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Hot, succulent Jamaican Jerk Chicken is a tropical treat. You'll love the heat and flavor of this fiery marinade. The best Jamaican Jerk Chicken including oven and grilling instructions!
Jamaican Jerk Chicken is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Jamaican Jerk Chicken is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook jamaican jerk chicken using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Jamaican Jerk Chicken:
- Prepare chicken legs
- Prepare light coconut milk
- Get lime
- Take jerk spice
- Take vegetable oil
- Get spring onions chopped
- Make ready basmati rice
- Take kidney beans
- Prepare frozen garden peas
- Take naan bread
- Prepare Mango chutney
Here's a fun bit of jerk history: the word jerk refers to a way of cooking that's popular in Jamaica. Prepare the chicken by removing the backbone using a pair of kitchen shears or a sharp knife. Transfer the chicken to a baking sheet and and flatten it down to spread the chicken out as much as possible. Jerk Chicken - a well-seasoned grilled chicken with a Jamaican jerk marinade that has the perfect balance of heat, sweet and savory.
Steps to make Jamaican Jerk Chicken:
- To start, place the chicken in a dish suitable for the fridge and prong each piece a couple of times with a fork. At this stage you will need: 1/2 of the lime, a tablespoon and a half of coconut milk and a tablespoon of jerk spice.
- Mix together the juice of half a lime, a tbsp and a half of light coconut milk and a tablespoon of jerk chicken spice
- Once mixed - massage into chicken pieces evenly and place in the fridge for 15 minutes (you can leave for longer if you want stronger marinade)
- Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 6. Place chicken in a small roasting tin and cook for 40/50 minutes, turning part way through.
- Mix together 200ml of coconut milk and 100ml cold water into a jug
- When the chicken has had about 30 minutes - put the oil into a deep frying pan and heat. Add chopped spring onions and fry to soften.
- Rinse the basmati rice and add to the pan with the kidney beans. Then add the water and coconut milk mixture and cook until rice is soft (note: you may need more water to ensure rice is cooked so monitor and taste!). When its nearly done, with 5 minutes to go - add the frozen peas.
- When everything is cooked, keep it warm while you toast some naan bread. Once thats ready, serve and enjoy spritzing the meal with the left over lime juice!
You'll want to make this all year round! Jamaican jerk chicken is flavorful, tangy, sweet, & juicy. It is full of delicious spices and is far from boring. It is loved in a variety of ways, however. In a large casserole with a lid, combine all ingredients except chicken.
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