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A bowl of stewed chicken wings in a white bowl with a plate of boiled plantains in the background.

Stewed chicken wings

Chicken wings, cooked in a caramelized sauce with aromatic Caribbean spices and coconut milk. A great weeknight dinner option that is full of deep flavor levels.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Caribbean

Ingredients
  

  • 2 pounds chicken wings
  • 3 tablespoons green seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon browning optional
  • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 hot pepper
  • 3 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 2 pimento pepper optional

Method
 

  1. If chicken wings are whole, dissect and remove any hair found on the wings.
  2. Place wings in a bowl of water, with enough water covering wings.
  3. Add a tablespoon of pepper sauce and let sit for 30 minutes
  4. Throw off water from chicken and season with green seasoning. You can use a little browning here also (1 teaspoon)
  5. Let this sit for at least 30 minutes (it can be left overnight.)
  6. In a large heavy-bottomed pot, on medium-high heat, scatter the brown sugar at the bottom of the pot
  7. Leave it to caramelize to a nice golden brown color.
  8. Add seasoned chicken wings to pot, and stir to coat it in the sugar.
  9. Continue to stir occasionally till the liquid produced by the chicken disappears.
  10. Once that's gone, add the coconut milk, water, tomato paste, hot pepper, salt, and black pepper and the remaining seasoning.
  11. Lower the temperature to medium and let simmer till chicken is cooked. This can take up to 45 minutes depending on your wings.
  12. Test for salt.
  13. Serve hot.

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