Trinidad-Style Brown Stew Chicken Recipe
Imagine delicious chicken cooked in caramelized sugar and Caribbean seasonings. That’s Trinidad-style brown stew chicken in a nutshell. It has such an amazing depth of flavor.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Seasoning Chicken
- 3 lbs chicken pieces
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tbsp culantro
- 2 tbsp cilantro
- 1 tbsp chives
- 1 tbsp chopped pepper (pimento, habanero, scotch bonnet)
- 1 – 2 tsp salt
- * ginger, thyme, parsley, rosemary, ketchup, tomato paste, mustard (optional)
Stewing
- 1½ tbsp vegetable oil
- 1½ tbsp brown sugar
- 2 cups water
- salt to taste
- pepper to taste
- * onions, carrots, tomatoes, fresh seasonings (optional)
Instructions
Seasoning Chicken
- Clean chicken thoroughly. Wash with lime and flour.
- Season with your preferred seasonings.
- Allow to marinate for at least an hour (to overnight).
Stewing
- Place heavy pot on medium heat.
- Add oil to coat the bottom of the pot and allow to heat up for a minute.
- Sprinkle in brown sugar.
- Allow the sugar to melt and become frothy.
- Stir the frothy sugar until it becomes smokey and dark.
- Add in the seasoned chicken.
- Mix thoroughly to coat the chicken in the browning sugar and to stop the sugar from caramelizing further.
- Cover the pot and cook on medium heat.
- After 10 minutes, remove the cover and allow the natural juices from the chicken to boil off (this can take another 10 mins).
- Once dry, add in boiling water and veggies.
- Cook until the veggies are cooked and the sauce becomes your desired consistency (this can take 10 – 15 minutes).
Notes
You can skip the browning sugar steps if you use browning sauce instead. So, add the oil, the chicken pieces, and the browning sauce to the pot and cover to ensure the chicken springs its natural liquid. Then continue the recipe from step 9.
