Jamaican Style Turkey Neck (Ghetto Oxtail)
If you love oxtail meat, you'll love this turkey neck recipe. Seared and cooked to perfection to give the best flavors ever.
Equipment
- 1 Pressure Cooker Pot
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. turkey neck
- ½ tbsp. ginger flavoring
- 1 tsp. cumin
- 1 tbsp. Pickapeppa Sauce
- 3 tbsp. Morton Nature's Seasons (all-purposing seasoning)
- 1 small onion finely diced
- 2 tbsp. browning sauce
- 2 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
- ½ cup ketchup
- 3 sprigs thyme
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 stalk escallion (chopped)
- 1 large tomato (diced)
- 1 large carrot sliced
- 3-4 cups boiling water
- 1 scotch bonnet pepper
- vegetable oil
- a few pimento berries
Spinners Dumpling
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- water to combine
Instructions
Direction for Spinners:
- In a bowl, sift flour 3-4 times and add salt. Mix to combine.
- Make a well in the middle of the flour mixture and pour water at intervals to form a dough.
- When it’s time to add spinners to the pot, pinch small pieces of dough and rub between your palms, then drop each piece into the pot.
Directions:
- Wash meat with vinegar and lime. Remove any membrane and fat from each piece of meat.
- Season turkey neck pieces with all-purpose seasoning, cumin, pimento berries, browning, ginger, pickapeppa sauce, salt, and garlic. Allow to marinate for up to 2 hours or overnight.
- Heat oil in a pressure cooker pot. Add each turkey neck piece to the pot. Allow each piece to cook for 10-15 minutes. Turn at 5-minute intervals.
- Add boiling water to the pot until the meat is covered. Seal the pot with the pressure cooker cover for 25-35 minutes. Remove from flames and allow to cool.
- Once cool, check the meat to ensure it’s tender enough. Place back on the flame and add the remaining ingredients: thyme, escallion, spinners, onion, ketchup, carrots, tomato, and scotch bonnet pepper. Salt to taste.
- Cover and allow to cook for 15 minutes.
- Serve as desired.
Notes
Notes for Cooking Turkey Neck:
- Searing or browning the turkey neck helps to cook the meat better. It also takes away the raw taste that comes with the meat.
- For a faster cooking time, cook the meat in a pressure cooker pot or slow cooker to help speed up the cooking time.
- Add broad beans instead of spinners or both for a heftier meal.
- For a thicker gravy, mix a slurry of flour with water and add the mixture in the last 5 minutes of the cooking time.