Curry goat anyone?

[Sundaychiller]

I have promised to make this for 20 people for a family gathering on Sunday and could do with some advice as never attempted it before!

Shall I buy meat on or off the bone and which cut is best leg or shoulder?
How do you make it come out tender?
Any idea how much goat to order please?

If anyone has any tips or a foolproof recipe I would be very grateful, thanks

why on earth would you choose a dish you've never cooked when catering for 20?! Good luck

Are you serious? Unless you come from a culture that often eats goat you might have massive left overs. It is a very stinky, tough and overpowering meat.

Maybe try posting in the food/recipes thread op, someone might be able to help

Have any of the 20 people cooked curry goat before and is there a tried and tested family recipe? That's what I would be doing - getting someone in the family who's been doing it for years to show me their recipe while we cook it together, or at least suggest a recipe.

Are you doing rice and peas as well?

Unless you come from a culture that often eats goat you might have massive left overs. It is a very stinky, tough and overpowering meat

I'm not and I love it

I would have though long slow cooking would make it tender.

Sorry, no recipes to offer, but my Indian neighbour always says she tenderises the meat first by marinating it in lemon juice and oil and slow cooks it. It's a very lean meat so it can be quite tough if you try and cook it the same way as lamb. Perhaps you might want to rethink? What about something like butter chicken?

I don't find it stinky or tough, you may be undercooking it perhaps? Properly cooked curry goat is amazing, but you should definitely do a trial run first!

In terms of tips - shoulder, bone in, cook for at least 2-3 hrs, and most recipes are broadly similar. I'd go for one of the authentic ones though, rather than Delia or Jamie's 'take' on it.

Bit of a tangent OP but had this dish cooked for us by our host family (Fijian Indians)who slaughtered goat in our'honour'during a visit to SouthPacific..a truly sad experience as we were vegetarian&they hadnt been told..awkward as fu@k

Goat is a delicious meat. Low and slow is how it gets nice and tender.

I've never had it off the bone though, I assume the bone gives it more flavour as it does with mutton or lamb.

Hairy bikers have a goat curry recipe I’d highly recommend. Very tasty!

It is a very stinky, tough and overpowering meat

Only if it's not cooked properly.

I've done it for eight (I know: "Pah! Amateur!") in a slow cooker. Goat was off the bone and bought from a local farmers' market. It was lovely and not at all "stinky".
Also saw James Whetlor barbecuing goat at a food festival. It was also delicious and showed that goat meat doesn't always have to be low and slow.
I'd treat it like a mutton curry; sure it'll be fine

Slow cook it with the curry seasoning, onion and scotch bonnet and a little water. If you are using curry paste or tomatoes and curry powder add those two thirds of the way through cooking.
Some people add Potato to thicken he curry sauce. There are different ways of cooking it and different countries cook it differently - even the different Caribbean countries al have slight variations.
You just need to find a recipe that you are happy with.
It is a dish that heats well so you could always cook it the day before and if it al goes badly you have tome to cook something else.

We love goat curry in our house, here are my top tips:

This is the recipe I kind of follow, but I add different things depending on my mood/who it is for.
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2369636/goat-curry

I prefer it on the bone as I think you get a lot more flavor, but it will not harm it to have it without.

The slower you cook it the better it will be, the flavors will really develop. I try and make it the day before, leave it in the fridge and rewarm when you are ready.

It's a great dish to serve up for a big group. Good luck!

Why goat curry? 😷 just why?

Can’t you change to something you’ve actually cooked before?

Do you know of these 20 people actually like goat? If they don’t and many people don’t, you arw going to be eating leftovers for a long time.

Google a recipe
Good luck, because you are going to need it

Thanks for the tips appreciate it, I have also never had stinky goat :)

I intend to cook it the day before so if it goes wrong I can sort it as you said Totally.
Yes Barbara will do rice and peas too but DP is in charge of that as his rice is always beautiful
I would do it in the slow cooker LaMarshallin but it won't be big enough so it's going to have to be in a pan ( or 2) on the hob.

Any other tips would be great thanks

BonAccordSpur what an awful situation what did you do?

Do you mean mutton? - Only ever cooked 'curry goat' with mutton. Halal is best - you'd have to pre-order round here. I get a mix of leg meat & bone for flavour.

RhubarbandGin that looks a nice recipe do you put the beans in? I was going to just put potatoes in mine and do Rice and Peas

never done goat curry but have eaten and enjoyed but have made Gizzi Erskine's slow cooked shoulder of goat several times and it is delicious - not at all tough! (worked very well made into shawarma the following day)

Hope it all goes well OP!

TheRollingCrone no definitely goat, I did wonder about buying the meat off the bone and just cook some bones with it to give it more flavour

You cook it similar to mutton, I cook on the bone for flavour. It's no more scary than any other meat

Curry goat is lovely! I haven't had it for years but always loved it, it's tender and gorgeous. I can't advise you on cooking it I'm afraid, I've only done something similar with lamb. I imagine you season and slow cook.

Do rice and peas with it.

There must be recipes online (if no-one else has already suggested that).