Cowfoot (Jamaican Style)

Cowfoot (Jamaican Style) recipe

Purchase the cow foot from the grocery store already chopped, cleaned, and ready to cook because this will save you a lot of time in the kitchen.

Serves 4 -6

INGREDIENTS

4 lbs Cow foot (chopped and cleaned)

1 tin of Butter Bean

1 sprig thyme

3 stalks scallions (green onion)

¼ tsp Salt

½ tsp Black Pepper

4 – 6 Pimento or allspice seeds

1 teaspoon Browning sauce (optional)

1 Scotch Bonnet Pepper (optional)

METHOD

1. Wash meat (cow foot) in cold water and then put it and the salt into the pressure cooker with about 5 cups of water. *If you want to add Browning sauce rub this in around and in all the meat at this point.

2. Allow the pressure cooker to boil the foot until the pot starts to make that steaming sound. Wait for 15 -20 minutes after the sound starts and then turn the flame off.

3. Do not remove the pot from the stove as yet. Let the pot cool down a little, wait about 10 minutes. You do not want to remove the cover from the pot while it’s hot, you can hurt yourself if you do this.

4. Put the pot under running water in the kitchen sink and let it further cool the pot down.

5. You can leave the contents in the same pot and cook the cow foot some more with all the other ingredients, except the butter bean, if the meat is not already soft. (leave the lid off)

6. You can skim the fat off the top of the pot with a spoon while it boils.

7. Taste the stew 7 minutes after the seasonings are added. Get a second opinion from someone about the taste of the stew at this point.

8. You could also add some spinners (see recipe) to the stew at this point, this is optional.

9. Let the stew cook on medium heat and then add the butter bean to the stew 5 minutes before removing it from the fire.

You can serve this cow foot stew with Rice and Peas or White rice, Mac n Cheese, yams, pumpkin, dumplings, or potatoes.

Remove or do not eat the pimento seeds