Jerk Chicken

Published
by
moby
on February 14, 2008
in food
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I was browsing through my RSS reader when I came across this:

Jerk Chicken
Oooo-la-laaa!!

I’m a real sucker for fried chicken and this hot and spicy dish will surely appeal to Trin. Not sure how hot the dish really is, though. You know lah, ‘ang moh’ tongue, chilli sauce is HOT to them.

Not sure what we can replace rum in the recipe with. Got ‘halal’ rum?

Ingredients

* 1/2 cup malt vinegar (or white vinegar)
* 2 Tbsp dark rum
* 2 Scotch bonnet peppers (or habaneros), with seeds, chopped
* 1 red onion, chopped
* 4 green onion tops, chopped
* 1 Tbsp dried thyme or 2 Tbsp fresh thyme leaves, chopped
* 2 Tbsp olive oil
* 2 teaspoons salt
* 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
* 4 teaspoons ground allspice
* 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
* 4 teaspoons ground nutmeg
* 4 teaspoons ground ginger
* 2 teaspoons molasses

1 (5 or 6 pound) roasting chicken, cut in half, lengthwise
1/2 cup lime juice
Salt and pepper

Method

Safety note. Scotch Bonnet and Habanero chile peppers are very hot and can cause extreme pain if they come in contact with your eyes. We strongly recommend wearing protective gloves while handling the chilies and the jerk paste.

Put vinegar, rum, hot peppers, onion, green onion tops, thyme, olive oil, salt, pepper, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and molasses into a blender. Pulse until mostly smooth.

Place chicken in a large freezer bag, or in a large roasting pan or baking dish. Pour lime juice over the chicken and coat well. Add the jerk paste to the chicken pieces and coat well. Seal the bag or cover the chicken in the pan with plastic wrap. Refrigerate overnight.

When you are ready to cook the chicken, remove chicken from the marinade bag or pan. Put the remaining marinade into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Set aside to use as a basting sauce for the chicken. If you want you can reserve a little of the marinade (once boiled for 10 minutes since it has been in contact with raw chicken) to serve with the chicken or to mix with some ketchup and a dash of soy sauce for a serving sauce. (You probably won’t need to do this unless you have a death wish.)

Preheat oven to 350°F. Place chicken halves in a rimmed baking pan, skin side up. Roast until chicken halves are cooked through, about 50-60 minutes. The chicken is done when the juices run clear (not pink) when a knife tip is inserted into both the chicken breast and thigh, about 165-170°F for the breast and 180-185°F for the thigh. Transfer chicken to platter. Tent loosely with foil to keep warm and let stand 15 minutes.

Cut chicken into pieces. Serve with black beans and rice.

[Recipe taken from this blog.]

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