Authentic Jamaican Brown Stew Chicken

"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. Enjoy!"
 
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Ready In:
2hrs 15mins
Ingredients:
14
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Squeeze lime over chicken and rub well. Drain off excess lime juice.
  • Combine tomato, scallion, onion, garlic, pepper, thyme, pimento and soy sauce in a large bowl with the chicken pieces. Cover and marinate at least one hour.
  • Heat oil in a dutch pot or large saucepan. Shake off the seasonings as you remove each piece of chicken from the marinade. Reserve the marinade for sauce.
  • Lightly brown the chicken a few pieces at a time in very hot oil. Place browned chicken pieces on a plate to rest while you brown the remaining pieces.
  • Drain off excess oil and return the chicken to the pan. Pour the marinade over the chicken and add the carrots. Stir and cook over medium heat for 10 minutes.
  • Mix flour and coconut milk and add to stew, stirring constantly. Turn heat down to minimum and cook another 20 minutes or until tender.

Questions & Replies

  1. What happen with the water, is it just Flour and water?
     
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Reviews

  1. I am Jamaican and I honestly must say that some of the ingredients are wrong. Jamaican stewed chicken does not have coconut milk. The chicken is to be dark brown and most Jamaicans will use catchup as a thickening agent but never flour. You need to revisit the recipe again because this is not a Jamaican recipe.
     
  2. go an ask a jamaican because im jamaican and bajan and this is not how you make brown stew chicken.... flour??? we only use flour for dumpling and johnny cakes not to make a gravy you use ketchup to make it a bit thick and have a kick it has too be browned smh, im offended...
     
  3. I am Jamaican and coconut milk And flour don't belong in the same sentence as Jamaican Brown Stewed Chicken, we use ketchup to thicken gravy. I sometimes add a little Pickapeppa Sauce to give it a different flavour.
     
  4. I'm Jamaican and Bajan and I don't nor have I ever known brown stew chicken to be made with milk and flour. Although I'm sure there are many variations of brown stew chicken this is not authentic. I think this is a little miss leading, although a great recipe it's just not brown stew chicken
     
  5. I've made this dish twice in the last week. Once for my house and 4 days later for an Aunt who made a special request. The only thing is, I had to add salt and a little browning to get the desired coloring I prefer. Otherwise, AWESOME dish.
     
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Tweaks

  1. The ingredient should be pimento, not pimiento. Pimento is what West Indians call allspice. Pimiento is a red sweet pepper.
     
  2. Removed the flour, coconut milk and oil and added browning ando ketchup
     
  3. No flour- no soy sauce-no coconut milk or corn starch
     
  4. I tried it tonight 5/17/2018 it came out very good. I will definitely make it again
     

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