A Jamaican 'Meaty ChrisMUST'

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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?"

One of 5 packets of meat, which totaled £25 — a fairly pricy treat that includes a long list of ingredients for a spicy meal with a rich aroma..

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:




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.


Then I start by washing the goat with some vinegar to enhance the smell (mainly).


  • 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)


  • 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)


  • Cover the pot and reduce the heat to low.


  • 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)


  • 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.


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


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!


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

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Wow a very complete preparation, the marinating, always gives exceptional results, this meat must be very rich, I must prepare this recipe soon, I love the ingredients used, I imagine the seasoning making fusion of flavors, happy holidays. 😊

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Hello @edwing357 that's for your lovely reply 😊
Yes, the way we cook goat in Jamaica, makes it difficult for some people to tell the difference between it and lamb. It's so tender and tasty.
Happy Holidays:)))

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Hello good day ☺️ , I hope to gather the ingredients to make your preparation, I love adding new recipes to my cookbook, this will be one of them this new year that is very close 😱

The difficult part will be getting the meat, there isn't any in the area where I am 🥺

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Yeah, goat meat can be scarce in some regions.
If you ever get lucky though, I do hope that you'll enjoy it:)))

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Oh, wow! Thank you! Your support is highly appreciated:)))

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@millycf1976 you're most welcome

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@millycf1976 Curried goat, it is a delicious food, it is very tasty, its preparation is very good, I wish you a lot of success. I take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas.

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Hello @omarrojas It's great to hear that you like goat too, because, yes, it's a delicious and tender meat when prepared in this fashion.
Happy holidays to you:)))

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Wow seems like a complex dish, with many ingredients and preparation time, but from how it looks I'm sure the end result is worth it!
Looks delicious.

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Hehe 😊 Yeah, the prepping takes the longest, as well as continuously stirring the meat and maintaining the correct water balance to avoid it drying out. Other than that, you find it's super simple:)))

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Only have had goat once and it was when I was in Saudi Arabia. This looks really good, probably much better than my experience, if my memory serves me right I remember it being a little salty. The way you pose with the knife made me laugh, shows you mean business when cooking, hehe. Wishing you and family a Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

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Ah, I wonder how they prepared goats in Saudi Arabia. I had it in the Philippines, and it was prepared completely differently. The sauce was red, like a tomato-based recipe, and the meat was really hard.
When I cook my curry, if it needs 3 full hours, then I'll do it, just so that the meat is tender and falling off the bone. The goat we get here is quite meaty, whereas in Jamaica it might have more bones when you purchase it from the local butcher.

The way you pose with the knife made me laugh, shows you mean business when cooking

Haha! Yeah, I go into mode, especially with my pot of curry 😁
Happy Holidays to you too:)))

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Hello, Milly! That has to be delicious. Here in Venezuela, there are some regions where goat is a traditional dish. They usually cook it with coconut. I have tried it once, and I like it.
I like the tune :)

Happy Holidays!!

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Hey Coquicoin😊 For the first time, I felt that coconut milk would have rounded off this particular curry nicely. We add coconut milk to our curry chicken and curry shrimp, but somehow we do not normally add it to goat. I think it was this specific curry powder, which would have been nice with coconut milk.
That song always makes me laugh.
Happy Holidays to you and family:)))

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Here in my country, goat is quite common and a very well used meat in almost all our dishes. I looked keenly to see how you made this and I have no doubt that it will taste absolutely wonderful, especially since you added rice. Which is a must when serving meal like Goat pepper soup and all of that. Amazing!

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Hehe, thank you! I've seen some amazing Nigerian dishes, and I'd love to try the food one day. I can see lots of similarities between the recipes I see here, with Jamaican ones, and I know that African roots are our way of cooking:)))

PS. Ripe fried plantain was missing here. That's the one thing I could not find...

