in your pudding bag with salt beef for about 1 hour then check to see if split peas are cooked.

  3. (You can remove the pudding bag from the pot or leave it in the water and add your vegetables with it)

  4. Add cabbage and turnip to your boiler then boil for another 15 minutes.

  5. Add potatoes, carrot and parsnip to your boiler, then boil for another 15 minutes or until potatoes are fork tender.

Peas Pudding

  1. Soak a ½ bag of yellow split peas in a bowl of cold water overnight in your pudding bag, remove the pudding bag with peas from the water, then cook with the second boil of your salt beef.

  2. When the salt beef or salt pork riblets and vegetables are cooked, remove the pea bag from the boiler , then cut the string from the bag and pour all peas into a bowl, add butter and pepper to taste, and mix together.

  3. Remove all vegetables from the boiler and put in separate bowls.

  4. Keep your pot liquid/ broth for your gravy or soup broth.

Roasted Chicken with Dressing (stuffing)

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF

  2. Wash chicken in cold water. Place on a plate, then wipe dry with a paper towel inside and out. Place chicken in a roaster or oven safe pan.

Dressing (stuffing)

  1. Mix together bread crumbs, chopped onion and butter or olive oil. Add pure savoury, salt and pepper. Mix together with your hand .

  2. Put all the dressing into the chicken cavity. After top chicken with a pinch of salt and pepper and ½ of chopped onion.  Add ½ cup of veggie broth in the pan then cover. Place in your pre-heated oven and bake for 2 hours or until golden brown, checking it every ½ hour to base with its drippings.

  3. When cooked, take chicken out of the roaster, place on a plate and cover. Put the roaster on top of the stove and continue cooking for gravy.

Gravy: Chicken and Jiggs dinner drippings

  1. Mix chicken drippings, vegetable broth, and gravy browning together in a roaster, let it come to a boil. Then mix together, in a bottle with a cover, your flour or cornstarch, add cold water, and shake well until no flour lumps are seen. Once your roaster broth has come to a boil, mix in your flour mixture until the broth is starting to thicken . Serve with or over, JIGGS DINNER

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    1. Hannah

      I think I will try and make this ‘Jiggs Dinner’ this summer. I’m not sure if my family and I will love it, but I really want to make it for my grandmother(s). Both of them come from Newfoundland, and I would love to give them a taste of home. Especially with one of them having dementia. I think it would mean a lot to her if I could make this. I know they both love where they live now, but they love and miss Newfoundland as well.
      I’m not sure if I will be able to find salt pork or beef, but i will certainly look for it. And I will probably skip the whole chicken, since it will be a bit too much work for me if I include it.
      I know if I make this I will serve it with blueberry duff, as I have made it before and it is rather excellent. I love brown sugar instead of white, gives it a nice flavour.

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      1. Bonita

        Hi Hannah, Thank you for your lovely message and for stopping by….You can cook this meal without salted beef or pork ribs. Use sea salt to salt the water when cooking the veggies and just follow the layers in our video. I’m sure your grandmothers would love a little taste of home. Bless you for thinking of them and all the best with making our recipe today.
        Bonita

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    2. Heather

      Hello, I was wondering while soaking the salt beef overnight in cold water, should it stay in the fridge or is it okay to leave out ? Thank you 🙂

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      1. Bonita

        Hi Heather, Thank you for your message and for stopping by…depending on the heat in the house. If it’s a little cooler in the house i would leave on the counter in a bowl. But this time of the year with the heat on in the house it’s a little warmer so put in the fridge. I’m so glad you are going to make a nice feed of jiggs dinner. Enjoy and thank you 🙂 Bonita

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    3. Vince

      Hi Bonita im from bonavista but live in victoria bc with my wife and her family they are from albania i introduced this menu to my wife cause it’s exactly the same as my nans the family loved it now its a Sunday dinner must lol it’s very hard to get proper salt meat up here sure miss the rock but wanna thank you for all your great recipes my wife has learned to live by your recipes and the whole family loves them love from vince and family

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      1. Bonita

        Hi Vince, Thank you and your family for enjoying our channel and sending me a message letting us know. I’m so glad to help and it is so lovely it reminds you of your Nan’s cooking. Good old Newfoundland cooking is a warm and inviting meal for anyone to enjoy for sure, stay safe and continue making and of course sharing our recipes with your family and friends to enjoy. 🙂 God Bless you and your family…Bonita

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    4. Pat Lawrence

      Hi Bonita
      I have been designated to provide a fund raising/ fellowship dinner for our congregation at our United Church in October. I have cooked Jiggs before for about 22 people so I know I can do it, but i have since forgotten how much i purchased then and I need to now how much I need to buy todo this for 50. I can get navel beef in buckets or salt rib beef in buckets but I’m not sure what is best or how much for 50. We will also do a turkey as well as carrots, potatoes, turnip and the boiled peas.
      Also for dessert…would baked blueberry pudding cake with ice cream be ok? I have never done a boiled pudding so I’m afraid.
      I’m in Alberta so I need to be aware of my purchasing options!
      Thanks for your help

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      1. Bonita

        HI Pat, Thank you for your message and for stopping by, I will send you a email message at your above email on making jiggs Dinner for 50 people. I will include links to other recipes. Thank you Bonita

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    5. Heather L MacKay

      Happy Easter!!

