Jerk Chicken
Jerk Chicken

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, jerk chicken. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Jerk Chicken is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Jerk Chicken is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

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 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.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have jerk chicken using 15 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Jerk Chicken:
  1. Get 2 fillets Chicken thighs (or breasts)
  2. Take 1 Olive oil
  3. Make ready 100 ml Coke
  4. Get 2 tbsp Maple sauce
  5. Take 1 Spices
  6. Make ready 2 tbsp a. Cajun spice
  7. Take 2 tbsp a. Jerk chicken spice
  8. Get 1 a. Allspice
  9. Prepare 1 a. Mixed herbs (dry)
  10. Prepare 2 tsp a. Garlic powder
  11. Prepare 2 tsp a. Paprika
  12. Prepare 1/2 tsp a. Cayenne pepper
  13. Prepare 2 pinch a. Cumin
  14. Prepare 2 pinch a. Rosemary
  15. Prepare 1 a. Salt and pepper

Hot, succulent Jamaican Jerk Chicken is a tropical treat. You'll love the heat and flavor of this fiery marinade. Try new ways of preparing chicken with jerked chicken recipes and more from the expert chefs at Food Network. Bring the flavors of the Caribbean to dinner.

Steps to make Jerk Chicken:
  1. Make cuts on the thick parts of the chicken using a knife. This helps it cook evenly.
  2. Arrange the chicken on a tray or a plate, and wipe off the excess water with paper towels. Lightly sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spread the olive oil and maple sauce on top, and let it sit.
  3. Mix all the "a" spices in a bowl.
  4. You can easily find cajun spice or jerk chicken spice at a store!
  5. Coat both sides of the chicken with the mixed "a" spices, and let it sit for about 1 hour.
  6. Tip #1: My favourite is the root beer in the middle in the picture. It has an unique flavour. You can use normal coke as well.
  7. Pour the coke over the Step 4 marinated chicken, and let it sit for at least 3 hours in the fridge. It tastes better if you marinate it for a day!
  8. Bring the chicken to room temperature 1 hour before cooking. If you don't do that, it won't cook evenly.
  9. Arrange the chicken on a baking sheet lined with parchment sheet, and put in the oven. Bake for about 17-25 minutes at 240℃.
  10. When the oil come out instead of liquid onto the paper, it's ready. Move the chicken around occasionally, and let the excess water evaporate.
  11. Serve with your desired vegetables, and done!

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. Try Levi Roots' sticky jerk chicken wings as a party nibble, or make more substantial jerk chicken thighs to fit in a flatbread or alongside rice and peas. Andi Oliver's jerk chicken and cornmeal waffles. Done right, jerk chicken is one of the great barbecue traditions of the world, up there with Texas brisket and Chinese char siu. It is Jamaica to the bone, aromatic and smoky, sweet but insistently hot.

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