Recipe: Yummy Brown stewed chicken

Brown stewed chicken. Brown Stew Chicken is a classic Jamaican stew made with chicken, vegetables and a heavy amount of aromatic spices. The end result is tender chicken, flavorful and rich brown stew gravy and a wonderfully scented kitchen. One of my dear friends and brothers, Lazarus Lynch, recently released an amazing cookbook called "Son of a Southern Chef".

My recipe for brown stewed chicken, is quite simple. I use ingredients that are easy to find at the grocery store, and are also easy on my pockets. Remove the whole Scotch bonnet, if using, before serving. You can have Brown stewed chicken using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Brown stewed chicken

1. You need 10 of chicken drumsticks (you can use breast or thighs if you don't like drum sticks).
2. Prepare 2 of scallions chopped.
3. Prepare 1 of tomato chopped.
4. It's 2 tbsp of red onion chopped.
5. Prepare 4 tbsp of olive oil.
6. You need 2 clove of garlic chopped.
7. It's 2 tsp of black pepper.
8. Prepare 1/2 tbsp of dried thyme.
9. It's 2 tsp of paprika.
10. Prepare 1 tsp of onion powder.
11. You need 1 tsp of salt.
12. You need 1/2 tsp of chilli pepper flakes.
13. You need 4 cup of water.
14. Prepare 1 tbsp of ketchup.
15. You need 1/2 tsp of brown sugar.

Recipe Tips I cooked brown stew chicken the other Sunday for Sunday dinner. Being British I have gotten into the habit of cooking a traditional English Sunday Roast with some Jamaican side dishes. But as I has some left over seasoned chicken pieces in the freezer I decided to brown stew them. So, brown stew chicken is a Jamaican recipe that encompasses deeply marinated and stewed chicken parts.

Brown stewed chicken step by step

1. Take off all the skin off the chicken and wash good.
2. Put your chicken in a large bowl and add 1 tablespoon of the oil + the scallions + tomato's + red onion + garlic + black pepper + thyme + paprika + and onion powder and massage it in the chicken and let sit for at least a half hour.
3. In a large deep frying pan add the 3 tablespoons of oil and let heat.
4. Once oil is heated grab one peace of chicken at a time using a fork and scrape off the onions and tomato back into the bowl and add the chicken to frying pan.
5. Once chicken is all in pan sprinkle the chilli pepper flakes over the chicken and fry until the chicken is nicely browned.
6. While the chicken is browning add the water to the bowl that your chicken was marinating in and add the salt and stir trying to get all the seasons off the side of bowl in the water.
7. Once the chicken is browned well enough add the water mixture in the pan and bring to boil on high heat.
8. As it starts to boil turn heat to medium heat and cover (stir occasionally).
9. Once the water starts to evaporate and thicken up uncover and add the ketchup and brown sugar and continue cooking till your water turns into a gravy...serve over rice !.

The chicken braises in a ton of spices, herbs, veggies, and more. It's also a one-pot meal as well. 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.

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