Curry goat was once Jamaica’s most famous authentic dish. Curry goat was traditionally cooked in Jamaica on the weekends and at all gathering festive events.
Ingredients:
5 lbs Goat meat
½ cup Curry Powder.
½ tbsp Allspice, pimento powder
¼ cup Ocho Rios Jerk “All in One” dry Seasoning.
2 Potato, medium (helps to thicken gravy).
1 Onion, fresh thyme, scallions, garlic and salt (already included in “All in One” dry seasoning) all optional.
½ tsp Flower (optional), maybe needed if sauce/gravy is too loose to thicken gravy.
Boil water in kettle and allow water to cool to use later. (optional).
Ingredients: Without Ocho Rios Jerk all in one dry seasoning
5 lbs Goat meat
½ cup Curry Powder.
½ tbsp Allspice, pimento powder
2 Potato, medium (helps to thicken gravy).
1 Onion
1 stem Thyme, fresh
1 Scallions
3 clove Garlic or reduce amount to likeness
½ tsp Salt or to taste
Boil water in kettle and allow water to cool to use later. (optional).
Preparation:
1. Cut up goat meat into the size of a small strawberry and wash goat meat and drain water. Add all the ingredients together on goat meat for seasoning. Except, use only ½ the curry powder and save the remaining along with the potato to use later.
2. Rub the ingredients into the meat. (Curry stain, use gloves or spoon to protect hands).
3. Cover and leave curried goat meat to marinade for two hours or more. (Refrigerate preferable).
4. Peel potatoes and dice in cubes to use later.
5. Scotch Bonnet Pepper use later
Cooking Instruction:
1. Slightly cover curried goat meat in pot with water from kettle or running water from sink then cover pot with lid.
2. Turn fire from stove between medium and high.
3. Sit Scotch Bonnet Pepper on top of meat in pot for flavor (optional).
4. Once pot is fully boiling and bubbling, add remaining curry powder.
5. Cook for 1.5 to 3 hours base on tenderness of goat meat.
6. Add potatoes once meat is half cook.
7. Stirring occasionally and add water to pot from kettle as needed to prevent sauce/gravy from drying out until meat is tender. ** remove Scotch Bonnet Pepper during stir, then add back to pot
8. Reduce fire for 2 to 3 minutes or until done.
9. If gravy is too loose, mix ½ tsp flower in 1 cup water and add to pot will thicken gravy.
Cooking notes & health tips:
For a healthier meal when cooking curry goat, we encourage removing fat from meat. Adapt a healthier lifestyle of cooking without giving up the mouth watering taste we have grown to love.
Yes, traditionally, curry goat was the most popular dish in Jamaica. However, in today’s society, more people are vegetarians and there are others who do not eat red meat. Curry goat still remain a favorite of many Jamaicans and people around the world.
Tip: Curry goat can produce oil during cooking which will rise to the top if the fat is not trim from the meat. Use a spoon to skim oil & remove from pot during cooking for a healthier meal.
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