# Authentic Jamaican brown stew chicken

Jamaican Brown Stew Chicken is a rich, flavorful dish slow-simmered in a savory brown sauce with herbs, spices, and fresh vegetables.

- Total time: 134 min
- Cuisine: Caribbean
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 5 lb chicken, cut up and clean
- lime
- white vinegar
- 2 tbsp all purpose seasoning
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 0.5 tsp ginger powder
- 0.5 tsp Grace browning
- pimento
- chopped garlic
- scallions
- sweet peppers
- onions
- corn oil
- 1 pepper
- thyme
- hot water
- 1 tbsp green seasoning
- 1 medium tomato, cut up
- Irish
- carrot
- ketchup
- rice and peas

## Instructions

1. Wash the 5 lb chicken with lime and white vinegar.
2. Season the chicken with 2 tablespoons of all-purpose seasoning, 1 teaspoon onion powder, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon paprika, half teaspoon ginger powder, half teaspoon Grace browning, pimento, chopped garlic, scallions, sweet peppers, and onions. Rub in the seasoning.
3. Marinate the chicken for 2 hours.
4. Add corn oil to a pot.
5. Season the oil with garlic, one pepper, scallion, and thyme.
6. Scrape off all the sweet peppers and onions from the chicken and place them in a bowl. These will be used for the gravy.
7. Remove the scraped peppers and onions from the pot.
8. Fry the chicken for 4 minutes on each side.
9. Flip the chicken over.
10. Remove the chicken from the pot.
11. Remove some of the oil from the pot.
12. Add the seasoning from when the chicken was seasoned back to the pot, along with thyme. Place the chicken back inside.
13. Wash out the seasoning from the chicken marinating bowl with some hot water.
14. Add the water to the pot.
15. Add 1 tablespoon green seasoning and 1 medium cut up tomato.
16. Add Irish and carrot.
17. Cover the pot and allow to cook down for 15 minutes.
18. Add ketchup.
19. Cover the pot for 5 more minutes.
20. Turn off the stove.
21. Serve the brown stew chicken with rice and peas.

## Equipment

- bowl
- pot
- stove

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8b9F94w/
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- Extracted: 2026-03-23

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