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Jamaican Curry Goat (Slow-Braised Caribbean Curry)
Jamaica's iconic Sunday dinner — bone-in goat slow-cooked with Jamaican curry powder, Scotch bonnet, thyme and potato in a thick golden gravy.
⏱ 180 min🔥 520 kcalMedium
★4.9(1,340)
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Jamaican Potatoes Recipes
5 recipes using potatoes — Jerk chicken, ackee & saltfish, rice and peas — fiery Caribbean soul food.
These 5 jamaican potatoes recipes are ready in about 103 minutes on average, with 480–523 kcal per serving, and 20% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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103 min
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508 kcal
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easy recipes
How Jamaican cuisine cooks with potatoes
Jamaican cuisine — Jerk chicken, ackee & saltfish, rice and peas — fiery Caribbean soul food — brings its own distinctive techniques and seasonings to every ingredient it touches. When Jamaican cooks work with potatoes, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, marinating, braising and boiling.
The comforting carbohydrate that roasts, mashes, fries and bakes its way into cuisines worldwide. In this collection it's most often cooked with onion, garlic, jamaican curry powder, fine sea salt, fresh thyme and allspice. The dishes here span jamaican classics ready in as little as 51 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Jamaican Curry Goat (Slow-Braised Caribbean Curry) is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 1,340 ratings.
5 Jamaican Potatoes Recipes
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Ocho Rios Smoky Tomato Traybake
Ocho Rios Smoky Tomato Traybake turns jamaican pantry flavors into a complete traybake with sweet potatoes, allspice, thyme, Scotch bonnet and coconut, and a fresh thyme finish.
⏱ 51 min🔥 506 kcalMedium
★4.7(7,936)
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Jamaican Homestyle Smoky Tomato Traybake
Jamaican Homestyle Smoky Tomato Traybake brings jamaican flavor to a practical traybake built with sweet potatoes, allspice, thyme, Scotch bonnet and coconut, and a fresh thyme finish.
⏱ 55 min🔥 511 kcalMedium
★4.7(7,624)
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Curry Goat (Jamaican Curried Goat Stew)
Goat meat slow-braised in a fragrant Jamaican curry with scotch bonnet and potato, a celebratory island favorite served over rice.
⏱ 150 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
★4.6(34)
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Jamaican Curry Chicken with Toasted Sesame
Jamaican curry chicken simmered in a fragrant curry sauce, finished with toasted sesame seeds for crunch.
⏱ 77 min🔥 523 kcalEasy
★4.7(66)
Choosing & preparing potatoes
How to choose
Match the type to the dish: floury/starchy potatoes (Maris Piper, russet) for fluffy mash and crisp roasts; waxy ones for salads and gratins that need to hold their shape. Avoid green or sprouting tubers.
Prep & storage
Store cool and dark, never in the fridge. Parboiling then roughing up the edges gives the crunchiest roast potatoes; soaking cut chips removes surface starch for crisper frying.
Nutrition
A filling source of potassium, vitamin C and resistant starch — most of the fibre and nutrients sit just under the skin.
Classic flavour partners: butter, rosemary, garlic, cheese, chives, black pepper
Jamaican Potatoes Recipes — FAQ
How long do Jamaican potatoes recipes take to make?
Most of these 5 Jamaican potatoes recipes are ready in around 103 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Ocho Rios Smoky Tomato Traybake, takes about 51 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 180 minutes.
How many calories are in Jamaican potatoes dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 480 to 523 kcal per serving, averaging 508 kcal — Curry Goat (Jamaican Curried Goat Stew) is the lightest option at 480 kcal.
What is the easiest Jamaican potatoes recipe for beginners?
Jamaican Curry Chicken with Toasted Sesame is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 77 minutes. 20% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with potatoes in Jamaican cooking?
In these recipes, potatoes is most often paired with onion, garlic, jamaican curry powder, fine sea salt, fresh thyme and allspice. Jamaican kitchens also lean on its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends.
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