Jerk Chicken Success!!

cheech5001 · June 2013

Everything turned out great for dinner last night!

I followed this recipe for the Jerk Marinadehttp://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1145893/authentic-jamaican-jerk-recipe and used one whole scotch bonnet with seeds. It gave a nice, but not overwhelming heat, and I had some homemade trini Scotch Bonnet hot sauce on the side for those of us who wanted a little extra kick.

Here's the start of the marinade on Friday night.

For dinner on Saturday started with some Pig Shots:

Here they are cooked:

On goes the chicken, after marinating for 24 hours. Using Pimento wood for smoke, which does make a huge difference!

Cooking the Festival- it was a bit "tough", SWMBO suggests I overworked the dough when I was making it, but the flavour was all Jamaica!!

Chicken is done:

And plated with Jamaican Rice and Peas, Corn rolled in butter/ancho/lime and grilled, and Festival.

Eggucator · June 2013

Looks awesome.

fljoemon · June 2013

looks great ..is this done direct and if so what temperature? I am definitely going to order some Pimento wood chunks from pimentowood.com. That is the only place I have found so far and it is quiet pricey.