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Jamaican Oxtail Stew

Jamaican Oxtail Stew
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Course Main Course
Cuisine Caribbean

Ingredients
  

  • 3 lbs Oxtail
  • 1 Lemin
  • 2 tsp Minced garlic
  • 1/2 tbsp All Purpose Seasoning
  • 1/2 tbsp Black Pepper
  • 1 tbsp Worcester Sauce
  • 2 Chopped Carrots
  • 1 Large Chopped Yellow Onion
  • 4 Chopped Green Onions
  • 2 Diced Tomatoes or Small Can of Tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp Whole Pimento seeds (whole allspice)
  • 7 Sprigs Fresh Thyme
  • 1 Scotch Bonnet
  • 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil for browning meat

Instructions
 

  • Rinse oxtail in cold water
  • Juice one lemon and wash the meat with the lemon juice
  • In a mixing bowl season meat with ½ TBS of all purpose seasoning, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce, minced garlic,
  • Place seasoned meat in a ziplock bag and marinade overnight. Or Cling film bowl and place in fridge to marinade
  • Heat Dutch pot or heavy bottom stock pot with vegetable oil
  • Brown all sides of the oxtail being careful to save the marinade in the bag.
  • Remove browned oxtails and set aside. Add ½ a chopped large yellow onion and 1 tsp of minced garlic to the pot. Cook until onions are translucent.
  • Return oxtails to the pot, pour in the remaining marinade,add in pimento seeds (whole allspice), fresh thyme, and one scotch bonnet cut in half with seeds removed, and 2 cups of water.
  • Bring pot to a boil and cook for one hour.
  • After an hour add in two chopped carrots, two diced tomatoes, four chopped green onions, the other half of your chopped large yellow onion.
  • Pour in one cup of water, reduce to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes.
  • After 30 minutes at in one can of drained butter beans
  • Simmer for another 30 minutes or until oxtails are fork tender
  • Plate stew on a bed of rice
Keyword Oxtail, Oxtail Stew