Jerk chicken with rice & peas

Name: Jerk chicken with rice & peas
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 12 chicken thighs bone in; 1 lime halved; hot sauce to serve (optional); 1 big bunch spring onions roughly chopped; thumb-sized piece ginger roughly chopped; 3 garlic cloves; ½ a small onion; 3 scotch bonnet chillies, deseeded if you want less heat; ½ tsp dried thyme or 1 tbsp thyme leaves; 1 lime juiced; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp vegetable oil; 3 tbsp brown sugar; 1 tbsp ground allspice; 200g basmati rice; 400g can coconut milk; 1 bunch spring onions sliced; 2 large thyme sprigs; 2 garlic cloves finely chopped; 1 tsp ground allspice; 2 x 410g cans kidney beans drained