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Oh. Ripe fried plantains would have been perfect to complete the ensemble. It's such a delight that you know all these dishes. Can't wait to have you try Nigerian meals one day. You'll really love them.🤗

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Yeah, I add plantains to all my meals when I can find them. I have seen some creative ways Nigerians prepare plantains, that I hope to try sometime.
Have a lovely day 🤗

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Whoa, so rich in flavor.
In Indonesia, we put coconut milk into goat curry 😊

I love rice with coconut milk. We call it "savory milk"

Happy holiday ❤️ and thanks for your sharing your cooking show

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Thank you 😊
The next time I cook it, I'm going to add coconut milk because I think it would enhance the flavour. Some Jamaicans only eat curry goat with plain rice, but I like the rice and peas, I'd love to eat Indonesian meals one day.
Thanks for stopping by and Happy holidays ❤️

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❤️ at least, we have similar dish and I thought it Will easier for you to enjoy Indonesia dish ❤️

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Alas, goat, mutton, and beef are not possible in my diet. Would you suggest pork, or perhaps venison, as an alternative? Loads rifle with intent to poach a buck!

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Hmmm, sorry that you can't indulge in eating goat. I would go for chicken over the bone, but I would use the dark meat leg, hip, and wings part of the meat, instead of just the chicken breast. I would also add cumin and coconut milk to the recipe if it was chicken. I've tried that recipe before, and it's amazing.
Happy Holidays:)))

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Last time I ate goat, it was before food allergy diagnosis, and I know the goat in question was named Bruce. He was appreciated far more when roasted with herbs and spices than he was as a belligerent farm animal! Substitutions in recipes are always a challenge, but I should try curried chicken of some sort soon. Merry Christmas, and have some !PIZZA as well!

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Bruce. He was appreciated far more when roasted with herbs and spices than he was as a belligerent farm animal!

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Thanks! Pizza sounds like a great idea too:)))

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Mutton is one of my favorites. And it's very similar to the curry in my country.

Ah, the aroma must be very tempting.

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😋 It's interesting to hear that goat is prepared in a similar way there. I guess people who are not used to goats in their culture, might find it strange. However, when I cook it for foreigners, they say it's just like tender lamb with a delicious flavour.

Yes, the aroma stayed in the room for sometime:)))

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There are people who don't like the smell of goat cooking. But in my opinion it is inferior to the taste of the goat which is soft and really delicious!

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Yeah, I don't mind the smell, because the aromas of the curries and spices overpower the smell of the actual goat. I have seen goat cooked the 'cowboy way' like on a stand-up BBQ... that might be a different case 🤷‍♀😅

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You are right, the aroma of the spices is enough to smell the smell. I'm glad to hear that you also like it like me!

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NOWWW THATT LOOKS GOOD! DAYUMMM.

I've heard so much good stuff about Jamaican goat curry and jerk chicken. Unfortunately, there are no restaurants that serve such food here.

The only way to try these cuisines is to experiment with them at home, but I'm no good at cooking. So, I'd rather not risk it. 😂

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Jamaican goat curry

Jamaican Curry Goat

Rice and Beans

Rice and 'peas'. 😆

I'm no good at cooking.

No man! From you can read, you can cook!

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Jamaican Curry Goat

Damn! I've heard and known it wrong for all this time. Everywhere I saw, it was written goat curry. 🤔

No man! From you can read, you can cook!

I'll man up and try it one day. But I'll make sure to have my wife beside me. So that I don't end up making a complete mess. 😬

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Hehe! Jamaicans have specific ways of saying things 🤣
Somehow, we call beans, beans, yet we say rice and peas 😂 and. don't ask me why it's curry goat when the rest of the world says goat curry 😆

Trust me! You don't have to be nervous about trying to prepare this dish at all.
I'm sure you have some amazing Bangladesh meals that I'd love :)))

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don't ask me why it's curry goat when the rest of the world says goat curry

I won't. 😬 And tbh, curry goat sounds nicer, and has a little click to it. 😏

Trust me! You don't have to be nervous about trying to prepare this dish at all.

