Caribbean Style Oxtails Recipes

Steps:

• Place oxtail in a shallow dish. Combine Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, salt, sugar, garlic and herb seasoning, browning sauce, paprika, cayenne pepper, and black pepper together in a small bowl. Rub both sides of oxtail with marinade; pour out excess.
• Heat vegetable oil in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat. Sear oxtail in hot oil until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Remove to a small plate.
• Saute carrots, celery, onion, and garlic in the same skillet until softened, about 5 minutes. Add beef broth, thyme, rosemary, and bay leaf; bring to a boil. Add oxtail, with its juices, and butter. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until oxtail is fork tender, about 3 hours.
• Uncover skillet and increase heat to high. Cook, stirring occasionally, until sauce reduces and thickens, about 5 minutes.

Steps:

• Season the oxtails with salt and pepper.Add oil to large pot and heat over medium heat until hot. Add half of the oxtails to the pot and cook until browned on all sides, about 3-4 minutes per side. Remove the seared oxtails and repeat with the remaining oxtails.
• When all the oxtails are browned, add the onion, celery and carrots to the pot and sauté until softened. Add the garlic, green onion and ginger the pan and sauté about a minute stirring often. Add the tomato paste a stir well. Sprinkle flour over vegetable and stir to combine well. Cook stirring for 2 minutes. Add the beer and turn up heat to medium-high. Bring beer/vegetables to a boil and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add allspice, stock and oxtails to pot and stir to incorporate. Return pot to a boil and place lid on pot. Once pot is in a full steady boil, lower heat to a simmer. cook oxtails until tender, about 2 hours.
• Enjoy. I serve it with Jasmine rice.

Steps:

• For the Jamaican curry rub: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place whole coriander, allspice, anise, cumin, fenugreek, mustard and peppercorns on a sheet tray evenly spread out. Bake 3 to 5 minutes. Place the ingredients in a spice grinder or blender and grind to a fine consistency, 2 to 3 minutes. Mix in a bowl with the turmeric and store in an airtight container for later.
• For the oxtails: Combine the flour and smoked paprika in a large bowl and set aside for later. Remove 2 ounces of the dredge and set aside for thickening the sauce.
• Combine the salt, pepper and 1/2 ounce curry rub in a bowl and mix well. Place the oxtails in a large bowl. Sprinkle the oxtails with all of the seasoning. (The oxtails should be coated heavily.)
• Dredge each oxtail in the flour dredge, then shake any excess flour off. Place on a sheet tray and let sit 2 to 4 hours.
• For the Caribbean bouquet garni: Unfold a 12-by-16-inch piece cheesecloth completely so that its length is perpendicular to your waist. Place the thyme, bay leaves and chiles at the bottom of the cloth and roll up, folding the outside of the cloth in to close the ends. Wrap up until it is tight, then and tie off with the butcher's twine, leaving the string long so it can be tied to the pot.
• For the braised oxtails: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Combine the garlic, carrots, celery and onion in a container. In a large rondeau, heat up the oil to its smoke point, 2 to 3 minutes. Sear the oxtails until bronzed on each side, then remove from the oil. Reduce heat if pan is smoking too hard, then add the diced vegetables and saute until they are translucent. Add the salt, allspice, paprika, pepper and 1/4 cup curry rub and continue to saute to toast the spices, 3 to 5 minutes. Add reserved flour dredge and mix well to incorporate, stirring for an additional 2 to 3 minutes. (This will help thicken the sauce as it braises.)
• Deglaze the pan with the sherry and bring up to a simmer. Add the chicken stock, tomato paste and oxtails and bring up to a boil. Tie the bouquet garni to the side of the pan and cover tightly with parchment and foil. Bake 1 1/2 hours, then add beans, recover, and continue to cook, stirring occasionally to prevent the beans from sticking, until oxtails are fork-tender, 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 hours more.
• For the Caribbean braised oxtail: Place 12 ounces hot oxtails in a saucepan with 2 cups sauce on medium heat. When the pan starts to boil, add the butter and cilantro. Baste each piece of oxtail 5 to 6 times with a spoon and turn off the heat.
• Mount all the rice to one side of a deep bowl and place the oxtails on top for height. Place the sauce on the other side of the bowl. Place Mango Chow on top and garnish with the cilantro sprigs, followed by 4 rings shaved chiles.
• Combine garlic, mangos, lime juice, chiles, cilantro, salt and pepper in a bowl. Mix well and adjust seasoning as needed.

Steps:

• In a small bowl bowl, combine the first 9 ingredients. Add oxtails to a shallow dish; rub mixture over oxtails. Cover and refrigerate overnight., In a Dutch oven, heat oil and butter over medium heat. In batches, brown oxtails on all sides; set oxtails aside. In the same pan, add onions, carrots and pepper; cook and stir until tender, 4-5 minutes. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. , Add beef broth to pan, stirring to loosen browned bits. Bring to a boil. Add oxtails, potatoes, thyme and rosemary. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until oxtail meat is tender and starting to fall away from bones, 2-1/2-3 hours. Remove and discard herbs. Remove oxtails; keep warm. Simmer, uncovered, until mixture reaches desired thickness, 5-10 minutes. Return oxtails to pan. If desired, garnish with parsley.

Steps:

• In a large soup pot or Dutch oven, place oxtails, onion, bay leaves, thyme, cloves, and water; bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer until meat is tender, about 2 1/2 hours. (Alternatively, place these ingredients in a pressure cooker, cover, bring to pressure, reduce heat and cook until meat is tender, about 1 hour).
• Once the oxtails are cooked, add the garlic, tomato paste, tomatoes, allspice, chili pepper; season with salt and pepper.
• Stir in the beans and simmer, covered, 20 minutes. (10 minutes in a pressure cooker).