Oxtail Stew

I had a huge hankering for my mom’s oxtail stew, her style was less creole, and also had shiitake mushroom. I then had a hankering for the Caribbean style, and I still have one more serving of tails I might do Caribbean style oxtail curry as I’m getting a bit better with curries now.

Here is my collection of notes of Oxtail Stew, I had decided to do it in the slow cooker after braising in a dutch oven. I’ll probably update to a proper recipe one day. I’ve made this twice since sourcing local oxtail (cow tail) from Wayward Farms and Out to Pasture Farm.

Ingredients:

• oxtail
• potato
• carrot
• kidney beans
• shiitake mushroom (optional)
• canned tomato
• beef broth
• celery (root)
• bay leaf
• red wine or cooking wine to deglaze and burn off
• thyme
• garlic
• onion
• ginger
• scotch bonnet (very little)
• Jamaican all spice (or clove, cinnamon, and nutmeg)
• tamari (optional)
• Worcestershire sauce (optional)

This is the marinade I had the tails in overnight, I will put this in the slow cooker after the tails are braised.

Braising the tails in a dutch over with a bit of brown sugar to brown.

Don’t forget to soak your beans the night before.

Braised and in the slow cooker now.

Top with the marinade.

Deglaze the pot with ACV or wine, and prepare the stock with beef stock, carrots, bay leaf and then add to slow cooker.

Trini and Jamaican Styles

http://www.simplycaribbean.net/trinidadian-brown-stew-oxtail/?v=920f83e594a1

https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/oxtail_stew/

Jamaican Oxtail Stew Recipe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFe7Zeb_Wlg&ab_channel=FoodieNation

(notable comments)

Carmen

Season and refrigerate overnight. Season with S&P, garlic, onions, ginger, thyme, allspice, scallions, (“green seasoning”) both sauces. In step 1 instead of water, add a little butter, step 2 do not remove, add water or broth and keep tails submerged. Add hot pepper (Habanero or Scotch Bonnet), careful stirring you don’t want to puncture the pepper. Cook slow and steady for about an hour, taste and adjust. Step 5 except for the first 2 sentences. Ketchup only if you want to.

Jamaican Oxtail Stew - Immaculate Bites

https://www.myforkinglife.com/jamaican-oxtails/

Season and refrigerate overnight. Season with S&P, garlic, onions, ginger, thyme, allspice, scallions, (“green seasoning”) both sauces. In step 1 instead of water, add a little butter, step 2 do not remove, add water or broth and keep tails submerged. Add hot pepper (Habanero or Scotch Bonnet), careful stirring you don’t want to puncture the pepper. Cook slow and steady for about an hour, taste and adjust. Step 5 except for the first 2 sentences. Ketchup only if you want to.

Rice and Beans

And a good rice and beans recipe to go with:

https://www.africanbites.com/caribbean-rice-and-beans/