How to cook Jamaican Brown Stew Cow Foot

JERK TAVERNMay 21, 2023

Jamaican Brown Stew Cow Foot is slowly simmered and softened giving you a soft gel-like texture. You can also curry the foot or add it to your soups, it is delicious and a big part of Jamaican/Caribbean cuisine. Cow heels or cow feet are loaded with nutrients, especially collagen. The meat soothes our digestive systems and nourishes our skin, hair, and nails.

How does Cow Foot taste?

Cow foot is very nutritious. It has a gel-like texture and the taste depends on the type of spices that you for this recipe it is brown stew cow foot, but you can also curry cow foot.

What kind of meat is cows foot?

Cow foot is a trotter that does not contain any muscles or meat; other than bones and toe hoof, it mainly consists of skin, tendons, and cartilage.

Is cow feet white meat?

No, cow feet are not white meat though it’s white before cooking, Usually, meats from cattle, buffalo, sheep, and gamey animals are generally considered red meat. While meat from poultry is generally considered ‘white meat’.

Is cow foot considered meat?

Cow’s foot when it is slowly simmered so that the tough fibers of the foot can soften giving you a soft gel-like texture. Cow feet are primarily used for making stock or stews/soups due to their collagen content, which lends body and umami to the end product. But in the Jamaican culture, other than in soup we eat it as is as the main dish.

Heath Benefits of Cow Foot

What are the benefits of cow feet?

Cow Feet Benefits

• Improves digestion and gut health.
• Improves brain function and mental health.
• Strengthens the tendons and reduces joint pain.
• Helps with skin appearance and elasticity and helps the body heal wounds faster.

Are cow feet fatty?

4 ounces of cow feet contain 20g of protein, 25g of fat, and zero carbs. 

 Is cow foot healthy?

Cow foot is high in protein, and contains gelatin, calcium, and amino acids alongside important nutrients and minerals like magnesium, phosphorus, and selenium. The meat is healthy and should be in your dinner rotation. 

Is cow’s foot high in collagen?

Yes! Cows feet! They are rich in collagen, and when you cook them, the beef feet create soft delicious gelatin.

Is cow feet good for joints?

The “gelatin” or collagen that comes from cooking the hoof is packed with many health benefits which include prevention of bone loss, fits your relieving joint pain, and improving skin health.

Brown Stew Cow Foot Ingredients 

• Cow Foot
• Butter Beans
• Onion 
• Fresh Thyme
• Scallion
• Fresh Garlic
• Fresh Ginger
• Black Pepper
• Pimento Berries (allspice) 
• Scotch Bonnet Pepper
• Browning
• Complete Seasoning
• Salt 
• Adobo
• Oxtail Seasoning
• Water

How to Cook Brown stew cow foot

Clean the Cow Foot

• In a bowl, add the meat with enough water to cover it along with the salt and vinegar or lime juice.
• Allow the meat to sit for about 5 minutes before rinsing with cool water.
• Use a small knife to get rid of any hair that may be present on the skin.

Season the Cow Foot

• Pat the cow foot dry with a piece of paper towel and add;
• Complete Seasoning, Adobo, Oxtail Seasoning, Garlic, Black Pepper, Salt, Pimento Seed, and Browning.
• Rub all the ingredients onto the meat is fully coated. Allow to sit for at least 30 minutes until ready to cook. (Or marinate overnight for best results)

Cook the Jamaican Cow Foot

• Place the crowfoot in the pressure cooker 
• Add the seasoned cow foot and 2-3 cups of water depending on the amount and pressure for 40 minutes.
• Run water on the pressure cooker top then open it (this all depends on the type of pressure cooker)
• Transfer the meat to a wider pot. ( not essential but convenient)
• Add in water if needed, scallion, pimento, bell peppers, scotch bonnet, thyme, and onion cook for another 15 mins then add in the butter beans.
• Stir and simmer for 5 minutes, or until the desired sauce consistency is reached.
• Serve best with white rice, rice & peas, or boiled dumplings and that’s how you make Jamaican cow foot.

Cooking cow feet/ cows foot?

How long does it take to cook cow heels?

This delectable dish deserves to be slow-cooked and most cow heels recipes recommend a boiling time of at least two-and-a-half to three hours but in a pressure cooker, it takes about 45 mins to an hour.

