Authentic Jerk Chicken
Authentic Jerk Chicken
Ingredients:
Spicy homemade jerk marinade/sauce
1 big bunch of green onions or a couple smaller bunches
2 Tbls soy sauce
2 Tbls vegetable oil
1 Tbls salt
Juice of 1 lime
1/2 tsp dried thyme, or 1 Tbls fresh thyme
1tbls allspice
1-10 scotch bonnets. Start with a small amount and add more lately if you think it needs it.
1 thumb sized knuckle of ginger (don’t worry about peeling it; just blend it up skin and all!)
3 cloves of garlic
1/2 a small onion
2-3 Tbls of brown sugar
Cooking Instructions:
Just mix it all into the blender and give it a puree. Don’t add more water, if you’re having trouble getting it all blended, just keep turning off the blender, stirring it up, and trying again. Eventually it will “take” and start to blend up nicely.
Now taste it. It should taste pretty salty, but not unpleasantly puckeringly salty. If you think it’s perfect, and would enjoy it as a table sauce, add a bit more salt. You want this to sort of brine the meat as it marinates. It won’t taste too salty when you eat it with the meat, it will taste great!
You can also now throw in more chiles if it’s not spicy enough for you. If it tastes too salty and sour, try adding in a bit more brown sugar until things seem good and balanced.
Authentic jerked meats are not exactly grilled as we think of grilling, they are sort of smoke grilled. To get a more authentic jerk experience, add some wood chips to your BBQ, and cook your meat over slow indirect heat; or just get em going over high heat and enjoy a beautiful jerk chicken breast in 10 minutes!
