Jamaican Goat Curry

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 6 -8 tablespoons curry powder
• 1 tablespoon allspice (see step 1)
• 3 lbs goat meat (can use lamb or beef if you can't find goat)
• salt
• 2 onions, chopped
• 1 habaneros or 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 teaspoon ginger, garlic
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
• 1 (8 ounce) can coconut milk
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce or 1 (15 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon dried thyme
• 3 -4 cups water
• 5 yukon gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks

Recipe

• 1 if you can find jamaican curry powder, use it and omit the allspice. if not, use regular curry powder and add the allspice to it. add 6 tbsp of curry powder, more if you like it more spicy.
• 2 cut the meat into large chunks, maybe 2-3 inches across. feel free to add the bones if you have them; you can remove them later.
• 3 heat the oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. mix in 2 tablespoons of the curry powder and heat until fragrant.
• 4 pat the meat dry and brown well in the curried oil. do this in batches and don’t overcrowd the pot. it may take a while to do this, maybe 30 minutes or so. set the browned meat aside in a bowl. (when all the meat is browned, if you have bones, add them and brown them, too.).
• 5 add the onions and pepper to the pot and sauté, stirring from time to time, until the onions just start to brown, about 5 minutes. sprinkle some salt over them as they cook. add the ginger and garlic, mix well and sauté for another 1-2 minutes.
• 6 put the meat (and bones, if using) back into the pot, along with any juices left in the bowl. mix well. pour in the coconut milk and tomatoes and 4-5 tablespoons of the curry powder. add 4 cups of water. stir to combine. add the thyme.
• 7 if you want to cook on the stove, bring to a simmer and let it cook until the meat is falling-apart tender, which will take at least 2 hours. longer if you have a mature goat. if you want to cook in a crockpot, transfer the mixture to the crockpot and cook on low for 8-10 hours.
• 8 if you have cooked the meat on the stove, add the potatoes when the meat is close to being done - tender but not falling apart. cook about 30 minutes or until the potatoes are done. then, skim the fat off the top of the pot if needed.
• 9 if you cooked the meat in the crockpot, boil the potatoes until tender. skim the layer of fat off the top of the curry, if needed, and mix in the potatoes.
• 10 if you used bones, remove them before serving.