Jamaican Brown Chicken Stew

Jamaican Brown Chicken Stew....How soul can you get??? This stew base on the curry powder and the spices that goes in this stew. I call it goodness of hot soul.

1 medium chicken, cut into 8 portions

salt and black pepper to taste

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 onions chopped

1 chilli pepper, seeded and chopped

1/2 teaspoon thyme

4 cloves garlic chopped

2 teaspoon curry powder

pinch allspice

1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper

1/2  cup chopped green bell pepper

4  cups chicken stock

1 nice size butternut squash, peeled and cut into bite- sized cubes

2 large potatoes, peeled and cut into bite sized cubes

2 1/4  cup Basmati rice, cooked in coconut milk

Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan until really hot. Add 4–5 pieces of chicken to the oil and fry gently skin-side down for about 5 minutes on each side until the chicken is browned all over,remove the chicken and repeat with the remaining chicken pieces.

Carefully pour out most of the oil, leaving just 2 spoonfuls in the base. onions, chilli, garlic, thyme and peppers, and stir briefly.

Add chicken to a big pot adding spices, squash and potatoes. Pour in the stock, bring to the boil and then reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 25 minutes until the liquid is reduced to a rich gravy. Serve with the coconut rice.

Meat Balls In A Big Pot

Meat Balls Come And Get Them

My mother always cooked a big pot of meat balls.We ate as many as we wanted. My mother did  not serve them with pasta.... we ate them with creamy mashed potatoes.

It's seem like that red thick tomato gravy just give those creamy mashed potatoes the best taste ever.

When the meat balls was gone from the pot, we did not care too much because we had the wonderful meat ball gravy to do some serious slopping with bread.

Here We Go!

Adding water and two teaspoon salt to a big pot filling almost full to the top and let boil.

In a bowl at 2 pound ground meat

3 Beaten  Eggs

1 cup Milk

1/2 cup water

Chop very fine 1/2 cup each green onion, red and green bell peppers.

Spice 1 tablespoon each onion powder, garlic powder,salt and black pepper.

Mixing all together

Rolling into a ball

Place them on a sheet pan

Than drop them one by one in the boiling water. Cook 10 mins.

Draining meat balls and place in another pot

Pour four Jars pasta Sauce and add bay leaf.cover pot and let simmer on med heat for 30 mins.

You can also make a Meat Ball Sandwich