Dairy-Free Trinidadian Oil Down
A one-pot dairy-free Caribbean stew with coconut milk, meats, vegetables, and dumplings.
Ingredients
- about 450 g Salted pigtail
- about 450 g Chicken
- 2 cans Coconut milk
- about 450 g Dasheen
- 1 medium Breadfruit
- 12 small Dumplings
- 1 cup Pumpkin
- 1 cup Okra
- 1 bunch Callaloo bush
- 1 large Onion
- 4 cloves Garlic
- 4 whole Pimento peppers
- 1 whole Scotch bonnet pepper
- 3 sprigs Thyme
Original measure retained: its cup/spoon or fluid-volume standard is unspecified.
Instructions
- 1Soak salted pigtail overnight to remove excess salt. Cut into pieces.
- 2In a large pot, layer pigtail, chicken, dasheen, breadfruit, pumpkin, okra, callaloo bush.
- 3Add onion, garlic, pimento peppers, and Scotch bonnet pepper.
- 4Pour coconut milk over the ingredients. Add thyme sprigs.
- 5Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 1.5 hours, or until the meats are tender and the vegetables are cooked through.
- 6Add dumplings during the last 30 minutes of cooking.
- 7Remove Scotch bonnet pepper and thyme sprigs before serving.
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