Easy Jamaican Oxtail Recipe

This authentic, Easy Jamaican Oxtail Recipe is made by slow-cooking oxtails until tender in a rich, delicious stew. Serve with white rice or rice and peas and plantain.

📝 Ingredients

• 1 kg oxtails
• 4 tbsp of brown sugar
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
• Salt to taste
• Black pepper to taste
• 1 tsp ground allspice
• 1 tsp browning (optional)
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 onion chopped
• 3 garlic cloves (chopped)
• 1 scotch bonnet or habanero
• 1 cup beef broth
• 2 cups of water
• 1 tsp dried thyme or fresh sprigs
• 2 tbsp water
• 1 tbsp cornstarch
• 1 16 oz can Butter Beans

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Marinate oxtails in a bowl with soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar, ground allspice, browning, salt, and black pepper. Rub the ingredients into the meat well and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight or for at least one hour before cooking.
2. 2Then heat a splash of oil in a pressure cooker, add oxtails and cook on both sides for 7-10 minutes or until brown.
3. 3Next, add onions, garlic, scotch bonnet and cook for 2-3 minutes or until aromatic.
4. 4Then, pour the beef broth and water into the pressure cooker and cook for 35-40 minutes at medium to high pressure.
5. 5Next, add the thyme sprigs, cornstarch and water mixture (optional) and butter beans. Stir the stew gently and cook on low pressure for 10 minutes or until the stew thickens.
6. 6Finally, let the stew cool and serve with rice and peas and plantain.