Easy oven-cooked Jamaican brown stew chicken

• chicken↗1.6kg whole kg
• demerara sugar↗1½ tbsp tbsp
• hot chicken broth400ml ml
• browning sauce↗1 tbsp tbsp

  (I use Grace)

• plain flour↗1 tsp tsp

  mixed with 25ml cold water

• green onion↗1-2

  chopped, for serving

• rice↗

  and peas and sauerkraut, for serving (optional)

• thyme sprigs↗8
• onion↗1

  finely chopped

• garlic cloves↗2

  minced

• Scotch bonnet pepper↗½

  minced

• tomatoes↗2

  sliced into wedges

• universal seasoning↗2 tbsp tbsp

  (I use Dunn’s River)

• chicken seasoning↗1 tbsp tbsp

  (I use Dunn’s River)

• pimento seeds6 whole

  crushed

• чорний перець↗1 tsp
• екстра вірджин оливкова олія↗4 tbsp

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Remove the skin from the chicken, separate it, cut the breasts in half and set aside the legs and thighs.

2. 2

   Place the chicken pieces in a large bowl with all the marinade ingredients. Mix, then rub the mixture into the chicken. Cover tightly and refrigerate for 24 hours.

3. 3

   Preheat the oven to 200 °C/180 °C with fan/gas 6. Transfer the chicken with the marinade to a deep ovenproof dish. Cover and bake for 40 minutes, then remove the lid and add the sugar, broth, browning sauce and flour mixture. Bake for another 15 minutes uncovered, turning the chicken and basting it every 5 minutes.

4. 4

   Check if the chicken is cooked through. If not, bake for another 15 minutes and check again. Taste, then sprinkle with green onion and serve with rice, peas and sauerkraut if desired.