Oil Down

Get my cookbook @ www.caribbeanpo... #stew #soup #breadfruit My take on making Oil Down. A flavor packed one pot dish made across the Caribbean, loaded with breadfruit, ground provisions, salted meats and herbs.
You'll Need...
3 lbs salted pig tail
3 lbs chicken (legs & thigh)
1 1/2 tablespoon Caribbean Green Seasoning
1/2 teaspoon salt (adjust)
1 tablespoon Black Pepper (divided)
1 tablespoon curry powder
2-3 tablespoon coconut oil
1 large onion
6 cloves garlic
6 pimento peppers (divided)
5-8 sprigs thyme
6 scallions (divided)
2 large sweet potato
2 lbs pumpkin
8 okra
4-5 cups water
1 1/2 cups coconut milk
1 scotch bonnet pepper
1 tablespoon chicken stock powder
1 tablespoon grated ginger
2 tablespoon parsley
1 1/2 tablespoon shado beni (Culantro)
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[@theonetruesarauniya]

Thank you for making your version of this dish, it looks absolutely divine. Love how people are still getting all upset and offended by your version and your take on a dish that is your own recipe. If they don't like it they can the pout about it or better yet make it themselves and get off your Channel. He legit said at the start that he wasn't making it a certain way and was making it his way. I appreciate tradition but cooking is about making things your own and making things even better. I really don't understand how people don't get that. I've learned so much from you and truly appreciate you for all that you do.

[@caribbeanpot]

my pleasure and thanks for understanding

[@simonemontoute6615]

Totally agree! There is no one way to make a dish. I bet if 10 people made a pelau they would all taste different. It's about trying new things and adding variety to your table. Thank you Chris for sharing your creativity with us all.

[@lavernplunkett2995]

Mi call it pakaasah. Lovely bro

[@annislegall690]

I smelling that flavour all the way here in TnT Uncle Chris.

[@theonetruesarauniya]

@@simonemontoute6615 Exactly! Everyone has their own preferences and own tastes but that doesn't mean that one is more correct than the other. Happy new year to you! May it be a blessed, successful and a happy one!

[@kwannyprincetv8728]

First of all Sir, this is our National dish Chris. Unless you're been under a rock, you would know that oil down is our pride and joy in Grenada... 🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩

[@RedRyz3n]

No he decided he gonna keep disrespecting our national dish and when we talk we wrong. Nothing wrong with making your own thing but don’t include Grenada in it. He disgraced Grenadians around the world with his first attempt that failed miserably. This one is practically soup. Next he will make his version of General Tso’s chicken and say China doesn’t have the rights to it. I would love for him to make a video butchering ackee and saltfish then say Jamaicans don’t have the rights to it.

[@darenlatchman6081]

Really appreciate how you keep saying it’s Caribbean. We one people.

[@jackiejackson8484]

I’m Jamaican and we call ours run down we also have different kind of run down, and I’m going to make yours. Yum yum . We make ours with salt fish or salt mackerel.

[@spicered5589]

Grenada has all the rights to oil down just as Trinidad has the rights to roti😂😂😂

[@dhq._nekieshatnt5649]

Grenada doesn't have "all rights" since I'm sure Africans and the home of breadfruit(Malyasia, New Guinea.etc. have BEEN making it so just using a different name.

[@RedRyz3n]

@@dhq._nekieshatnt5649I’m Grenadian and even I know that almost all Caribbean dishes can be traced back to an African, Indian or European dish or a combination of both.

[@rayj5091]

@@dhq._nekieshatnt5649 LMFAO.... yeah right... Malaysia, does not prepare anything close to Oil Down... Africa also did not prepare any type of turmeric dish with breadfruit... Oil down was in fact originally prepared in Grenada

[@beatstreetmedia]

I’ve never heard of oil down before but I love when food looks happy. This truly had personality: happy, wholesome and filling.

[@tiffaniworme4038]

taste it🔥🔥🤤🤤

[@NatalieCWilliams]

Sorry viewers but there's nothing like Caribbean food!! The absolutely best in the world! Yuh see this dish Chef Chris making?? Daz happiness, satisfaction and a blend of deliciousness!! Daz my comfort food! Irie?? Irie!! 😃👍🏼😋🇹🇹

[@Rasprogress]

I use smoked turkey for my oil down. Sometimes I get a nice chunk of bony lamb shoulder for the oil down. Sometimes I add sweet potatoes, yam and dasheeen like the Ghanaian mpotompoto.

