Jerk chicken techniques?

bigmikej

I have a recipe for a jerk chicken marinade that looks great. I was wondering the best way to cook it on the egg? Spatchcock? V-rack? Direct or indirect? Smoke or no smoke? Temp? Approx. time?[p]Thanks for any suggestions!

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bigmikej,
Jerk recipe please.
Seth

RhumAndJerk

bigmikej,
Are talking a whole chicken or just breats?
RhumAndJerk

bigmikej

RhumAndJerk,[p]Whole chicken.[p]Thanks!

bigmikej

Seth Howard,[p]Reprinted from Mr. Wise's recipe compilation:[p]Killer Jerk Marinade
Posted by Turkey (Mark) on June 01, 2001
Been making this for years and the BGE made it the best yet. Wife and kid are out of town this
weekend so I'm making it the way I like it, HOT! You can do what you want with the peppers, the
recipe my mom gave me just said 1 "hot" pepper.
Ingredients:
1 medium onion (quartered)
2-3 jalapeño peppers (or other peppers)
3 TBS Soy Sauce
1 TBS Olive Oil
1 TBS Vinegar
3-4 TBS Spice Mix (below)
Spice Mix Ingredients
4 TBS Thyme (fresh or dried)
2 TBS salt
4 TBS Sugar
2 TBS Allspice
1 TBS ground cinnamon
1 TBS ground nutmeg
2 TBS ground black pepper
Preparation:
Take 3-4 TBS of the spice mix below (I use 4) and put in a food processor with onion (quartered),
hot peppers, soy sauce, oil and vinegar. Pulse until everything is chopped fine but not liquefied.

RhumAndJerk

bigmikej,
Brine the chicken as you normally would. To the brine add some red pepper flakes and some whole Allspice. Make some of the sugar in the brine recipe brown sugar. I guess that I would brine it overnight.[p]Let the jerk marinadesit on the chicken overnight or 24 hours.
Here is the part where you could do things many different ways. I guess that I would spatchcock the chicken and grill it directly. I would toss on some woodchips at the beginning of the cook. You will not get a heavy smoke flavor, but it will be noticeable. [p]Hope this helps,
RhumAndJerk[p]