Jamaican jerked chicken
6 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| There are a few tendencies which give Jamaican food its characteristic | ||
| Flavor, but one of the main things is the preponderance of the allspice | ||
| Berry among the spices used as a paste-type marinade. | ||
| 6 | eaches | Loin pork chops |
| 6 | eaches | Chicken legs 2 oz |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Fresh grated nutmeg |
| 8 | eaches | Scallions, chopped |
| 1 | teaspoon | Hot pepper, chopped |
| ¼ | cup | Peanut or vegetable oil |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Fresh ground pepper |
| Pickapeppa sauce (see note) | ||
| 3 | eaches | Chicken breasts, split, |
| Whole allspice berries | ||
| ½ | teaspoon | Ground cinnamon |
| 1 | large | Clove garlic, chopped |
| 3 | tablespoons | Red-wine vinegar |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| 2 | eaches | Bay leaves, crumbled |
Directions
NOTE: JERKED MEAT IS ONE OF
Cut away rind and most fat from pork; remove all meat from bones, cut into pieces about 1-½" thick and 3" to 4" long. Put pork pieces and chicken in a large bowl, cover and refrigerate until needed. To prepare seasoning, heat the allspice berries over medium heat in small saucepan 3 to 4 min, stirring often; 2 tbs at a time, crush berries in mortar and pestle. In medium bowl, combine berries, nutmeg, cinnamon, scallions, garlic, pepper and 1 tbs vinegar; crush into pasty mixture. Add rest of vinegar, oil, salt, pepper and bay leaves. Turn mixture over pork and chicken and rub meat with seasoning, coating evenly. Cover and refrigerate 2 hours or overnight. Cook jerked pork and chicken on grill over hot coals or on gas barbecue as far from heat as possible (6" or more); cover with lid; turn meat every 10 minutes for about 1 hour, until done. If desired, halfway through cooking time toss 1 tsp whole allspice berries into fire. Cut cooked pork into ⅓" slices and serve with chicken. Accompany with Pickapeppa sauce. Serves 6 to 8. (Note: Can also be cooked in preheated 350 F oven on rack in roasting pan about 1 hour, turning once, but you won't have the grill flavor.
(Pickapeppa sauce is a bottled Jamaican condiment available in better supermarkets and gourmet stores.) Submitted By SAM WARING On 11-14-93 (09:34) Submitted By MARY LOU KAKANOWSKI On 11-29-94