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Brown Stew Chicken
Also known as: Jamaican Brown Stew Chicken
Caribbean chicken thighs in spiced brown gravy with bell peppers.

About Brown Stew Chicken
Craig McAnuff’s brown stew chicken is a Caribbean-style preparation of skinless chicken thighs in a rich gravy. This profile selects browning sauce, ketchup and green bell pepper from the published alternatives.
Thyme, garlic, pimento and paprika season the chicken, with Scotch bonnet adding heat. Red and green bell peppers and onion bring vegetable flavour, while black pepper adds another warm seasoning note.
The browned chicken sits in a thick gravy, with softened peppers and onion around the pieces. Cornstarch gives the sauce body, and the creator describes the meat as tender.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Brown Stew Chicken
Craig McAnuff’s Caribbean brown stew chicken.
- Skinless chicken thighsProtein
- Browning sauceSeasoning
- Vegetable oilCooking medium
- PaprikaSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- Black pepperSeasoning
- Fresh thymeAromatic
- GarlicAromatic
- Pimento (allspice)Seasoning
- Red bell pepperBase
- Green bell pepperBase
- OnionAromatic
- WaterLiquid
- Scotch bonnet pepperSeasoning
- CornstarchBinder
- KetchupSeasoning
- LemonSeasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Skinless chicken thighs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Browning sauce: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected rather than soya sauce; exact formula unknown.
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Paprika: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh thyme: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pimento (allspice): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Caribbean seasoning pimento; method separates garlic and pimento despite combined list line.
- Red bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Green bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Green selected rather than yellow.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Both listed gravy water and method-only washing medium.
- Scotch bonnet pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Cornstarch: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source expressly equates cornflour/corn-starch.
- Ketchup: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Selected rather than chopped tomato; exact product formula unknown.
- Lemon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit method-only preparation medium, not inferred retained juice quantity.
Origins & food traditions
Cuisines & regions
- Caribbean Cuisine
- Jamaican CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Grenadian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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