🏝️ Caribbean

Okra Brown Stew

Name: Okra Brown Stew
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 2, chopped Onion; 3 Tomato; 4 cloves, minced Garlic; 3 medium, cubed Potato; 1 Bell Pepper; 2, thickly sliced Carrot; 400 g Okra; 750 ml Stock or Broth; 2 tbsp Coconut Oil; 2 tbsp Brown Sugar; 1 tsp Allspice

🏝️ Caribbean

Browned-sugar stew — okra deepened by caramel and thyme, island style. Ready in 50 minutes including prep.

Prep 15 min Cook 35 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion2, chopped
Tomato3
Garlic4 cloves, minced
Potato3 medium, cubed
Bell Pepper1
Carrot2, thickly sliced
Okra400 g
Stock or Broth750 ml
Coconut Oil2 tbsp
Brown Sugar2 tbsp
Allspice1 tsp

Optional extras

Fresh Thymehandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Warm the Coconut Oil in a heavy casserole and brown the okra well on all sides — real colour means real flavour.
2
Lift the okra out, soften the onion and garlic in the same pot, then add the allspice.
3
Return the okra, tip in the potato and carrot, and pour over the stock.
4
Cover and let it murmur gently for 35-40 minutes until everything is spoon-tender and the broth has body.
5
Season with salt and cracked pepper, then shower with fresh thyme right before serving.

Chef's tip

Let the dish rest 5 minutes off the heat before serving so the flavours settle.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Jamaican Brown Stewed Fish · on YouTube