Recipe: Delicious Jamaican brown stewed chicken

Jamaican brown stewed chicken. Brown Stew Chicken is a classic Jamaican stew made with chicken, vegetables and a heavy amount of aromatic spices. The end result is tender chicken, flavorful and rich brown stew gravy and a wonderfully scented kitchen. One of my dear friends and brothers, Lazarus Lynch.

However, I've only tasted a few brown stew chicken dishes that were actually full of layers of bold flavor. Brown Stew Chicken - incredibly rich in flavor Jamaican classic stewed chicken that's primarily sweet and spicy. I am obviously going to tell you that this Jamaican Brown Chicken Stew is amazingly good, which they are. You can cook Jamaican brown stewed chicken using 22 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Jamaican brown stewed chicken

1. It's of gravy.
2. It's 1/2 cup of oil for frying chicken.
3. It's 1 of large onion chopped.
4. It's 1 of bell pepper chopped.
5. It's 1 sprig of thyme (or 1 tsp dried).
6. It's 1/2 tsp of pepper sauce (I like crushed scotch bonnet).
7. It's 1 tbsp of ketchup.
8. You need 2 cup of hot water.
9. You need 1 1/2 tbsp of Jamaican pickapeppa sauce (browning sauce).
10. It's 1/4 tsp of paprika.
11. Prepare 1/4 tsp of ground ginger.
12. It's 1/4 tsp of ground all spice.
13. Prepare to taste of Salt and pepper.
14. Prepare 1 of roughly chopped carrot.
15. It's of chicken marinade.
16. It's 2 tsp of salt.
17. Prepare 1/2 tsp of black pepper.
18. You need 2 tsp of brown sugar.
19. It's 3 of garlic cloves minced.
20. Prepare 2 of green onions chopped.
21. You need 1/2 cup of oil (for frying chicken).
22. You need 3 lb of chicken.

I looooove spicy things in general (if you haven't figured that out yet). I'm Jamaican and this is the way my Mama made brown stew chicken. It's traditionally served with rice and peas, sliced tomatoes / avocado and fried ripe plantain. If you cut the chicken into very small pieces, you'll need to reduce the cooking times.

Jamaican brown stewed chicken step by step

1. Marinade the chicken using ingredients above for 1 hour or over night.
2. Remove chicken from marinade and fry in Dutch oven in 1/2 cup oil until browned on both sides. (Then remove chicken, it will cook through after in the gravy).
3. Remove 1/2 the oil (leaving half in the Dutch oven) and cook the onions, carrots and pepper until onions are translucent..
4. Add the thyme, pepper sauce, pickapeppa sauce and ketchup and all other spices. Mix.. Then add the 2 cups water..
5. Place chicken back in the pot and move around so that the gravy is surrounding the chicken..
6. Let simmer for 30 min or until chicken cooked through.
7. Serve with rice and peas... or white rice and salad/or coleslaw. I love fried plantains with this as well..

Jamaican brown stew chicken is a dish that reminds me of friendship. One pot meals like this Jamaican brown stew chicken are perfect for a quick weeknight dinner, and leftovers taste even better! I served this with Jamaican rice and beans (recipe coming tomorrow), and a simple tomato avocado salad, and boy Jamaican Brown Stew Chicken - A spicy dish with skinless chicken legs and thighs, simmered in a pot with light coconut milk, scallions, onions. Jamaican brown stew chicken is simple to prepare and make, the blend of spices resulted in a mouthwatering, flavorful main dish. With or without bell peppers, this Jamaican brown stew chicken recipe is so flavorful you won't mind having it on its own.

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