Jamaican Jerk Chicken

How to Making Recipes Jamaican Jerk Chicken using 16 ingredients and 6 steps

Jamaican Jerk Chicken - Hot, succulent Jamaican Jerk Chicken is a tropical treat. You'll love the heat and flavor of this fiery marinade. This is more a combination of jerk and Chinese Jamaican roast chicken, which is another treat in and of it self. A whole chicken is cut into quarters before being coated in the lively jerk marinade and grilled or roasted. In order to make jerk chicken, you need a real Jamaican jerk chicken recipe.

It is probably the most recognized dish that has come out of Jamaica.

It is by far the most requested dish by tourists when they visit Jamaica.

You can have Jamaican Jerk Chicken using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients make Jamaican Jerk Chicken

1. You need 1 small yellow or white onion chopped.
2. Prepare 3 scallions.
3. You need 1 tbs brown sugar.
4. Prepare 4 large garlic cloves chopped.
5. Prepare 2 habaneros or scotch bonnet chile stem seeded.
6. Prepare 2 tbs soy sauce.
7. You need 1/4 fresh lime juice.
8. Prepare 3 tbs olive oil.
9. You need 1 1/2 tbs salt.
10. Prepare 1 tbs fresh thyme leaves.
11. It's 2 tsp ground all spice.
12. It's 2 tsp black pepper.
13. You need 3/4 tsp ground or fresh nutmeg.
14. Prepare 1/2 tsp cinnamon.
15. You need 1 inch fresh ginger.
16. You need 5 lbs chicken breast, drumsticks, thighs about.

Jamaican Jerk Chicken instructions

1. Blend all ingredients in blender till smooth.
2. Marinade chicken over night. It must be marinaded over night to get all the good flavors going..
3. Before grilling make sure chicken comes to room temp so they cook evenly..
4. Make sure the fire is not too hot and coles are grayish because chicken may burn easly due to spices. Grill about 3 to 4 minutes each side babysitting so it wont burn..
5. After getting a good char on the chicken move to indirect heat and cover the grill for about 30 to 40 minutes..
6. Internal temp for bone in chicken 165.

Jamaican Jerk Chicken - Smash the allspice as fine as possible using a mortar and pestle. An easy homemade Jerk sauce of soy, lime, orange juice and lots of sweet-hot spices makes a mouthwatering pre-barbecue marinade for chicken. Pour remaining marinade over chicken; toss to coat. When ready to grill, heat grill to medium-high and oil grates. Home > Jamaican Recipes > Jerk Chicken. Jerk Chicken video recipe Click on the video to watch Tracy cook some Jerk Chicken, scroll down to see the authentic Jerk Chicken recipe with pictures or scroll down to the bottom to read about the history of Jerk Chicken! You will need the following ingredients to prepare. Thank you and good luck