      This is the time Mom would be cooking a great ham, but she passed away this past August, so none of that. I miss our Maritime recipes and I hope you’ll be pleased to know my Mom knew – and loved! – your videos and recipes. She gave thumbs up to all as they brought back sweet memories for her, too. Her Jiggs dinner was quite similar to yours (she usually used a huge ham).
      Thanks so much for sharing and have a great time with your family,

      Heather (in Montreal)

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      1. Bonita

        Hi Heather and Happy Easter to you and your family, I’m so sorry to hear about your moms passing. Your message made me smile when you said she loved our recipes and gave them two thumbs up. Bless her heart! Keep those memories close to your heart and she will always be with you. Thank you for sharing that with me, stay safe Heather and thank you so much for taking the time to message me this Easter Weekend.
        Enjoy 🙂 Bonita

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        Ok I’m glad, thank you for stopping by and all of my info is given to me by our elders and from my parents during the years growing up here in NL, have a lovely day and Happy Easter. 🙂 Bonita

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        Hi Laila: Thank you for your message and I’m so glad your friend told you about our website, enjoy to the fullest. 🙂 Bonita

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        Thank you so much for stopping by and I’m glad you enjoyed our recipe and narrative style. Take care and enjoy 🙂 Bonita

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    10. Anne

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      1. Bonita

        Thank you Anne, we so appreciate your feedback and for stopping by. Our Jiggs Dinner video is a old one, but the recipe stays the same and if so tasty. Have a wonderful day and please share any of our videos with your family and friends so they will have access as well. 🙂 Bonita

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        Hi and thank you for your message and for visiting my channel, i’m glad you enjoyed this video and it’s recipe. 🙂 Bonita

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    12. Pertrina Bonia

      One of the things I miss most since my parents and grandparents passed away was the jiggs dinners.
      I have made it myself but my family aren’t a big fan and it’s hard to come by salt beef in Ottawa, but they love the stuffing.

      How do I make the stuffing without a chicken or turkey?

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      1. Bonita

        Hi Pertrina: Thank you for your message and for visiting my website, so sorry about your parents and grandparents. It’s very hard to keep traditions when our kids are not from Newfoundland, they don’t like or have the same traditions. The best way to make stuffing withthough putting it in the turkey is, making it the same way, with your bread crumbs, savoury, onion or onion powder, salt and pepper. Then adding butter blending it all together with your hand or food processor, after put it on a baking pan with some foil wrap. Start baking it opened and letting it brown, then after closing the foil wrap and let it steam in the foil. Baking it on 350º for about 30 minutes, 15 opened, 15 closed. When you take it out of your oven base it with your turkey dippings or whatever meat you are cooking, just to put the flavour of it through the stuffing. I hope this helps have a Merry Christmas from me and my family in Newfoundland. 🙂 Bonita

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        1. Pertrina Bonia

          Thank you, I’ll do that on Monday and let you know how it turns out. I love your website and I’m going to try many of the recipes I remember from childhood. You make it look so easy! My sister’s name is Bonita as well and we grew up on Topsail Road with my grandparents Tom & May Power (although they were originally from Bell Island). It’s so nice to connect with someone from Home.

          Merry Christmas to your and yours and a wonderful New Year.

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          1. Bonita

            Hi Pertrina: I’m glad you are going to make this bread recipe again, i make my bread every week. That is so cool your sisters name is Bonita, that was a popular name years ago.Thank you so much for your message and you to have a Merry Christmas. Bonita

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    13. Ellen White

      Mmm. I have wondered about Jiggs Dinner since hearing family talking of it. Looks just delicious. Thanks so much for sharing

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      1. Bonita

        Hi Ellen: Thank you for your message and for visiting my website, I’m glad you like this recipe, Jiggs Dinner is our cultural favourite meal and most NL people makes it on Sundays. I hope you get to make it some day and please let me know how you enjoyed it, I also have a recipe on this website for Brining pork ribs and beef, if you like to make your on. Enjoy Bonita

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        1. Dianne Power

          I am cooking for 13 people. I guess I would just double everything.
          I would love to have the recipe for the blueberry pudding and caramel sauce.
          Thank you

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          1. Bonita

            Hi Dianne: Thank you for your message and for stopping by, yes double the recipe if you are having 13 people for sure. I always say Jiggs Dinner goes a long ways. I have two blueberry duffs with caramel sauce on here on is for a microwave and the other in steamed. Just use the search bar on this site and it will pop up for you. Enjoy to the fullest. 🙂 Merry Christmas Bonita

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    14. Cori Lynn Peach

      Made this yesterday for Supper.
      Followed the video step by step.
      Turned out amazing! Absolutely Delicious!
      Thanks for sharing! 🙂

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      1. Bonita

        Hi Cori: You are very welcome,and Thank you so much for your lovely message, I’m so glad you enjoyed making and eating this delicious Jiggs dinner. Have a wonderful day. Bonita

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        1. Erin

          Hello from Vancouver Island! Bonita, I just wanted to let you know that I made Jiggs dinner for a family friend who has fond memories of this dish growing up and he said it was even better than his dads!
          Thanks and I’ll definitely be making salt beef and Jiggs dinner again.

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          1. Bonita

            Hi Erin: Thank you for stopping by and leaving a message, I’m so glad you made our recipe for JIGGS DINNER and your family and friends enjoyed it. This is a meal that brings people closer and ever so full, most people needs a nap after they eat it. 🙂 thank you once again for following up and letting me know, I do appreciate it. Stay safe and message anytime. 🙂 Bonita

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