Jamaican Jerk Chicken

Steps Cook Recipes Jamaican Jerk Chicken using 17 ingredients and 6 steps

Jamaican Jerk Chicken - Find Jamaican Jerk Chicken Recipe Now! 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.

Jerk chicken is synonymously tied to Jamaican cuisine, just as the hamburger is tied to American cuisine.

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

You can cook Jamaican Jerk Chicken using 17 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients make Jamaican Jerk Chicken

1. It's 4 chicken thighs or legs; bone-in.
2. It's 5 bunch scallions; trimmed.
3. You need 4 habanero peppers; tops trimmed.
4. You need 1 yellow onion; rough chop.
5. It's 3 clove garlic; minced.
6. It's 3/4 cup vegetable oil.
7. You need 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar.
8. You need 2 tbsp ground allspice.
9. It's 1 tbsp fresh thyme; minced.
10. You need 1 tbsp brown sugar.
11. Prepare 1 tbsp cinnamon.
12. It's 1 tbsp ground coriander seed.
13. It's 1 tbsp white pepper.
14. It's 1 tsp ground cloves.
15. You need 1 tsp nutmeg.
16. It's 1 juice and zest of one lime.
17. It's 1 salt.

Jamaican Jerk Chicken instructions

1. Place all ingredients except chicken and oil in a food processor. Slowly pour in the vegetable oil while blades are spinning..
2. Use half of the sauce to marinate the chicken from 4-48 hours..
3. Wipe marinade off chicken and pat dry. Toss chicken with just enough oil to cover. Season with salt and pepper..
4. If using a grill, set chicken skin side down to sear. Move chicken to a spot with indirect heat and baste chicken often..
5. 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°.
6. 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°.

Jamaican Jerk Chicken - The jerk seasoning can be made a day in. 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! Thank you and good luck