Jamaican Jerk Chicken Recipes

Crispy and charred from the outside, but extremely juicy and succulent from the inside. Let’s travel today to the popular Caribbean island and try some lip-smacking Jamaican Jerk Chicken. 

Looking for some authentic recipes to execute at home? Well, you have stumbled upon the right food page! For today, our menu sticks on some authentic jerk cooking and we can’t wait to tell you more about it. 

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Top 5 Mouth-watering And Super Popular Jamaican Jerk Chicken Recipes! 

If you love spicy and flavourful food, then these chicken recipes are made just for you. Bring some flavors of Jamaica to your home, we were just beginning our guide to 5 extremely tempting Jamaican Jerk Chicken recipes. 

1. Hot And Crispy Jamaican Jerk Chicken 

How to make some good and hot Jamaican Jerk Chicken at home? Well, look no further as here is the recipe you need to follow. 

Ingredients 

• Medium-sized Chicken pieces 
• Onion 
• Green onion 
• Garlic 
• Ginger
• Scotch Bonnet Chillies 
• Fresh lemon juice
• Fresh thyme 
• 2 tbsp. Soy Sauce
• 2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tbsp. Apple Cider vinegar 
• 1 ½ tbsp. All spice mix
• ½ tbsp. Clove powder 
• ½ tbsp. Nutmeg powder
• ½ tbsp. Cinnamon powder
• 1 tbsp. Black Pepper powder 
• 1 Big Bay Leaf
• Brown sugar
• Salt as per your taste

Steps to follow

1. In a blender jar, put in all the dry and wet ingredients and prepare your hot jerk marinade. 
2. Let those freshly cut chicken pieces sit in the marinade for almost one whole day. 
3. Next, on a hot grill, put these marinated pieces of chicken and cook it for almost 45 to 50 minutes at 350°F.
4. Garnish Hot And Crispy Jamaican Jerk Chicken with some freshly cut lime on the side. 

2. Saucy Jamaican Jerk Chicken Wings 

Say bye to your boring and regular party snacks. Next time you host a party in your house, surprise your guests with some finger-licking and super Saucy Jamaican Jerk Chicken Wings.  

Ingredients 

• Chicken Wings
• 2 Onion 
• 2 Green onion 
• 7-8 Garlic cloves
• Habanero Pepper (use only 1 piece)
• Fresh Orange Juice
• Fresh lemon juice
• 1 tbsp. White vinegar 
• Fresh thyme 
• 2 tbsp. Soy Sauce
• 1 ½ tbsp. All spice mix
• ½ tbsp. Nutmeg
• ½ tbsp Cinnamon powder
• 1-2 tbsp of Freshly ground coriander powder 
• Coconut sugar as per your spice tolerance, can be replaced with brown sugar
• Salt as per your taste 
• Unsalted Butter 

Steps to follow 

1. Firstly, prepare your jerk marinade by blending all the above-mentioned ingredients. Except for your chicken wings and unsalted butter, everything needs to be put into a blender and then grind at low to medium speed. 
2. Once you get a thick paste-like consistency, use two-thirds part of this mixture to marinade your chicken wings. Let the wings soak this marinade for almost 10 to 12 hours. 
3. Next use one-third part of the mixture left and prepare a jerk sauce. In a pan, heat this mixture with some unsalted butter, some more orange and lime juice and reduce it down until everything is cooked evenly. 
4. Lastly, smoke grill your marinated chicken wings for almost 1 hour at 375° F. 
5. To give a spicy kick, toss these hot Jamaican Jerk Chicken Wings with your prepared jerk sauce. 

3. Finger-licking Spicy Jamaican Jerk Chicken

Looking for some super easy and quick Jamaican Jerk Chicken recipe? Well, this spicy chicken recipe is all you need to try today. 

