How To Cook the best Caribbean Oxtails

Whenever I make oxtails, I cook them in the pressure cooker instead of the slow cooker. This recipe reminds me of the time I use to spend time in the kitchen with my dad. 

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You'll need the following ingredients:

1 Pack of oxtails

1 tablespoon of Browning

1-1 1/2 tablespoon of Vegetable oil

3 Scallions finely chopped

3-4 garlic cloves finely chopped

1 Celery stick finely chopped

Seasoning salt

Onion Powder

Rosemary

Garlic powder

Cajun seasoning

1 pack of Sazon

Allspice seasomig

Meat tenderizer

1/4 piece of red, green

and yellow bell pepper finely chopped

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Prep:

Place oxtails in a large bowl

Add 1/2 cup of white distilled vinegar

Cover with tap water and set aside

While the oxtails are soaking, finely chop all

the vegetables and set aside

Remove all the excess fat from the oxtail

Rinse the meat under running water to remove

the vinegar solution

Lightly sprinkle 1 tsp of seasoned salt to taste

Lightly sprinkle 1 tsp of Onion Powder

Flavor by covering the oxtails  

with some dry Rosemary

Lightly sprinkle 1 teaspoon of garlic powder

Spice it up with some Cajun seasoning

Add 1 pack of Sazon

Cover with 2 tbsps of Allspice seasoning

and some meat tenderizer

Add 1/2 of the chopped vegetables

then mix all the ingredients

and set aside allowing all the flavor

and spices to infuse into the oxtails

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Cooking:

Preheat  some olive or vegetable oil on

medium heat

Add the other half of the chopped vegetables

Stir and cook until they are translucent

Add the marinated oxtails

Stir occasionally to prevent the oxtails from

sticking to the pot

Stir and cook until they are brown

Add 1- 1 1/2 tablespoon of browning

Mix then Add 1 can of tomato sauce

Mix until all the oxtails are covered

with the browning and the tomato sauce

Add warm water and fill the pressure cooker

pot midway and enough to cover the oxtails

Place the cover with the attached pressure

knob

Cook on high for 45 minutes

Reduce heat to medium

Add 1 tablespoon of fine brown sugar and

stir (pepper is optional)

Cook for an additional 2-3 minutes on medium

heat

Video Tutorial available below:

 

Serve with white or yellow rice!