Oxtail with broad beans
A Jamaican dinner made with beef. Ready in about 1 hour. Difficulty: medium.
- 25 minPrep (about)
- 35 minCook (about)
- 1 hrTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 1 lb oxtail
Fresh & other
- 1 onion
- 1 green onion Shopping tip: Green onions (scallions).
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 scotch bonnet Shopping tip: Very hot. Habanero is the same heat and easier to find.
- 1 fresh thyme Shopping tip: Fresh sprigs or dried both work (1 tsp dried = 1 tbsp fresh).
- 1 ⅓ cups + 2 tbsp water
- 7 oz broad beans Shopping tip: Fava beans (UK: broad beans). Frozen lima beans work.
- 1 tbsp corn flour Shopping tip: Cornstarch (UK: cornflour).
- 2 tbsp water
Sauces & oils
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Toss the oxtail with pepper, salt, thyme, soy sauce, chilli, ginger, garlic, spring onion and the onion.
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Heat the vegetable oil in a big frying pan over medium-high heat.
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Brown the oxtail in the pan till browned all over, about 10 minutes.
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Place into a pressure cooker.
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Pour in 1 ½ cups + 1 tbsp water.
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Cook at pressure for 25 minutes.
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Take it off the heat.
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Remove your lid according to manufacturer's directions.
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Add the broad beans and pimento berries.
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Bring to simmer over medium-high heat.
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Dissolve the cornflour in 2 tablespoons water.
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Stir into the simmering oxtail.
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Cook.
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Stir some min till your sauce has thickened, plus the broad beans are tender.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.