Ingredients 

• Olive Oil
• Chicken legs
• Scotch Bonnet Chillies, minced
• Garlic, minced
• Fresh lemon juice
• Fresh thyme, chopped 
• Worcestershire sauce
• 1 ½ tbsp. All spice mix
• ½ tbsp. Nutmeg powder
• ½ tbsp. Cinnamon powder
• 1 tbsp. Black Pepper powder 
• Salt as per your taste

Steps to follow 

1. Firstly, prepare your dry mix with chopped garlic, scotch bonnet chilies, thyme, nutmeg powder, cinnamon powder, all Spice mix, salt and pepper. 
2. Pour in a bit of olive oil to bind all the dry ingredients and then use this dry rub to marinade your chicken legs. 
3. Let the chicken legs marinate for almost 1-2 hours. 
4. Next, heat some olive oil in a hot dish. Then add in the chicken legs and let it cook for 10 minutes. 
5. Once you get a good caramelized or brown texture on your chicken legs, pour in some Worcestershire sauce.
6. Lastly, cover the hot dish and put it in a preheated oven for at least 30 minutes at 220°F. 

4. Original Style Jamaican Jerk Chicken 

Perfect for a Sunday brunch, this chicken recipe will surely be your new favorite. The authentic Jamaican Jerk Chicken recipe you have been looking for is finally here. 

Ingredients 

• Medium-sized Chicken pieces 
• Green onion, chopped 
• Garlic, minced 
• Parsley, chopped 
• Coriander, chopped 
• Ginger, thinly chopped 
• Scotch Bonnet Chillies, minced 
• Fresh lemon juice
• Pimento seeds
• Black Peppercorns 
• Dried Chilli flakes
• 1-2 tbsp. of Honey
• 1 tbsp. of Brown sugar
• Salt as per your taste

Steps to follow 

1. Start with preparing your dry rub. In a stone hand grinder, grind some fresh pimento seeds and black Peppercorns.
2. Then add dried Chilli flakes, salt, brown sugar and honey to this dry mix. 
3. In the same hand grinder, put all the chopped-up ingredients and bind everything together. 
4. Use your prepared mixture as a marinade for the chicken pieces. Massage your chicken well and keep it overnight in the prepared marinade. 
5. Smoke grill on hot coal for at least 40 minutes until these chicken pieces become all tender and juicy.  
6. Serve this hot with a generous squeeze of lemon on top of it.

5. Barbeque Jamaican Jerk Chicken

This upcoming winter season, you need to have a splendid barbeque night. Make your party super special with some lip-smacking Barbeque Jamaican Jerk Chicken Maryland. 

Ingredients 

• Medium-sized Chicken pieces 
• 1-2 Onions, chopped 
• Scallions, chopped 
• Garlic, minced
• Ginger, roughly minced 
• Scotch Bonnet Chillies, chopped 
• Grapeseed oil
• Lime zest
• Lime juice 
• Fresh thyme, chopped 
• 2 tbsp. Soy Sauce
• 2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• All spice mix
• Clove powder 
• Cinnamon powder
• Brown sugar
• Salt as per your taste

Steps to follow 

1. In a food processor, add onions, scallions, thyme, scotch bonnet chilies, ginger and garlic. Blend everything until everything is ground evenly. 
2. Next into the blender, drop in the other dry and wet ingredients. Blend it again at low to medium speed. 
3. Put some generous cuts on your chicken pieces and marinade it well with the jerk paste.
4. Let the chicken sit in the marinade for a minimum of 4 to 12 hours.
5. Heat your barbeque grill and first, cook this marinated chicken for almost 8-10 minutes. 
6. Don’t forget to glaze your chicken pieces every now and then with some more marinade mixture and grill this until properly cooked and charred. 
7. Garnish this hot plate of Barbeque Jamaican Jerk Chicken with some scallions and charred lime. 

Key Takeaways

For all those people who love spicy food, Jamaican Jerk Chicken will definitely be among your favorite dishes. But again, in case you don’t have a good spice tolerance, you can always adjust the spice level here with some more brown sugar and a low amount of allspice mix and scotch bonnet chilies. Originally, in Jamaica pimento woods are used to make Jerk Chicken. But to get the best result here, use a coal griller or a medium-sized barbeque grill to make Jamaican Jerk Chicken at home.

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