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.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Jamaican
Prep Time 30minutes
Cook Time 40minutes
15minutes
Total Time 1hour10minutes
Servings 10
Calories 252kcal
Author https://myjamaicanrecipes.com/
Ingredients
3lbschicken parts
1wholeyellow onionchopped
1wholetomatosliced in half moon slices
1wholesweet pepperchopped
1tbspblack pepper
3clovesgarlicchopped
1wholescotch bonnet pepperchopped (AKA habanero)
4tbspyellow Jamaican curry powder
4tbspvegetable oilcan be substituted with olive oil
2cupswater
3wholesmall potatoeschopped
3wholesmall to medium carrotschopped
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.