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FO🇯🇲Jamaican Style Oxtail Stew. Comforting, rich and so flavorful❤️
Ingredients (4-6 persons)
For the Oxtail
• 4.5-5 lbs / 2-2.2 kg oxtail
• 2 onions, sliced
• 1 red pepper, 1 green pepper, 1 big tomato, chopped
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 5 spring onions, chopped
• 1 tbsp fresh thyme
• 1–2 scotch bonnets (whole)
• 3 tbsp soy sauce + Worcestershire
• 2 tbsp browning sauce
• 2 tbsp ketchup
• 1½ tbsp brown sugar
• 1½ tsp whole allspice
• 1½ tsp grounded allspice
• 2 tsp smoked paprika
• 2 tsp oxtail seasoning, opt.
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 2 tsp fresh ginger, grated
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• Salt, to taste
For cooking
• 2-3 tbsp oil
• 2 tsp brown sugar
• 3½-4 cups / 900 ml - 1 L beef stock
• 2 bay leaves
• 4-6 thyme sprigs
• 1-2 cans butter beans
For Rice & Peas
• 2 cups / 400 g rice
• ¾ cup / 150 g dried kidney beans (soaked + cooked)
• 1 can (14 oz) / 400 ml coconut milk
• 1¾–2 cups / 400–500 ml bean liquid or water
• 2 spring onions
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2-3 thyme sprig
• 1 whole scotch bonnet
• ½ tsp allspice
• Salt
• 2 tbsp butter, optional
Instructions
1. Marinate the oxtail:
Wash then pat dry oxtails very well. Cut off 40% of fat. Then Mix oxtail with all marinade ingredients. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
2. Brown the oxtail: Remove meat (save marinade) and pat dry. Heat oil, brown oxtail in batches until deeply golden. Set aside.
3. Build the base: Add brown sugar and let it caramelize. Add reserved marinade to the pot and cook 5-7 minutes. Return oxtail, add stock, thyme, bay leaves and whole scotch bonnet.
4. Braise: Cover and simmer on low heat for 3½-4 hours until tender. Keep the heat low and slow - too high and the fat renders too fast, making it oily and less tender.
5. Finish: Add butter beans and simmer uncovered 30–45 minutes until thick and glossy.
6. Make rice & peas: Boil beans until tender, save liquid. Add coconut milk + bean liquid with garlic, thyme, spring onion, allspice + scotch bonnet. Add rice + beans, season with salt. Simmer covered ~15 minutes. Add butter (optional) and rest 10 minutes before fluff. Serve with pineapple salad and enjoyyyy🫶🫶
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