Jamaican Curry Goat

Name: Jamaican Curry Goat
Prep time: 4 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 5 h 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 3 lb goat meat; 2 ½ tbsp jamaican curry powder; ½ tsp ground ginger; ½ tsp all-purpose seasoning; ¼ tsp allspice; 1 onion; 6 cloves garlic; 3 sprigs thyme; 2 tbsp oil; 1 ¼ cups water; 1 scotch bonnet; 1 russet potato; To taste salt; To taste pepper

A weekend Jamaican dinner made with lamb. Ready in about 5 hours 30 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.

4 hr 20 minPrep (about)
1 hr 10 minCook (about)
5 hr 30 minTotal time
4Servings
More effortDifficulty

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Ingredients

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Main ingredient

3 ¾ lb goat meat

Fresh & other

1 onion
8 cloves garlic
4 sprigs thyme Shopping tip: Fresh sprigs or dried both work (1 tsp dried = 1 tbsp fresh).
1 ½ cups water
1 scotch bonnet Shopping tip: Very hot. Habanero is the same heat and easier to find.
1 russet potato

Sauces & oils

2 ½ tbsp oil Shopping tip: Vegetable or canola oil.

Spices & seasonings (6): jamaican curry powder, ground ginger, all-purpose seasoning, allspice, salt, pepper

3 tbsp jamaican curry powder
¾ tsp ground ginger
¾ tsp all-purpose seasoning
¼ tsp allspice
To taste salt
To taste pepper

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

Equipment.
6QT Pressure cooker.
Rinse goat meat with vinegar and water.
Season goat meat with 2 thyme, garlic cloves, onion, allspice, ground ginger, all-purpose seasoning and tablespoon curry powder, marinate.
Keep going for at least 4 or up to overnight.
Remove onion and garlic from goat.
Set aside.
Set electric pressure cooker, like Instant Pot, on high cook.
Add oil.
Add goat meat.
Brown, about 2-3 minutes per side.
Remove goat from insert.
Add 1 ½ tablespoons oil and rest of the curry powder.
Cook for about 10 seconds.
Add onions and garlic.
Cook until softened.
About 4 minutes.
If your onions look dry, add little water and continue to cook.
Add goat plus water to the pressure cooker.
Cover the pressure cooker.
Cook for 40 minutes on high pressure.
Let it naturally release for 10 minutes.
Release the remaining pressure.
Wait until all the pressure has been released.
Open the pressure cooker.
Place on cook for 10-15 minutes.
Add potatoes plus a whole scotch bonnet pepper.
Cook until potatoes have softened.
Remove scotch bonnet pepper.