Easy Slow Cooker Jamaican Brown Stew Chicken

With the addition of some new seasoning sauces on the market by Spur Tree manufacturing, making Jamaican homestyle dishes have become a lot easier. These sauces, available in most Jamaican stores and ethnic markets,  are so well-balanced for flavor that the addition of more spices is not at all necessary. This is an easy recipe for Jamaican Brown Stew or Fricassee Chicken. It uses 2 types of Spur Tree sauces and a few additional ingredients. Once in the slow cooker, you can relax and come back to a cooked meal 4-6 hours later.

2 lbs Chicken meat (thighs are best)

1/4 cup Spur Tree Brown Stew Seasoning

¼ cup Spur Tree Jerk Seasoning (make sure to remove any bits of thyme stems you see in the seasoning)

2 tablespoons oil

1 10 ozs can diced tomatoes and chilis

1 medium yellow onion, cut into large pieces

½ cup Chicken Broth

1 tablespoon tomato paste

1.      Marinate the chicken pieces overnight, in the fridge, with the Spur Tree seasoning sauces.

2.      Place the marinated chicken and the onions in separate baking dishes and mix in 1 tablespoon oil into each of them. Bake both at 400 degrees Fahrenheit, the onions for about 20 minutes, the chicken for about 40 minutes. Remove from oven.

3.      Puree the onion to a paste.

4.      Mix all ingredients in an 8-quart slow cooker i.e chicken pieces, tinned tomatoes, pureed onions, tomato paste, and chicken broth. Place a Scotch Bonnet pepper on top, if desired, and cook for 4-6 hours on high. Thicken gravy if needed with a little cornstarch mixed with water.