By Debra LB. 45 Comments
trinidadian brown stew chicken
My Comfort food. Trinidad Brown Stew Chicken, but first a little about my now famous stew chicken, when I was just about 10 years old, I was told to cook stew chicken, I thought I knew how to make stew chicken, after all I watched my older sisters and mom make it a million times. well not really a million times, but you know what I mean.
I seasoned my chicken overnight, I was really excited to cook this stew chicken by myself,I guessed I missed the part where they actually got the chicken brown or what they did to get the chicken it’s nice brown color, so I dumped the chicken in the pot and pour a can of soy sauce over it, but for some reason it wasn’t looking like the nice brown color it is supposed to look like, so I poured another can of soy sauce and about half bottle of ketchup hoping I can get the brown vibrant color that I was used to .
Marinade with Green Seasoning
Burn Sugar in oil or caramelize
Sugar with the brown edges, use your spoon and stir around
Sugar completely burned/caramelize, this is when you start adding the chicken
Add Chicken to the Caramelize Sugar and mixed together
Chicken is added to the burnt sugar and mixed together.. Beautiful Color for thisTrinidadian brown stew chicken
Deborah LB
Serving Size: 10
Trinidad Brown Stew Chicken
A delicious and soul comforting stew chicken.
2 hrPrep Time
40 minCook Time
2 hr, 40 Total Time
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Ingredients
- 5 lbs. chicken – cubed or cut-up into serving size pieces
- juice from one lime or lemon or 3 tablespoons of vinegar
- 1 teaspoon salt (add more if needed)
- 1 medium onion – chopped
- 1 medium tomato – chopped
- ½ teaspoon ground paprika
- ¼ cup green seasoning plus 1 tablespoon
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 10 sprigs of fresh thyme (de -stemmed or can leave whole)
- 5 pimento peppers, finely chopped, optional
- 2 medium carrot, peeled and cut up
- 2 tablespoon canola oil
- ¼ cup white or brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ketchup
- 1 tablespoon golden ray butter (this is optional)
- 2 packs chicken bouillon
- 4 sprigs fresh parsley, chopped
Method
- Place pieces of chicken in a large bowl, squeeze the lime .lemon juice (or vinegar) on chicken, fill bowl with cold water and rinse . Try to remove as much fat and skin as you can from the chicken. Drain and rinse with a new batch of water and drain again.
- Start by adding salt, onion, tomato, paprika, green seasoning, black pepper, thyme, pimento peppers and carrot.
- Mix thoroughly and place in the refrigerator for a minimum of 2 hours.
- For best results, season overnight.
- Heat a large heavy bottom pot on med to high heat, add oil and heat for two minutes.
- Add sugar to oil in an even layer
- DO NOT STIR! At least not yet.
- Allow the sugar to melt until it starts to go brown around the edges.
- Use a long handled spoon and stir the sugar around, about 3 - 4 times until it starts to become liquid
- It should start getting very brown in color, and going from liquid too almost frothy and bubbly all over
- Stir the sugar again with your spoon, it should be much darker in color at this point, immediately start adding the seasoned chicken a few pieces at a time, stir constantly to ensure all the pieces get coated evenly with the caramelized brown sugar.
- Save the bowl from the seasoned chicken as you will be using the leftover seasoning shortly
- After adding all the chicken pieces, cover pot and allow too cook on low heat for about 15 minutes.
- Remove lid, turn up the heat and stir chicken all over, as it’s time for the chicken to get its second and final “brown” color.
- Add remainder of seasoning we’ve had sitting in the bowl along with ketchup, bouillon and golden ray butter, keep stirring for about one minute.
- If you like a lot of gravy, this is the time to add about 1 1/2 cup hot water to the pot
- Cover and continue cooking on low heat, until chicken is fork tender, but not shredded, about 25 to 30 minutes more.
- Taste and season with additional salt and pepper if needed. ENJOY
- Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve with white or coconut rice
Prepping Chicken
Seasoning Chicken
Browning Chicken
Notes
If adding potato to the stew, you can add it about 15 - 20 minutes before the chicken is done.
