Jamaican Jerked Chicken And Pork Recipes

JAMAICAN JERK CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place chicken in a medium bowl. Cover with lime juice and water. Set aside.
• In a blender or food processor, place allspice, nutmeg, salt, brown sugar, thyme, ginger, black pepper and vegetable oil. Blend well, then mix in onions, green onions, garlic and habanero peppers until almost smooth.
• Pour most of the blended marinade mixture into bowl with chicken, reserving a small amount to use as a basting sauce while cooking. Cover, and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat.
• Brush grill grate with oil. Cook chicken slowly on the preheated grill. Turn frequently, basting often with remaining marinade mixture. Cook to desired doneness.

A TASTE OF JAMAICA: AUTHENTIC JAMAICAN JERK CHICKEN - A RECIPE BY EXECUTIVE CHEF DWIGHT MORRIS

Steps:

• Place all ingredients for base in a blender or food processor and process until smooth.
• Use to marinate chicken for at least 4 hours, but preferably overnight, before cooking on the barbecue.
• Grill on the barbecue until fully cooked.
• Add all ingredients listed for the Jerk sauce to a pan over low heat and allow to simmer for 30 minutes to an hour, stirring often. Add more juice or beer to thin the sauce, alternatively, simmer longer for a thicker sauce.
• Spoon this sauce over the cooked jerk chicken, serving extra for those who want a little more.

JAMAICAN JERKED PORK AND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut away the rind and most of the fat from the pork. Remove all the meat from the bones and cut it into pieces about one-and-a-half-inches thick and three or four inches long.
• Put the pork pieces and the chicken in a large bowl, cover and refrigerate until needed.
• To prepare the seasoning, heat the allspice berries over medium heat in a small heavy saucepan for three or four minutes, stirring often until heated through.
• Two tablespoons at a time, crush the berries in a mortar and pestle until all are cracked.
• In a medium-size bowl, combine the crushed berries, nutmeg, cinnamon, scallions, garlic, pepper and one tablespoon of the vinegar. Crush into a pasty mixture.
• Add the rest of the vinegar, oil, salt, pepper and bay leaves. Mix well.
• Turn the mixture over the pork and chicken and rub the meat with the seasoning, coating it evenly. Cover and refrigerate for two hours or overnight.
• Cook the jerked pork and chicken on the grill over hot coals or on a gas-heated barbecue as far away from the heat source as possible, at least six inches. Cover with the lid. Turn the meat every 10 minutes for about one hour, until done. If desired, halfway through the cooking time, toss one teaspoon of whole allspice berries into the fire.
• Cut the cooked pork into one-third-inch slices and serve with the chicken. Accompany with Pickapeppa sauce.

JAMAICAN JERK CHICKEN

Steps:

• Whizz all the ingredients for the marinade in a blender to form a thick paste. It shouldn't be too runny, similar to the consistency of sweet chilli sauce. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed. Will keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three weeks.
• Slit the chicken skin with a sharp knife, then put into a container. Pour over the jerk marinade, making sure the chicken is completely covered. You may not need all the marinade. Cover the chicken and place in the fridge for at least 4 hrs, but ideally 24 hrs.
• Heat the oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Put the chicken in an ovenproof dish, cover with foil and cook for 30-45 mins. Remove the foil and baste the chicken with the juices from the dish, then cook for a further 10 mins. The skin should start to crisp up. Check the meat is cooked by cutting into the deepest part of the chicken. If the juices run out red, return to the oven for 10 mins more, or until the juices run clear. Serve with rice & peas or any of your favourite side dishes.

JAMAICAN JERKED CHICKEN AND PORK

Steps:

• Cut away rind and most fat from pork; remove all meat from bones, cut into pieces about 1-1/2" thick and 3" to 4" long.
• Put pork pieces and chicken in a large bowl, cover and refrigerate until needed.
• To prepare seasoning, heat the allspice berries over medium heat in small saucepan 3 to 4 min, stirring often; 2 tbs at a time, crush berries in mortar and pestle.
• In medium bowl, combine berries, nutmeg, cinnamon, scallions,.
• garlic, pepper and 1 tbs vinegar; crush into pasty mixture.
• Add rest of.
• vinegar, oil, salt, pepper and bay leaves.
• Turn mixture over pork and.
• chicken and rub meat with seasoning, coating evenly.
• Cover and refrig-.
• erate 2 hours or overnight.
• Cook jerked pork and chicken on grill over.
• hot coals or on gas barbecue as far from heat as possible (6" or more);.
• cover with lid; turn meat every 10 minutes for about 1 hour, until done.
• If desired, halfway through cooking time toss 1 tsp whole allspice.
• berries into fire.
• Cut cooked pork into 1/3" slices and serve with.
• chicken.
• Accompany with Pickapeppa sauce.

JAMAICAN JERK PORK

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine the first 7 ingredients.
• Mix thoroughly.
• In a food processor combine green onions and garlic, peppers, onion, lemon juice, oil, soy sauce, malt vinegar and ginger.
• Blend until very smooth.
• Place pork in a glass bowl or large freezer bag, combine all ingredients and coat pork well.
• Cover and stir or flip often.
• Marinate for at least 8 hours.
• Take out of the fridge 1 hour before grilling.
• Preheat grill to medium high, skewer pork, 4 cubes to a skewer.
• Cook for 6-8 minutes on one side, flip and 6-8 minutes on the other.

JAMAICAN JERKED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine green onion, orange juice, ginger, jalapeno, lime juice, soy sauce, garlic, allspice, cinnamon, and cloves in resealable container. Seal and shake to combine. Add chicken and coat; marinate for 8 hours.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate. Remove chicken; reserve marinade.
• Cook chicken on the preheated grill until no longer pink in the center and juices run clear, turning halfway through, 12 to 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 170 degrees F (77 degrees C).
• Meanwhile, bring reserved marinade to a boil in a small saucepan. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes. Drizzle over cooked chicken.

JAMAICAN JERK BRINE FOR CHICKEN, PORK ....

Steps:

• Dissolve salt and sugar in hot water add remaining ingredients and 2 cups of ice cubes to cool it. Place a 4 pound cleaned and dried chicken in a freezer zip lock bag pour brine over chicken and top with water to cover. Close bag trying to remove as much air as possible. Brine in refrigerator overnight 8-12 hours. If not ready to cook remove from brine rinse well and place back in the refrigerator till ready to cook.
• Proceed with cooking method you desire.
• Roast, Grill, Rotisserie cooking to internal temperature of 175.
• Let rest 10-15 minutes before carving.