How do you soften cow feet when cooking?

After 45 minutes or 1 hour the meat should be ready just use a fork to poke the cow foot and if the fork slides through with no resistance then it should be ready.

How long does it take to cook cow foot without a pressure cooker?

Season your cow foot then, place the cow foot in the pot, Add about 8 -10 cups of water to the pot, bring to a boil, and simmer for about 2 -3 hours.

Can you boil cow foot?

Yes, you can boil the foot for 2-3 hours on the stovetop or 45 minutes- 1 hour in the pressure cooker.

How do you tenderize a cow heel?

Soak cow foot in some water and a little vinegar for about 10 minutes. Cow heel is very tough meat so it needs to be tenderized. There are two ways to tenderize the cow foot either you boil it or put it in the pressure cooker to tenderize.

More FAQs about cow foot/feet

Why do Jamaicans eat cow’s feet?

Meals with oxtail, cows foot, pig’s tail, tripe, and chicken foot form part of the rich Jamaican cuisine. The consumption of these items dates back to slavery, when these parts of the meat would have been discarded by the slave master and the house slaves would collect the ‘fifth quarter’ and feed it to their families. But these are some of the best dishes in our culture.

Why is cow foot sticky?

If you’ve ever eaten the heel/trotters/foot/feet then you know it has a sticky feel. That stickiness is collagen. There are so many health benefits to adding collagen-rich foods to your diet.

Is oxtail a cows foot?

Oxtail is the tail of Beef cattle

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How to Cook Jamaican Brown Stew Cow Foot

Jamaican Brown Stew Cow Foot is slowly simmered and softened giving you a soft gel-like texture. You can also carry the cow foot or add it to your soups, it is delicious and a big part of the Jamaican/Caribbean cuisine. Cow heels or cow feet are loaded with nutrients, especially collagen. Cow foot soothes our digestive systems and nourishes our skin, hair, and nails

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: african, American, Caribbean, Chinese, Jamaican, Spanish

Keyword: cow foot, cow foot recipe, how to make cow foot, jamaican brown stew cow foot

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 1 hour hour 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 8

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Ingredients

• * 3-4 lbs cow foot
• * 1 can butter bean
• * 1 large onion chopped
• * 3 fresh thyme
• * 3 stalks of scallion chopped
• * 6 cloves garlic finely chopped
• * 1 tbsp fresh ginger
• * 3 tbsp black pepper to taste
• * 8 pimento berries allspice (crushed)
• * 1 scotch bonnet pepper optional but highly recommended
• * 2 tbsp browning or to desired color
• * 2 tsp complete seasoning
• * ½ tsp salt to taste
• * 1 tsp Adobo
• * 2 tbsp oxtail seasoning
• * water
• * 1 large lime or lemon To clean the cow foot
• * 2 tbsp vinegar To clean the cow foot

Instructions

Clean Cow Foot

• * In a bowl, add the cow foot round with enough water to cover it along with the salt and vinegar or lime juice.
• * Allow the cow foot to sit for about 5 minutes before rinsing with cool water.
• * Use a small knife to get rid of any hair that may be present on the skin.

Season the Cow Foot

• * Pat the cow foot dry with a piece of paper towel and add:
• * Complete Seasoning, Adobo, Oxtail Seasoning, Garlic, Black Pepper, Salt, Pimento Seed, and Browning.
• * Rub all the ingredients onto the cow foot until fully coated. Allow to sit for at least 30 minutes until ready to cook. (Or marinate overnight for best results)

Cook the Cow Foot

• * Place the crowfoot in the pressure cooker
• * Add the seasoned cow foot and 2-3 cups of water depending on the amount and pressure for 40 minutes.
• * Run water on the pressure cooker top then open it (this all depends on the type of pressure cooker)
• * Transfer the meat to a wider pot. ( not essential but convenient)
• * Add in water if needed, scallion, pimento, bell peppers, scotch bonnet, thyme, and onion cook for another 15 mins then add in the butter beans.
• * Stir and simmer for 5 minutes, or until the desired sauce consistency is reached.
• * Serve best with white rice, white rice, or boiled dumpling.

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