[@nadirasmith7391]

No disrespect chris, Oil down is Grenada national dish and that what you are cooking is no oil down. Thanks for the soul recipe. Much love to all Greenz.

[@cheese2cake1]

😂😂😂I love how you show the snow outside for the ones that mat bad talk your dish

[@mjetathombys7614]

In jamaica this is a meatless dish. Usually cooked on benjohnson`s day.(Thursday) using coconut milk and all available ground provision. lots of seasoning and curry or anatto for coloring.very tasty, I love ur version aswellChris.😋😋👏👍

[@007kitkit8]

Man, i miss Grenada oil down 🇬🇩 on the beach ⛱

[@Crazy5exycurvy]

Me too... 🇬🇩

[@mimianti-stush231]

🇬🇩

[@empress-lovewilliams3179]

Me too when we go down to 🇬🇩 we make it on bathway beach

[@007kitkit8]

@@empress-lovewilliams3179 Aye! Bathway 🥰🥰

[@blendedculturecreations5202]

Really want to go there

[@kelishawilliams1233]

Am a Grenadian and as you said it's your way of making it and that's cool💪❤🙏😌 no need for anyone to get vex one love .....good food and would love to taste that version

[@melissabeggs7609]

As a grenadian I'm disappointed in you. Its our national dish originally originated from Grenada there is no other way to cook it!

[@elsacalliste2421]

@@melissabeggs7609 true but some people cook it different

[@deliamcphie2922]

Is the disrespect 😤 😒

[@roseannaallen2440]

I love your version of oil down, we call this metemgi, or metem, same difference. I’ve never cooked it with curry powder or pumpkin, but I just know it tastes absolutely fantastic. I’m a pescatarian; therefore I substitute dried, salted cod or fried fish for the chicken and salted meat. I live in N.Y. , will definitely try your version of this dish. Thank you so much “Uncle Chris” for sharing this recipe and all the others. Blessings to you and you family.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️

[@reubenpilli6549]

I like your Caribbean accent - full of joy and verve. I am also located in Canada (Mississauga), and our neighbour, a good friend of mine, is from the Caribbean. Sadly, he passed away a few years ago, and I still miss his joyous greeting and laughter. Caribbean cuisine is very nice. And Caribbean people are really fun loving nice people. BTW, I am originally from India.

[@simoneserrao18]

Looks good and just what you need to warm up in the wintertime 😍 Uncle Chris always says this is my version so not sure how people want to get mad when it is not what they are used to. Great to put your own twist and flavors into the traditional dishes.

[@caribbeanpot]

do give it a try - real nice

[@yvonnekissoon4686]

Hey Chris! You're wicked! You're making my mouth watered!

[@caribbeanpot]

my bad

[@RealTangoAgentina]

Definitely going to try your version Chris. Thank you, I'm loving it👍

[@jesusisloveify]

Love you Chris either ur sense of humor...no breadfruit tree not growing out there....just snow...😅😅😅

[@reneera4077]

Hmmm the beard looking real sharp! Oui papa!

[@caribbeanpot]

thx kindly

[@arimababe40]

my parents are Grenadian so I grew up with the traditional oil down which more dry not soupy...but I appreciate your efforts!!❤

[@pat8497]

Thank you for extending your flavors to us......much appreciated.......much loved!!!!

[@angelinaroberts5754]

Right on good ole comfort food 🇺🇸🇯🇲😋👍

[@caribbeanpot]

facts

[@ngatiramona]

Awesomeness on a plate, every.single.time. Thank you so much Chris👏👏👏👍🥰

[@caribbeanpot]

very welcome

[@marjoriemarshall61]

We call our variation of this dish Pakasa, plut plut or All in one in Jamaica. We don’t leave the dumplings out though. Nice to see the different recipes😍.

[@tamikahorsforf3593]

Chris we still love you no matter how you cook our grenadian dish i still appreciate your cooking our dish

[@tonydeltablues]

If i were in control of the distribution of Michelin stars, I, sir, would be sending one your way :-)

[@caribbeanpot]

much thanks

[@louiselove8212]

Yummy 😋 grateful to enjoy a similar soup 🍲 one day soon with my sweetheart and blessed family. Amen Hallelujah in Christ Jesus Amen 🙏🏽

[@lylinbest948]

Hi Chris, this is perfect for this weather. Another awesome mouthwatering dish. Thanks for sharing, keep safer fo this 2021.

