Jerk Chicken

onpoint456

A recent thread on jerk seasoning/chicken got me in the mood to cook some.

I had a little time on my hands so I decided to prep up my favorite jerk marinade. It's a little different from the paste you can buy, well worth giving it a go. 

Put thighs, drums and a couple breasts on the large raised direct at 350-375° for forty minutes (best only in for 20). Didn't have much to sserve with it so I whipped up seasoned black beans and carrots over brown rice.

Here is the marinade recipe, hour you enjoy.

6 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
4 scallions, coarsely chopped
4 Scotch bonnet or habanero chiles, stemmed, seeded, coarsely chopped
3 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
2 tablespoons fresh thyme
1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
1 tablespoon (packed) dark brown sugar
2 teaspoons allspice berries
1 teaspoon kosher salt plus more
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar

Purée 4 tablespoons oil and the next 10 ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Transfer 1/4 cup marinade to a small bowl and make sauce: Whisk in vinegar and remaining 2 tablespoons oil and season to taste with salt. Refrigerate sauce. Put meat in a glass, stainless-steel, or ceramic dish. Toss with remaining marinade. Cover and chill for at least 3 hours or overnight.

Remove meat from marinade, pat dry, and grill.

Spoon reserved sauce over grilled meat.

JohnEggGio

Nice - love the char on the chicken.  Someday...  I have a couple of pork tenderloins marinading in Walkerswood as I type.

the_crease

Looks great!  I’ll need to try your recipe.

Although I must say....as much as I like making my own rubs and marinades, for jerk I always go to walkerswood.  It tastes better than any jerk marinade I’ve made so far and its sooo easy.  Cheers! 

CPARKTX2

Nice!

onpoint456

the_crease said:

Looks great!  I’ll need to try your recipe.

Although I must say....as much as I like making my own rubs and marinades, for jerk I always go to walkerswood.  It tastes better than any jerk marinade I’ve made so far and its sooo easy.  Cheers! 

I typically agree, I love me some Walkerswood and use it more often then making this but really enjoy this one. 

If you have the time give it a try. Definitely marinade for 24 hours or more.

Gilabert

I have yet to buy a jerk chicken rub that I like, i give up on the jerk chicken rubs, im going to try yours, thank you for this. 

onpoint456

Gilabert said:

I have yet to buy a jerk chicken rub that I like, i give up on the jerk chicken rubs, im going to try yours, thank you for this. 

Please give it a go and let me know what you think.

Canugghead

Your recipe looks really good, I'm afraid to try it though, since I've already bought about ten years' worth of Walkerswood 

paqman

👍👍👍

paqman

Canugghead said:

Your recipe looks really good, I'm afraid to try it though, since I've already bought about ten years' worth of Walkerswood 

😂😂😂

dmourati

Looks very good.