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Jamaican oxtail

Name: Jamaican oxtail
Prep time: 8 h
Cook time: 3 h 30 min
Total time: 11 h 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 1.5 kg oxtail pieces (about 1 kg meat) oxtail; 1 1/2 tbsp brown sugar; 1 1/2 tbsp cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1 large chopped onion; 6 cloves garlic; 1 thumb ginger; 4 spring onion (green onion, scallion); 1 tsp or 4 fresh sprigs dried thyme; 10 pimento berries allspice; 1 whole scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli); 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce; 1 tsp black pepper; Water, as needed; 2 sliced carrot; 2/3 cup dry butter beans soaked and cooked dried white beans (haricot beans, navy beans); Salt, to taste

Glossy, falling apart oxtail with butter beans and allspice. Jamaica's Sunday best.

210 minTime

37 gProtein each

mediumSpice

8hPlan ahead. Soak for 8 hours first; the 210 minutes come after.

Sunday dinner2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBrowned, braised oxtail with butter beans and pimento.

The original

526kcalsame

37 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

210minutessame

Jamaican oxtail.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Oxtail1.5 kg oxtail pieces (about 1 kg meat)

Brown sugar1½ tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1½ tbsp

Onion1 large, chopped

Garlic6 cloves

Ginger1 thumb

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)4

Dried thyme1 tsp, or 4 fresh sprigs

Allspice10 pimento berries

Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)1 whole

Soy sauce1½ tbsp

Worcestershire sauce1 tbsp

Black pepper1 tsp

Wateras needed

Carrot2, sliced

Dried white beans (haricot beans, navy beans)⅔ cup dry butter beans, soaked and cooked

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Season the oxtail with garlic, ginger, spring onion, thyme, pepper, soy and salt. Rest at least 1 hour.
2Heat the oil, add the brown sugar and let it caramelise dark, then brown the oxtail in it.
3Add onion, allspice, Worcestershire and water to cover. Drop in the whole Scotch bonnet. Simmer covered 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
4Add carrots and butter beans for the last 20 minutes. Taste and adjust.

Serve it like this

Serve in a deep plate over rice and peas, with plenty of gravy, a few butter beans on top and fried plantain on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Jamaica

Jamaican oxtail

Glossy, falling apart oxtail with butter beans and allspice. Jamaica's Sunday best.

210 minTime

37 gProtein each

mediumSpice

8hPlan ahead. Soak for 8 hours first; the 210 minutes come after.

Sunday dinner2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBrowned, braised oxtail with butter beans and pimento.

The original

526kcalsame

37 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

210minutessame

Jamaican oxtail.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Oxtail1.5 kg oxtail pieces (about 1 kg meat)

Brown sugar1½ tbsp

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1½ tbsp

Onion1 large, chopped

Garlic6 cloves

Ginger1 thumb

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)4

Dried thyme1 tsp, or 4 fresh sprigs

Allspice10 pimento berries

Scotch bonnet chilli (habanero or scotch bonnet pepper, habanero chilli)1 whole

Soy sauce1½ tbsp

Worcestershire sauce1 tbsp

Black pepper1 tsp

Wateras needed

Carrot2, sliced

Dried white beans (haricot beans, navy beans)⅔ cup dry butter beans, soaked and cooked

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Season the oxtail with garlic, ginger, spring onion, thyme, pepper, soy and salt. Rest at least 1 hour.
2Heat the oil, add the brown sugar and let it caramelise dark, then brown the oxtail in it.
3Add onion, allspice, Worcestershire and water to cover. Drop in the whole Scotch bonnet. Simmer covered 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
4Add carrots and butter beans for the last 20 minutes. Taste and adjust.

Serve it like this

Serve in a deep plate over rice and peas, with plenty of gravy, a few butter beans on top and fried plantain on the side.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Jamaican oxtail

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Jamaican oxtail

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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