[@caribbeanpot]

likewise. be safe yea

[@brigitteashton6828]

I love it just like the different types of pepper sauce we do we thing we own way

[@caribbeanpot]

exactly - pepper sauce across the Caribbean differs - and still appreciated

[@mattf8384]

Hi Chris just wishing you and your family a great new year look forward to more great recipes in 2021

[@marciacaravan5755]

Tried your recipe and it was delicious. Thank you as always 🇹🇹

[@khadijaihsainiten8073]

What a wonderful soup thank you ❤

[@kellyblue]

Never heard of oil down before, (I grew up in Jamaica) but this loves delish 🤤

[@tjnatty1100]

Hi Chris making your chicken soup as we speak, I'll try the oil down soon. Love your style of cooking. 🇹🇹

[@trinicharl]

Chris, thank you for the mouth watering dish..yum yum 😋❤️❤️👏👏

[@caribbeanpot]

enjoy

[@reshmagopaul6113]

Nice I love this dish yummy, lots of flavor. thank you Chris

[@mohamedkalo785]

This is like metemgie in Guyana looks good

[@denzelandre474]

That’s def what u r calling it

[@RekojGnik]

Grenada national dish. My hometown

[@caribbeanpot]

respeck

[@kiddream5749]

Damn uncle can cook 🇯🇲

[@user-rx5dg5ck7r]

My husband is Grenada so I am trying to cook some for him Grenada style with a hint of jamaican love ❤

[@RedRyz3n]

Use a different recipe that’s specific to Grenada or else he’ll never forgive you. What Christ is making isn’t a Grenadian oil down it’s something else but not oil down. Let’s not redefine the meaning of words. Chris can call this something else but it’s not oil down.

[@kelleejames-pierre4487]

Im a trini living n canada also i does do all ur recipes but this bread oildown came out wicked omg

[@kellytrinidad3200]

Chris i wouldn’t dream of making oil down any other way! i’ve made you recipe about 4 times already. I am back at the video again today because today will be my 5th!

[@vashtisamaroo7472]

i agree with you i live in trinidad and i pre boil breadfruit before cooking

[@caribbeanpot]

nice

[@ann-mariestephenson2676]

Beautiful dish my mom used to make this

[@tazfez202]

Chris I follow your channel but I have to say we grenadaina 🇬🇩 don't make oil down that way but like u say everyone make oil down difference...but it's our national dish each Caribbean country has a national dish....

[@ItsTizBabi]

My partner is from Fiji, i’m Grenadian and you are right they do make something veeerrry similar. coconut milk, callaloo ( they call it something else - rou rou i think ) and salted meat. the only thing they don’t really cook / add is dumpling.

[@troystpaul100]

As a Grenadian, if Oildown don't have dumplings ah doh want. Lol

[@ItsTizBabi]

@@troystpaul100 Same 🤣 but it also just means more dumplings for meee 💃🏽

[@caribbeanpot]

yea.. I think there are similar dishes across the Pacific

[@caribbeanpot]

@@troystpaul100 more for me oui - dumpling is fuh soup and stew pork

[@troystpaul100]

@@caribbeanpot dumplings are for Soup, browndowns oildown or with Saltfish and provisions. May I suggest that you should cook a Brown down

[@dennisscott6413]

Huff respect. I enjoyed your version of the oil down cuisine 👍🏾

[@dalebaldeo7357]

Like meh grandma used to say if deh doh like it deh could watch it and wish it well......nice food boi chris niceness

[@danielkhan4597]

Thank you. Been using your recipes for going on 3 years now. My mom's cow heal soup is best though. I cyaa lie. Respect.

[@kgkg2618]

Chris say no breadfruit growing outside. It ain't sunny but snowy! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@wlsktc]

"That is snow..no breadfruit tree ain't growing out here." 🤣🤣🤣

[@jamiea.c.seerattan365]

I once made an oil down using crab. It was a curry crab oildown an older gentleman told me about it.....man everytime i make that it never have enough for 2nds in my house lol

[@caribbeanpot]

crab eh - interesting

[@peggyseabrun4829]

Know a lady from st. Vincent who does this but minus the curry

[@teemoslo4229]

I'm from Jamaica and I never seen or heard of this recipe

[@blendedculturecreations5202]

Me too

[@peggyseabrun4829]

Thought you guys called it run down?