If you don't have pimento peppers, don't worry about it, the chicken will still taste great
Nutrition
7.8.1.2
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April SantiagoI've tried different recipes for brown stew. Will be doing this one today....the pics have my mouth watering. Will let you know of the outcome. ?
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- Debra LB.
Awesome, let me know how it comes out.. If you need help along the way ju, just send me a message on Facebook. @simplycaribbean or Instagram @simplycaribbean1
- Debbie Denny
I have never had it quite like this. Looks fantastic.
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Love this recipe! Bookmarking and will cook it over the weekend.Thank you for sharing.
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I like the flavors of carmalized sugar and use it in some of the dishes I make..
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That looks so delish!! I love chicken.
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I saw this recipe on Pinterest, pinned it and followed it through to this post! It looks so amazing.
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WOW, this sounds so tasty. I used to have a co-worker from Trinidad and Tobacco, so I know their cuisine is savory. Thanks for sharing your post with us.
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It looks very flavorful! I could see eating this! I bet the brown sugar in it makes it taste very nice!
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- Debra LB.
Heather, it does taste very delicious.. Give it a try.
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This sounds so good! I love new recipes like this!
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This dish looks really good, something my husband would love. Probably a bit too spicy for my own taste though.
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- Debra LB.
Carmen it's not spicy at all.
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Looks like something I need to try
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I really want to try this! Thanks for posting!
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- Debra LB.
Tesha, try it and let me know how it came out.
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Thanks for the tips for success, I love how spicy this must taste!
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- Debra LB.
Hi, the dish is not spicy hot, but more of a flavorful spicy, it will not burn your tongue like hot peppers would.. It's just really tasty and good.
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Being a fellow trini, I have not had a good stew chicken in a long time. I may have to try your recipe.
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- Debra LB.
You will love it.. Come by again.
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Wow! Perfectly well done. It looks perfect! I want one!
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Love the look of this dish.Can I pop for a dinner at your place one day?
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This looks like an amazing chicken comfort food dish! Judging my the ingredients , I would love this dish!!!
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What a delicious dish! Chicken is a staple at our home and I definitely need to try this out! Thank you!
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This does look like comfort food! My family would really enjoy this recipe. We love meals like this. I'm thinking I'll make this for them this Friday. They'll love it!
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What an interesting recipe! I love the story of your first attempt. :)
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Hmm, I have never seen a stew started with caramelize sugar. The ingredients really cook down into the stew. Guess that is why they call it stew huh lol. Looks awesome, I will have to give this one a try. Thanks!
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Oh my goodness, this looks so good! Thanks for sharing!
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- Stephanie
This looks and sounds so yummy! I will have to try this.
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All these flavors mixed into one great chicken dish. It sounds amazing. Thanks for the recipe. I am going to try it.
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I love trying new foods. That looks really good. I'm hungry.
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This looks amazing and so delicious. Great post, thanks for the share!
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This looks so good! Definitely have to try this out.
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Looks delicious! Stew chicken and white rice is one of my favorite dish to prepare.
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From the look of it, so tempting! Will have a practice in doing some brown stew chicken.
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Interesting recipe. I've never cooked a chicken this way but I will try it for sure.
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I am from the Caribbean and love the flavors. I cook everything with a Dominican flare, even when I don't use meat. Marinading overnight is always a good idea!
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I've yet to burn sugar to use for chicken. It's a gorgeous color and I bet it tastes great!
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I could really go for a plate of this right now. Love caribbean comfort food.
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- Fran
Looks so yummy!
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Looks so warm and comforting. Perfect for as it gets chilly outside!
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This recipe does sound tasty and comforting! Seasoning overnight is such a good way to really get flavor.
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- Debra LB.
It really get the flavors together by seasoning overnight.
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OMG this recipe looks amazing! I can't wait to try it! Thanks for sharing!
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- Debra LB.
Yes it is very delicious as well, give it a try and let me know how it came out.
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