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"I'm a goat-lover; my pot and seasonings are always ready to bring out the best in them."

Growing up, the G.O.A.T of festive meals was the Jamaican Curry Goat, which continues to be a ChristMUST favourite.
However, when living overseas, I only prepare it occasionally, as goat meat is not always readily available. So, I was pleasantly surprised when I walked into a butcher's in the most unexpected place, where I purchased 2 kg of ready-cut and packaged goat. I was smiling ear-to-ear when the butcher said, "Yes, I have a goat; how much do you need?"

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The curried goat is slow-cooked till tender and falling off the bone, so it's always a great idea to prep and season the meat a day before, leaving it to marinate overnight..

INGREDIENTS:

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SPICES

• Curry Powder (any that's available from the supermarket)
• salt and black pepper
• scotch bonnet pepper
• dried Thyme
• whole cloves or pimento berries

FRESH HERBS and VEGGIES

• one whole garlic
• 2 whole white onions
• 1 small piece of ginger (optional)
• 4 carrots (diced)
• 2 Irish potatoes (diced)

OTHER

• Cooking oil (I use extra virgin Olive Oil)
• Vinegar
• 2 kg Goat meat, cut into bite-size pieces on the bone
  Served with Jamaica Rice and Peas (actually red kidney beans)

METHOD

Here's a raw video of me prepping the day before. This takes me some time, because I do a combo for my rice and peas recipe at the same time, and then divide up the ingredients.

This is to save time, as the goat takes about 2 hours to cook until the meat is tender and falling off the bone.

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• In a small bowl, I mix 1/4 cup vinegar with 1 cup tap water.

• Add seasonings to meat: 6 tbsp of curry powder, salt and pepper, cloves/pimento berries, minced garlic, chopped onions, and chopped scotch bonnet pepper.

• Place the meat in a container massage all spices into the meat, and cover the container.

• Leave meat covered in the refrigerator overnight for the meat to marinade.

• Uncover meat, and it should look like this on the next day. (I only had one pot on this occasion)

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• However, heat 3 tbsp of cooking oil on med-high heat, and sear each piece of meat in batches, to seal in the juice.
• Add enough ambient water to cover the meat, as seen here.
• On high heat, bring water to boil
• Place fresh herbs if available such as thyme or rosemary (Optional)

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• Cover the pot and reduce the heat to low.

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• Simmer for 1 hr, stirring occasionally as seen in the video, to avoid meat sticking to the bottom of the pot, or drying out (as seen in video).

• add potatoes and carrots

• add a dash of ketchup/tomato sauce to help round the flavour. (optional)
  

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• cook for an additional hour, adding water to avoid meat burning.

• Meat should look something like this, as there should be adequate sauce at the end of cooking.

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This is most times served with either plain white rice, or traditional Jamaican Rice and red kidney beans, which is called peas in Jamaica.

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RICE RECIPE

Ingredients

• Basmati rice
• 1 can of coconut milk
• 1 can red kidney beans, drained (what Jamaicans call peas)
• 1 finely chopped white onion
• 3 gloves minced garlic
• 2 sprigs of chopped spring onions
• fresh sprigs of thyme (or 2 tbsp sprinkled and stirred into rice
• a pinch of allspice
• 2 cups of boiling water (or 1 cup water and 1 cup vegetable stock)
• 1 whole scotch bonnet pepper with stem intact.
• 2 bay leaves (optional)
• 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Method

• heat oil in a saucepan
• cook garlic and onion until translucent
• add rice and stir to mix in garlic and onion
• add water and or stock, stirring continuously.
• add red kidney beans
• add coconut milk
• sprinkle dried thyme or place sprigs of fresh thyme and bay leaves in a pot
• stir all and bring to a boil
• lower heat, cover, and simmer for 15 - 20 mins.
  

Serve and enjoy!

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Here's a nice Jamaican tune that gives an insight into Jamaican's high regard for curry goat.

PS: Never say Rice and Beans, and NOT Goat Curry

It's Jamaican Rice and Peas and Curry Goat😋

A Jamaican 'Meaty ChrisMUST' to y'all!

All images and videos are mine, and the song video is from Youtube