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Jamaican Jerk Chicken

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"This chicken was *divine*. As suggested in the recipe I doubled the dry spices. I also used chicken thighs instead of breasts. The chicken had a nice kick but not so much that it hurt. Instead of grilling, I baked it at 350 degrees for an hour, then before serving I basted it again with the marinate and put it under the broiler for a few minutes. It was nicely charred on the outside and tender juicy inside. I served it with rice and beans and a mango salsa. Our guests couldn't get enough. This recipe is a keeper." - fuchsr

Yield: 4 Ready in 1 hours

Cuisine: CaribbeanMain Ingredient: Chicken

(4.6, 20) 95% would make again (reviews)

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 4
1 tbDried 4hyme
1 tbGround allspice
1 tbSugar
1/4 cSoy sauce
1 1/2 tsGround sage
1 cwhite onion; Chopped
4 6-ozChicken breasts; Trimmed of fat, up to 8-oz each
2 tbSalt
Juice of 1 lime
3/4 tsGround cinnamon
1/4 colive oil
1/2 cOrange juice
1 1/2 tsBlack Pepper; freshly ground
2 tbGarlic powder
3 Green onions; finely chopped
3/4 tsGround nutmeg
3/4 cWhite vinegar
1 Scotch bonnet pepper,; Seeded and finely chopped
1 1/2 tsCayenne pepper

Jamaican Jerk Chicken Preparation

In a large bowl, combine the allspice, thyme, cayenne pep- per, black pepper, sage, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, garlic powder and sugar. With a wire whisk, slowly add the olive oil, soy sauce, vinegar, orange juice, and lime juice. Add the Scotch bonnet pepper,. onion, and green onions and mix well. Add the chicken breasts, cover and marinate for at least 1 hour, longer if possible. Preheat an outdoor grill. Remove the breasts from the marinade and grill for 6 minutes on each side or until fully cooked. While grilling, baste with the marinade. Heat the leftover marinade and serve on the side for dipping. NOTE: This is the recipe as listed in the cookbook. Per- sonally, I would NEVER heat the leftover marinade and serve on the side for dipping, especially something that you had marinated POULTRY in. A MUCH better idea would be to reserve some of the marinade (BEFORE you put the chicken in it) and save it for serving. This recipe is also from Sugar Reef Caribbean Cooking by Devra Dedeaux. "This recipe is not as hot as you would find in Jamaica. For that authentic flavor, double the quantity of dry spices."

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  • Calories Per Serving: 461
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    Jamaican Jerk Chicken Reviews

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    This was nice and spicy. We all loved it. Paired it with peas and rice, yum!
    1 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 19 hours, ago
    Great jerk! Doubled spice mix and used a cut up fryer. Reserved some marinade for basting. Thanks for sharing.
    2 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 18 hours, 14 minutes ago
    This wins everyone over every time! Love this recipe. Best jerk I've ever had!
    3 months, 1 weeks, 6 days, 3 hours, 13 minutes ago
    Didn't taste good, the vinegar gave it a bitter taste to me!! Sorry my family didn't like this
    3 months, 4 weeks, 6 hours, 24 minutes ago
    I made this tonight and it was actually decent ! A little too sweet for me, but nonetheless amazing. I only marinated for 1hr. I have a while batch marinating in the fridge for a big dinner party tomorrow so maybe it wil ltaste even better! am
    5 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 17 hours, 47 minutes ago
    I fudged the ingredients a bit, but man, this was pretty good anyways! Give it a try!
    8 months, 4 weeks, 1 days, 2 hours, 16 minutes ago
    Thanks for supplying a great mix of ingredients to make a juicy, caribbean chicken. The tip to save aside some of the marinade from the raw chicken was ingenious as the sauce gave the chicken an extra kick for those that enjoyed more spice. I agree with fuchsr that a mango salsa was nice along side the jerk chicken.
    1 years, 1 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 23 hours, 57 minutes ago
    This chicken was *divine*. As suggested in the recipe I doubled the dry spices. I also used chicken thighs instead of breasts. The chicken had a nice kick but not so much that it hurt. Instead of grilling, I baked it at 350 degrees for an hour, then before serving I basted it again with the marinate and put it under the broiler for a few minutes. It was nicely charred on the outside and tender juicy inside. I served it with rice and beans and a mango salsa. Our guests couldn't get enough. This recipe is a keeper.
    1 years, 3 months, 6 days, 18 hours, 45 minutes ago
    I have not made this recipe yet but make sure all your ingredients are Jamaican brands such as Grace or Dunn's River not 'Tropical Sun' to give it that authentic Jamaican flavour
    1 years, 4 months, 10 hours, 3 minutes ago
    I love this recipe, in fact it's one of my favorites. My wife doesn't... My daughter loves it too.
    1 years, 4 months, 5 days, 4 hours, 53 minutes ago
    1 years, 8 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, 19 hours, 25 minutes ago
    My jerk chicken came out amazing...! I doubled all the spices for that authentic flavor, in addition to that, instead of grilling my chicken, I baked it at 350 degrees for an hr in a heavy cast iron skillet....the chicken was absolutely amazing...!
    1 years, 9 months, 1 weeks, 4 days, 8 hours, 16 minutes ago
    Great flavor. Change the recipe a little bit. Family loved it. Thanks
    2 years, 5 days, 12 hours, 16 minutes ago
    Awesome! This recipe didn't even last 30 minutes....best thing I've tasted in so far in all recipes I've made! First five star ever given as well. I didn't change a thing!
    2 years, 2 months, 3 weeks, 6 days, 19 hours, 35 minutes ago
    After cruising to jamacia, this is my first chance too do my own thing...great start
    2 years, 3 months, 5 days, 21 hours, 45 minutes ago
    Great flavor, my guests loved it, there wasn't any left!
    2 years, 8 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 21 hours, 22 minutes ago
    cant wait to try this,,,,sounds good, i like it hot and spicy, il use the habaneros, in the recipe, yumm cant wait, CCheryl, dont forget to use your medals,
    3 years, 6 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 1 hours, 51 minutes ago
    This was an excellent recipe, I adapted a few things, pulled the scotch bonnets and used some less spicy peppers. Added a tad more Lime. Added a small bit of Rosemary, cinnomon, and 5 spice. Used fresh Allspice and that is what really brought out the favors and married all of them together. Prep was not hard and in created a second round of my adapted spices and put them in a shaker for later use or on the chicken during the meal. BBQ w/ Mesquite wood. Turned out great!
    3 years, 6 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 3 hours, 49 minutes ago
    3 years, 10 months, 1 weeks, 3 hours, 50 minutes ago
    This was a fantastic dish! I used thighs because every authentic jerk chicken dish I've seen uses bone-in meat. Everyone loved it! Served with curried rice
    5 years, 8 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 6 hours, 32 minutes ago

    Tags

    1. WloSgaZGk
    2. Poultry
    3. Chicken
    4. Olive oil
    5. Onion
    6. Garlic
    7. Orange
    8. Orange Juice
    9. Green Onion
    10. Soy Sauce
    11. Lime
    12. Caribbean
    13. PNqfaGMfCHkKfzQt

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