[@kimmieskuisinehomesteading1575]

Looks yummy 😋

[@sexyndacityable]

I have only had breadfruit fried and never in soup but I love breadfruit and would love to try oil down

[@chubblesome2755]

nice chicken soup brother aint nothing in dere to say it's an oil down 😂

[@rachelknowles7415]

Love from Nassau Bahamas

[@caribbeanpot]

luv right back yea

[@gideonTeli]

I actually like this version of an Oil Down better than the thicker traditional one. I like a little more of a brothy, saucy situation. Looks Amazing!

[@BD-fo7ps]

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦Toronto ✅✅ Love your sarcasm / humour 😎- I use Cassava - and use lobster 🦞 instead of crab - Agree - keep oil down basics. Improvise local ingredients 😋 😋😋 yes 👍 you do Need Michelin 5 Star ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ recognition I learn lot from you!!! Well done 👨🏼‍🍳👨🏼‍🍳👨🏼‍🍳

[@geetaseeram7646]

Thank you very much for that recipe I never knew how to make that looks delicious God bless

[@spanisht3633]

I am definitely going to try your version..it looks so so delicious 🔥🔥

[@ItsTizBabi]

🇬🇩 🇬🇩 #473 to d worrrld

[@troystpaul100]

That's a soup boy. Lol.

[@caribbeanpot]

@@troystpaul100 hold ah stupes.

[@andrec7440]

This is the national dish of Grenada

[@REMYRED1]

Going to follow your recipe looks yummy xxx

[@danielkhan4597]

This one is different to me, but i go try it for sure.

[@morland]

Na na na na na na na na na every 🇬🇩right now 😂😂😂😂

[@Wattusie]

That looks like a very strong Oil down/Soup/Stew...to build a strong back ;-) ;-)

[@kathlinematthew8827]

Chris, I will surly make my pot the way you did your version :-)

[@caribbeanpot]

enjoy

[@Ei3P]

Nice comfort food👍🏽👍🏽

[@caribbeanpot]

exactly

[@jaydov4766]

Looks better than most oil down.

[@zaradimple3980]

Boy that looks real good!!!

[@claudettecrawford3550]

I like how you didn't load it with too much food.

[@doopdapps1088]

oil down!!!!!!!!!!!!....dat is soup...lol

[@zorakhanali2838]

Hey chris I usually make my oil down with just salt fish and breadfrut but I love your version but without the pigtail [sorry I am muslim] ....awesome!!!!

[@desireecordice]

That sounds great Zora.

[@wilginepierre661]

Aww I like ur way because the other recepies I saw, there no liquide in. I come from Haiti and we have something simular.

[@mikapooh3329]

Wilgine Pierre - What is the name of the Hatian dish that’s similar to Grenadian Oil Down? In Guyana we have a dish called Metemgee which is basically ground provisions & meat stewed down in coconut milk! 💜🇬🇾💯

[@wilginepierre661]

@@mikapooh3329 Put * haitian bouillon * in you tube you will find the Haitian dish that I know. But there’s probably an other one closest to your’s in other part of Haiti that I never taste. I use to eat the breadfruit mosly in fufu. Now I know so many things I could do with it but I’m not in Haiti. Anytime i go to Haiti I’ll try your’s but with more liquid.

[@mikapooh3329]

​@@wilginepierre661 Thanks for replying. I checked out the Hatian Bouillon videos. It seems like a soup w/ coconut milk as an ingredient. I’m specifically looking for dishes where the coconut milk is reduced down to an oil like Grenadian Oil Down, Jamaican Run Down, Guyanese Metemgee & Indonesian Rendang 😃 I’m sure they’re plenty more examples!

[@noneofyourbusiness1303]

Me: watching Caribbeanpot Me: walks to kitchen, open fridge Me: 😭😢😤😒 Me: walks back to couch

[@davidmitchell3039]

Excellent Chris,excellent.

[@sweettrinilife2095]

I made this an it was so delicious minus the pigtail an I love experimenting with food

[@caribbeanpot]

real nice dish oui

[@sandrikawalcott4870]

That look so good I'm jamaican and I've never had oil down before.... Not good...

