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Jamaican Brown Stew Chicken With Spinners

Name: Jamaican Brown Stew Chicken With Spinners
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 2 lb halal chicken thighs, bone-in and skin-on; 2 tbsp browning sauce; 1 whole scotch bonnet pepper, left whole with stem intact; 1 cup all-purpose flour; 0.33 cup water, cold water for dough; 2 medium carrots, sliced into coins; 4 sprig fresh thyme sprigs; 3 stalk scallions, chopped; 1.5 cup halal chicken broth

Golden browned halal chicken thighs simmered in a savory allspice gravy alongside traditional hand-rolled flour spinner dumplings and carrots.

Prep: 20 min
Cook: 35 min
Total: 55 min

Technique to learn

Spinner Dumpling Poaching

Simmering hand-shaped dense flour dough directly in braising liquid to cook the dumplings while naturally thickening the stew sauce.

Instructions

Step 1: Rub halal chicken thighs with browning sauce, half of the chopped scallions, and two thyme sprigs; let sit for 10 minutes.
Step 2: In a small bowl, mix all-purpose flour, a pinch of salt, and cold water until a firm dough forms. Roll small pieces of dough between your palms to form 8 to 10 long, thin dumplings (spinners).

Step 3: Heat a large deep skillet over medium-high heat and sear chicken thighs skin-side down for 5 minutes until browned, then flip and cook 3 minutes; remove chicken temporarily.

Step 4: Add sliced carrots, remaining scallions, thyme sprigs, whole scotch bonnet pepper, and halal chicken broth into the skillet broth and bring to a simmer.

Step 5: Return browned chicken to the skillet, then drop the flour spinners into the simmering broth around the chicken pieces.

Step 6: Cover skillet tightly, lower heat to medium-low, and simmer for 20 minutes until chicken reaches 165 Fahrenheit and dumplings are floating and tender. Remove whole pepper before serving.

Cooking tips

Keep the scotch bonnet pepper whole while cooking to extract aromatic fruitiness without puncturing it and releasing excessive heat.
If the dumpling dough feels sticky while rolling spinners, lightly dust your palms with extra flour.
Original home-cooking adaptation inspired by Jamaican; regional versions vary.
Use halal-certified meat, poultry, stock, sauces, cheese and other processed ingredients. Check labels and avoid cross-contamination. Recipe screening is not halal certification.

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