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The best Jamaican Jerk Chicken including oven and grilling instructions! It's incredibly flavorful thanks to hours of marinating in a vibrant and deliciously seasoned marinade. Jerk chicken is a traditional Jamaican recipe which consists in chicken marinated in a spicy blend for a few hours and then grilled on a BBQ.
Jamaican Jerk Chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Jamaican Jerk Chicken is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook jamaican jerk chicken using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Jamaican Jerk Chicken:
- Make ready 4 chicken thighs or legs; bone-in
- Make ready 5 bunch scallions; trimmed
- Take 4 habanero peppers; tops trimmed
- Get 1 yellow onion; rough chop
- Prepare 3 clove garlic; minced
- Make ready 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- Make ready 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- Get 2 tbsp ground allspice
- Make ready 1 tbsp fresh thyme; minced
- Make ready 1 tbsp brown sugar
- Prepare 1 tbsp cinnamon
- Take 1 tbsp ground coriander seed
- Make ready 1 tbsp white pepper
- Take 1 tsp ground cloves
- Get 1 tsp nutmeg
- Make ready 1 juice and zest of one lime
- Make ready 1 salt
All varieties of meats and even vegetables are traditionally marinated in a paste. Transfer the chicken to a baking sheet and and flatten it down to spread the chicken out as much as possible. Jerk spice is the classic flavor of Jamaica, and jerk chicken is one of the island's quintessential dishes. While there are as many variations on the recipe as their are cooks, all jerk chicken has a.
Instructions to make Jamaican Jerk Chicken:
- Place all ingredients except chicken and oil in a food processor. Slowly pour in the vegetable oil while blades are spinning.
- Use half of the sauce to marinate the chicken from 4-48 hours.
- Wipe marinade off chicken and pat dry. Toss chicken with just enough oil to cover. Season with salt and pepper.
- If using a grill, set chicken skin side down to sear. Move chicken to a spot with indirect heat and baste chicken often.
- If cooking indoors, mark on a grill plate or sear the chicken skin side down in a large saute pan. Turn chicken over and baste with the remaining sauce. Throw the pan in a 350° oven for approximately 30-40 minutes or until chicken reaches 165°
- Alternatively, place chicken skin side up in a casserole dish and cover with the remaining sauce. Bake at 350° approximately 50 minutes or until chicken reaches 165°
Jerk Chicken is believed to have been conceived when the Maroons introduced African meat cooking techniques to Jamaica which were combined with native Jamaican ingredients and seasonings used. Jerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica, in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet marinated with a hot spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice. The key to jerk chicken that tastes like it does in Jamaica is to use pimento wood on the grill and make sure your meat gets those dark, crusty edges. This recipe adapted from Jamaican cookbook authors. Jamaican jerk seasoning packs a wallop of herby, fiery, and tangy flavors unlike anything else.
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