Jamaican Curry Chicken Recipe
Curry Chicken Served
This recipe is one of my favorites. This is how you make a traditional Jamaican curry chicken dinner. Curry chicken was first introduced to Jamaica by Indian immigrants who brought many different spices and even fruits to Jamaica. This has been a staple of almost every Jamaican home for centuries. You can now add a Jamaican curry chicken recipe to your recipe Rolodex.
Jamaican Curry Chicken recipe
This is one of the quickest and easiest recipes you will ever make. This is fast and delicious and will have your family asking for more. This recipe is one of my favorites. This is how you make a traditional Jamaican curry chicken dinner. Curry chicken was first introduced to Jamaica by Indian immigrants who brought many different spices and even fruits to Jamaica. This has been a staple of almost every Jamaican home for centuries. You can now add a Jamaican curry chicken recipe to your recipe rolodex.
Ingredients
- 3 lbs chicken parts
- 1 whole yellow onion chopped
- 1 whole tomato sliced in half moon slices
- 1 whole sweet pepper chopped
- 1 tbsp black pepper
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 whole scotch bonnet pepper chopped (AKA habanero)
- 4 tbsp yellow Jamaican curry powder
- 4 tbsp vegetable oil can be substituted with olive oil
- 2 cups water
- 3 whole small potatoes chopped
- 3 whole small to medium carrots chopped
Instructions
- Start preparing your chicken by cleaning and washing it. You can use lemon juice, salt, or white vinegar in a bowl with water to clean the chicken. Remove all excess fat from chicken. Rinse chicken with water after cleaning
- Begin seasoning the chicken by adding 2 tablespoons of curry powder and 1 tablespoon of black pepper. You can then add your chopped scallions (green onions), garlic, onion, green pepper, scotch bonnet pepper (habanero) and rub vigorously into the chicken until the all pieces are coated with your seasonings.
- Add 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil to a heated saucepan (medium flame) then add 2 tablespoons of curry powder to the heated oil . Let it cook for about 3 minutes.
- You then add your chicken to the saucepan, cover, and let cook for about 15 minutes (stirring occasionally). Add in 2 cups of water then add 1 sliced tomato, 3 sprigs of fresh thyme, the cubed potatoes, and carrots and let cook for 35 minutes.
Notes
Please check out this video from https://cooklikeajamaican.com/amp/
Serve with white rice, or traditional Jamaican rice and peas, with a side salad. In Trinidad and other islands, it is also served with roti.
Serve with white rice, or traditional Jamaican rice and peas, with a side salad. In Trinidad and other islands, it is also served with roti.
Nutrition
Serving: 01Calories: 252kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 18gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 69mgSodium: 69mgPotassium: 230mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 331IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 18mgIron: 1mg
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I love ethnic foods, and Indian is one of my favorites! So I’d imagine that this is simply delicious. Curries are the best! I’ve never heard of a Habanero referred to as a Bonnet pepper – I love learning little things like that! Here lately I’ve been leaning towards vegetarianism, so I am going to use a protein substitute for the chicken. I’ll let you know how it goes! Thanks so much for sharing 🙂
Hi, Courtney (what a great name you have) 🙂 I appreciate you stopping by and giving my site a look. I will definitely be posting some vegetarian recipes you can try as we, so please visit again.
Regards
Court
This sounds delish.
I love that this is passed down from your grandma so it’s your heritage that you are sharing.
I’m looking forward to seeing more exciting recipes here.
Thanks for sharing
Hello Veronica, thank you for visiting. My grandmother passed down so many recipes to me. I am pleased to share them since it came from a place of love. Please visit again soon, as I will be adding more recipes in the very near future.
Regards
Court
Hi Court! As always my friend, you have another masterpiece here. Sounds like something so delicious to make on a cold night. I will have to try this! Do you use russet potatoes or red for this?
Hi Elizabeth, thanks for stopping by once more. Please let me know when you try it out.
Thanks
I make this Atleast 3 times a week! I adore curry, i was introduced to it when I was a little girl and the neighbors beside us from Jamaica had us over for dinner. My whole family loved it and it was a staple for us for the next 40 years and still is. I regularly look for new traditional dishes I haven’t tried yet, I’ll be looking at yours for sure!! So glad I chanced upon your page.
Hello Lisa, and welcome to https://myjamaicanrecipes.com. Thanks for stopping by, please let me know if you’ve tried any of the other recipes listed here.
Regards
Court
Oh my! First time making curry chicken and it was amazing! My son was in heaven! I made the rice and peas too . Will be making this on Sunday’s pretty frequently now!
I’ve made this a few times now and honestly the smells and tatse takes me back to when my grandma used to cook a big meal on the weekends. This is the one recipe I never got the pleasure of working with my grandma on but now I can make it for my kids to enjoy. Thank you so much for sharing.
My Family Loved it. I am definitely sharing Guys, Thanks For sharing this Great Recipe. this recipe and this website with my friend. Hope they also love it. Thank you again for sharing such a great recipe.