How To Stew | Step By Step

• Put pot on medium to low heat.
• Add oil.
• When the oil starts to get hot, add your brown sugar.
• As the sugar crystals start to melt and the caramelization process begins, go in with your wooden spoon and keep stirring it until it starts to get frothy, this would take about one minute.
• Just as the sugar turns from light brown to dark brown, add your chicken. Keep stirring because you want the pieces of chicken to get an even coating from the caramelized sugar.
• Once all the pieces are evenly coated allow the chicken to cook uncovered for about 5 minutes.
• Then cover the pot and allow the chicken to cook on low heat for about 8 minutes. Don’t add any liquid at this point. You want to allow the chicken to spring its own liquid and let that along with the steam action happening in the covered pot really cook the chicken. This will ensure great flavor in your chicken.
• After about 8-10 minutes your mixture should have dried down. Now you can deglaze the pot with liquid. I used about a ½ cup of water here but you could use coconut milk if you want.
• Cover the pot and allow it to cook for another 5 -8 minutes.
• And that’s it! Perfect stewed chicken the Caribbean way.
• Serve & Enjoy