Jerk Chicken Recipe
Jerk chicken is a popular Jamaican recipe, where the marinated chicken is slow cooked or grilled. It is a super flavourful and spicy chicken recipe perfect for lunch, dinner or special occasions. It is so easy to make and perfect for busy nights. A special sweet, spicy marination sauce is prepared and spread all over the chicken pieces , then baked or grilled until tender and juicy. This delicious jerk chicken can be enjoyed with hot rice, pulav, pasta or with salads.
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Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 437kcal
Equipment
- oven
Ingredients
- 4 large Chicken Thighs with skin is best
For Marination
- medium Onion peeled & chopped
- 1 inch Ginger peeled and chopped
- 6 cloves Garlic peeled
- 4 no Green Chillies
- 2 teaspoon Red Chilli Powder
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon Ground Cloves
- 3 tablespoon Honey
- 4 tablespoon Oil
- 2 tablespoon Lemon Juice
- 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Take all marination ingredients in a blender and make it into a fine puree.
- Take your chicken and make slashes all over it.
- Pour marination over it and mix well. Leave it to marinate overnight or for 2 to 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 180 degree C.
- Line a baking tray with foil or parchment. Place chicken in it and bake for 30 to 45 mins till done.
- In the last 1 min, turn the grill on to 250 degree C, and grill this for 1 mins till it gets nice colour over it.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servings | Calories: 437kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 17g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 111mg | Sodium: 360mg | Potassium: 306mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 387IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 1mg
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