Jamaican Curry Chicken: Authentic Island-Style Recipe with Sweet Potatoes

2026-03-29
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Authentic Jamaican Curry Chicken

🏷️ Category: lunch

🌍 Cuisine: Indian

⭐ Difficulty: Medium

⏱️ Time: 45 min

📝 Introduction

Experience the vibrant flavors of Jamaica with this authentic curry chicken recipe that's gluten-free, dairy-free, paleo-friendly, and packed with nutrition. Tender chicken thighs are marinated in a fragrant blend of allspice, curry powder, and Scotch bonnet pepper, then simmered with sweet potatoes to create a rich, comforting stew. Perfect for lunch or dinner, this dish delivers Caribbean warmth in every bite while covering 46% of your daily vitamin and mineral needs. Ready in just 45 minutes, it's an affordable meal at $4.02 per serving that will transport your taste buds to the islands.

🥘 Ingredients

• allspice1 tsp
• coconut oil1 tbsp
• curry powder6 tbsp
• garlic1 tablespoon
• bell pepper1 large
• onion0.5 medium
• pepper pepper2 tsp
• salt1.5 teaspoons
• scallions3
• scotch bonnet pepper1
• chicken thighs3 lb
• sweet potatoes2
• thyme1 tbsp
• water2 cups

👨‍🍳 Cooking Steps

1

Season the chicken with all of the ingredients except for the potatoes and water and marinate up to 2 hours or overnight in the fridge

2

Add the oil to a Dutch oven and on high heat, fry the only the chicken pieces until it is brown and seared on each side for about 10 minutes

3

After the meat is nice and brown on both sides, add the remaining vegetable marinade, scotch bonnet pepper and water to the pot, cover and bring to a boil

4

Add the potatoes and lower to a simmer and stew it for about 1 hour until it has a thick consistency

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