GUYANESE PEPPER POT| recipe

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is lower in fat, while pork is often less expensive.

cassareep

🥗Healthier: molasses

💰Cheaper: soy sauce

Molasses provides sweetness and color, while soy sauce is more accessible.

scotch bonnet pepper

🥗Healthier: jalapeño

💰Cheaper: bell pepper

Jalapeños offer heat with less intensity, while bell peppers are milder.

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index, while white sugar is more common.

Wash the meats in vinegar.

Prepare a green seasoning mix with garlic, onion, thyme, cilantro, rosemary, ginger, and peppers.

Season the meats with half of the green seasoning and other seasonings, then mix well and set aside.

Transfer the seasoned meats into Ziploc bags and refrigerate overnight.

The next day, take the meat out of the fridge for about one hour to come to room temperature.

In the pressure cooker on the slow cook setting, add cowheel, cloves, cinnamon, thyme, cassareep, water, and orange peel to flavor the cowheel as it cooks.

Cook the cowheel until tender, covering it while it cooks.

In a large pot on the stovetop, brown the other meats for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

After 30 minutes of browning, add cloves, cinnamon sticks, thyme, orange peel, cassareep, and hot water to the pot with the meats.

Cover and slow cook on low heat until the meat is tender, about 2 hours.

Skim off excess oil from the surface of the pot after the meat is tender but not fall-off-the-bone tender.

Check on the cowheel and skim off excess oil as well.

Add the cooked cowheel to the pot with the other meats and add the remaining ingredients: more cloves, cinnamon sticks, thyme, peppers, a little brown sugar, and more cassareep.

Mix well, cover, and let simmer on low heat for about one hour until the meat is tender and flavors meld.

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