Jamaican Style Ox Tails And Rice Recipe

Ingredients

• 3-4 lbs of oxtails
• Oxtail Seasoning
• 1 large onion
• 1 can of beef stock
• 1 cup of water
• 1 garlic clove or 1 tablespoon chopped
• 3 cups of carrots/celery mix
• Smallest can of tomato paste
• 1 cup of red wine vinegar or 2 cups of red wine
• Salt, pepper, thyme, bay leaf
• Rice:
• 2 cups of white rice
• 1 can of pigeon peas
• 1 package of Sazon Seasoning

Instructions

1. Wash oxtails and put in baking dish-season and sprinkle with oxtail seasoning and marinate 2hours or overnight. Use a liberal amount of seasoning
2. In a fry pan, brown oxtails in 3 tablespoons of oil. Make sure to brown all sides add ½ of the onion (save the rest til the end) chopped and cook til onions are clear
3. In a large pot or dutch oven, add water, beef stock, red wine, salt and pepper bring to a simmer, add meat and cook for 2 ½ hrs. Add all remaining ingredients and simmer for another hour or until done. Remove bay leaf.
4. Rice:
5. Cook rice package directions, when done, add pigeon peas and Sazon Seasoning, rice will turn orange, then yellow in color cook over low heat for 5 mins-til peas warm up
6. Serve oxtails over rice