I'll certainly try one day. Whether it be here in Bangladesh or not, or even if I have to visit Jamaica myself, I'll make it happen. I've told you once before, that I do plan on visiting the Caribbean; especially Jamaica.

I'm sure you have some amazing Bangladesh meals that I'd love

Oh, definitely! We would start with our most popular kacchi biryani, of course. Everyone who visits tries it at least once. 😂

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Meaty ChrisMUST

Nice play on words 👍

I think a lot of cultures eat goat over the holidays. I've heard others talk about goat dishes over Christmas as well. I've only had it a few times but always enjoyed it. They don't sell goat meat in Canada unless maybe you special order it in a butcher shop. I've never seen it anyway. Otherwise I would try this recipe for sure. It looks reall good. We also love stews and curry so this would be perfect for us. Maybe I'll try it with lamb one day - could lamb be a substitute?

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Thank you 🤗😊

It's great to hear that you'd try goat. Some Canadian travellers freaked out when they heard that we eat goats in Jamaica. They thought it was as unusual as eating dogs 😅

Yeah, you could always try lamb, which would probably need a shorter time to cook (and more than likely you'd get it off the bone).
One thing I want to experiment with is what's the best kind of curry powder that's traditionally used in Jamaica. Normally, I would have purchased my curry from a Jamaican vendor without taking note of the type.

I would have added sliced fried ripe plantains as a side dish. That's a great mix of flavours.

So, a full Christmas Jamaican feast would include, ham, oxtail, and curry goat.😋

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So, a full Christmas Jamaican feast would include, ham, oxtail, and curry goat.

Sounds good. I've made oxtail once and really liked it but it's so expensive to buy at the grocery store that I've never done it again.

I can get plantains at our grocery store so I could try that too.

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The butcher had oxtail too, so I purchased the same amount of oxtail on the same day, which cost another £25. Both are NOT on my weekly menu.

I like to add a bottle of red wine to my oxtail recipe. I still have the oxtail in my freezer to prepare soon.

I can get plantains at our grocery store

The ripe (yellow) ones, even better when the skin starts to go dark... that's like my signature to every dish. 😋

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Red wine goes great in just about any stew.

Okay I'll keep that in mind about the plantains 😁

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I also cook beef like this and it's delicious. We also eat goat curry like this but the spices are a little bit different. But the spices for the curry are a must. We eat curries with saffron or plain rice mostly. I never tried this rice. Thanks for sharing this mouth-watering recipe with us, I know how tasty and delicious this slowcook goat is. Happy Holiday :D

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Yeah, beef like this works well too, and I'm sure that you have some amazing cuisine that I'd like to try someday.

Thanks for checking this out, and pleased you like it.
Happy Holidays:)))

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Wow this is really delicious jumaikha rice, also the peas are accompanied by goat curry really delicious I want to try this delicious

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Thank you! I like the way you spell Jamaica. I hope that you'll get to try this recipe, someday:)

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I don't believe I ever ate any Jamaican dish, but I have to say it looks very delicious. It's a good thing I've already eaten lol. Otherwise it would have been mouth-watering :)

A bit late but not less meant: Merry Christmas @millycf1976, I hope you had a good one <3

!LADY for a lovely lady on this chain!

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Thanks for your lovely comment.
If you ever get the chance, you should try some Jamaican food, although it's always best when you get it in the country. So, better yet, if ever you should go to Jamaica, I know some amazing restaurants.
Merry Christmas and enjoy the rest of the season 😍🤗

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Dammmn!!! A nostalgic moment for me,growing up in Zimbabwe and herding goats on my grandparents’ plot,the only time one would be slaughtered for a special family occasion or any celebration which requires feasting..Only to notice from your post that it’s been nearly 10 years without the taste of it 😢..I’m sure you make the best G.O.A.T goat dishes🤤

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I have a vivid imagination of just how difficult a task it must have been to herd goats, and I'm sure it's always fond to reminisce on those days.
I hope that you'll get to relive those memories soon and enjoy a lovely goat dish.
Thanks for stopping by:)))

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