Jerk Chicken

[Jerod Broussard]

Whippin' this up for an Around the World taste test at the school the kiddees attend.

[Henrik]

Good call. I would say the habaneros are very close to the scotch bonnets, both when comparing (scoville) heat and flavor profile. The scotch bonnets have a bit sweeter flavor, I think.

[DWCowles]

That jerk chicken is some pretty good stuff. I had to settle with Habaneros peppers because I couldn't find Scotch Bonnet peppers no where around here so i bought some Scotch Bonnet pepper plants.

[Henrik]

Looks great! I just discovered some jerk recipes and have been playing with the allspice/scotch bonnet combo. Seriously good eating. This post definitely inspires me to do more of that.

[Jerod Broussard]

That is pretty nifty. I can't stand rosemary (or ginger), but I thoroughly enjoy Thyme and even more so Allspice.

[josht138]

Looks great! Jerk chicken is my favorite. America's test kitchen has a great recipe for it and it looks similar to your marinade. They have you throw in a few tablespoons of rosemary thyme and allspice berries into the wood chip packet to give the fragrant smoke of pimento wood.

[The Burn]

Wow! Those are some pretty lookin' birds.

[DWCowles]

Jerod Broussard Gooooooooooood tasting too!!!

[Jerod Broussard]

Gooooooooooood looking stuff right there!!!!!

[DWCowles]

After 2 days of marinading in the smoker they go and 165 F later we got Jerk chicken...

[DWCowles]

I know it doesn't look pretty but here's the chicken marinading in the jerk marinade. I'm going to let it marinade for 2 days. Here is the recipe for the jerk marinade that I used:

4-5 green onions (roughly chop)
1/2 of a onion (cut in quarters)
3 Habaneros Peppers (Scotch Bonnet Peppers if you can find them)
4 Garlic Cloves
Chunk of Ginger
1 tbsp of Thyme (dry or fresh)
1 tbsp Peppercorns
1 tbsp Kosher salt
1/2 tbsp Cinnamon
1 tbsp Allsprice
2 tbsp Brown Sugar
2-3 tbsp Soy Sauce
2 tbsp Lime Juice
2-3 tbsp Olive Oil
1/4 cup White Vineger

Put all ingredients in a food processor and blend until smooth. Makes enough for 1 whole chicken. Here I took a whole chicken and cut it in half because I didn't have no Ziplock bags that would hold a whole chicken.