Jamaican Oxtails

Description
Purchased at a garage sale in McKinney, Texas in 1991. Date and source unknown.

Ingredients

 * 3 pounds oxtails, trimmed
 * 1 white onion, sliced
 * 1/4-cup soy sauce
 * 1/4-cup flour
 * 1/2-teaspoon salt
 * 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
 * 1/4-cup extra virgin olive oil
 * 1 fresh tomato chopped
 * 1 green bell pepper chopped
 * 1 habanera chili chopped
 * 1 garlic clove, pressed
 * 6 cups hot water
 * 3 tablespoons molasses
 * 1 thyme sprig

Directions

 * 1) Place oxtails in large bowl.
 * 2) Add sliced onion and soy sauce.
 * 3) Mix well.
 * 4) Refrigerate at least 2 hours.
 * 5) Combine flour, salt and pepper.
 * 6) Dredge oxtails in mixture making sure all sides are covered.
 * 7) Reserve onion.
 * 8) Heat oil in large Dutch oven until hot.
 * 9) Brown oxtails.
 * 10) Remove meat from pan, drain off all but 2 tablespoons oil.
 * 11) Add reserved onion, tomato, bell pepper, chili and garlic to pan and sauté lightly, scraping up brown bits.
 * 12) Add hot water and molasses and stir well.
 * 13) Return oxtails to pan and cook over low heat for 1-1/2 hours.
 * 14) Add thyme sprig and continue to cook 30 minutes longer.

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