Carribean Night!

gtk10583

A great evening to be egging last night.  Grilled up some Jerk chicken, along with grilled plantains and Caribbean rice.  Hope the pictures do it justice.

tazcrash

I've never made plantains like that. Usually garlic water bath, fry, smash, fry again.
Do you do anything to them?

Griffin

Nice lookin' cook. Would love some details on the rice, even though it has pineapples and Mrs. G would probably 86 it before I got started. Got some details on teh jerk marinade?

gtk10583

In my opinion, grilled plantains are best:

• 4 very ripe plantains, peeled and sliced on the bias 1/2-inch thick
  
• 2 tablespoons veg oil
  
• 4 tablespoons light brown sugar
  
• 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
  
• 1 tablespoon honey
  
• 1/2 cup dark rum
  
• 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped cilantro
  
• Salt and freshly ground pepper

Coated the plantains with oil, grilled for 6-8 minutes at 350F dome temp, then coated them with glaze made from above ingredients.  Easy and good!

gtk10583

Nice lookin' cook. Would love some details on the rice, even though it has pineapples and Mrs. G would probably 86 it before I got started. Got some details on teh jerk marinade?

Got the carribean rice recipe from here:

http://www.food.com/recipe/caribbean-rice-56552

gtk10583

Oh, and Jerk chicken recipe from Nibble Me This:

http://www.nibblemethis.com/2009/06/jamaican-jerk-chicken.html

GooseEgg53

Where did ya get that grate set-up?

lousubcap

 

Where did ya get that grate set-up?

From the looks of it, it is the two-tier rack from www.ceramicgrillworks.com (will defer to OP)-I have that set-up and find it to be extremely functional and very well-built. The top grate is 15" in diameter (LBGE) and has adjustable height and pivots out to allow easy access to the 18" lower grate.  Based on a thread of a couple of weeks ago, the design I have (which allows full use with the platesetter in place) is no longer made and they have gone back to the original which has some height limitations.  If interested best to call the company on their toll-free # and sort it out.

gtk10583

From the looks of it, it is the two-tier rack from www.ceramicgrillworks.com

lousubcap is correct.  Got mine at the same website.  Love it on my
large BGE.  The height limitation is not so much a big deal while using
the platesetter- at least I have not run into any limiting situations
yet.  With platesetter, I was able to grill a spatchcocked bird on the
bottom while roasting ABTs on the top grate.

SteveWPBFL

The cook looks great but you get the A+ for the Caribbean blue plates!

tazcrash

Thanks for the recipe, sounds much healthier than my double fried one.

BTW, in the first pic, luving the pig salt & pepper shakers looking at the chicken like "whew, not one of ours!"

GooseEgg53

Thanks for the intel guys!!!

Newportlocal

Wow great post. Love that stuff. Will definitely be replicating this one. Years ago I wanted a drum barbeque like they use in Jamaica. I grow scotch bonnets every summer. Still thinking about growing their all spice.

eggo

All that great looking food done without a gasket. Or, maybe a rutland on top????

gtk10583

That's right, no gasket.  Burned it to a crisp from all our Friday night pizza cooks.  Have had no problems going gasketless.  Even have plenty of lump left over for the next cook after shutting the egg down.  BUT... I haven't done a low & slow cook yet so can't comment on that aspect.