[@deliamcphie2922]

Is the disrespect for me, it is our National Dish

[@frameofmind8800]

Only one oil down 🇬🇩

[@nickydreamgirlnd]

Wow love it

[@caribbeanpot]

thanks

[@lrussell6668]

It’s the stupes for me🤣🤣🤣. Looks delicious

[@sherrilsandy2847]

Let them know Chris, flavor is more important than tradition! Awaken the flavor, love it!! Bobby flay need to see you in action! You were born to cook and create delightful flavors!

[@arleneameerali4827]

Looks so delicious, love from Trinidad.

[@roseamberzine5846]

Thanks for the great video!

[@adamcartermi5]

Oh now you bringing up Grenada foods.

[@caribbeanpot]

got this across the Caribbean yea

[@troystpaul100]

@@caribbeanpot that dish not essentially a Caribbean dish. I lived in the Northern Caribbean within Spanish and English speaking cultures. No variants pf the oildown is there. Jamaican rundown might be close. The oildown war is a Grenadian trini thing..Also take into consideration, thousands of Grenadians migrated to Trini in the old days.

[@uddaside]

@@caribbeanpot I've always known this to be a Grenadian dish but have also heard other places do it. It looks good!

[@labayespice9854]

I’m Grenadian and I always Cringe when I see a video like this, but that food does look interesting🤦🏽‍♀️🙆🏽‍♀️🙅🏽‍♀️

[@caribbeanpot]

@@uddaside popular across the southern Caribbean

[@maggieconstable8245]

Am loving this giving a try on New Year's day but, I'll sdd my okros last minute. Thank u

[@caribbeanpot]

enjoy

[@sandrapersad4071]

This looks so delish

[@ann-mariescott9964]

Looks delicious!

[@roudiamondgh92]

Okay...so no hate at all. This looks delicious and I would love to eat this if I were sick and needed something warm on my belly. I think this dish needs a name of it's own though. It deserves that. Traditional oildown is sacred in Grenada, naming this dish as oildown is kind of messy IMO. Not just because it looks different, but because the cooking technique is different as well. I personally wouldn't call stewed rice and peas with browned chicken in a soupy broth Pelau...because it's not Pelau. Also, Grenadians have a version of brown stew chicken that is called brown down. Very similar to Jamaican stew chicken (which is really eaten in all of the WI, not just Jamaica) but the name is different because of the use of different ingredients.

[@sunburn1013]

Looks delicious

[@noneofyourbusiness1303]

Daum I wish my dad cooked like this

[@wanda01141]

Wow never heard of this.

[@kathyplaylistmay286]

Yommmy 😋😋😋, you’re making me salivating am in the uk and it’s cold I could demolish a bowl 🍲 right now 😂😂.

[@sweettrinilife2095]

An easy way I freeze breadfruit is cut it in desire pieced boil it in some salt water for about 10 mins cool completely then freeze.

[@caribbeanpot]

does it maintain it's texture after being frozen? I find it goes sandy

[@sweettrinilife2095]

@@caribbeanpot to me it taste perfect n does maintain its texture but u have to boil it in salt water a little first

[@peggyseabrun4829]

@@sweettrinilife2095 thanks for this tip will try it

[@authenticitymiami4704]

Michelin !!!!! 100% yessss💃💃💃💃🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@caribbeanpot]

kind

[@jenniferbeathea7906]

Wow sounds Devine😉

[@kay-473]

Chris if you Google Oildown this is the definition: Oil down is the national dish of Grenada🇬🇩🇬🇩, the "Spice Isle" in the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles within the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea.🇬🇩🇬🇩 Don't call it oil down, just call it ah cook up please..

[@elsacalliste2421]

Bro what cook up what oil down is the name (sorry if i came of rude )

[@kay-473]

@@elsacalliste2421 guess you haven't tried Grenadian oil down . Don't worry we won't hold it against you 🇬🇩🇬🇩

[@elsacalliste2421]

@@kay-473 umm i am grenadian from st andrews i love oil with all my heart so idk where u get this cook up thing from

[@kay-473]

@@elsacalliste2421 ok if you wanna call that Oildown be my guest. Next time you see a hen I hope you don't call it a rooster🐓

[@elsacalliste2421]

@@kay-473 bro what are u really from grenada