Best Jamaican Style Chicken Recipes

GRILLED CHICKEN AND PLANTAINS, JAMAICAN-STYLE

Steps:

• Brush grill rack with oil. Prepare barbecue(medium heat). Puree molasses and next 7 ingredients in blender until smooth. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Spoon 1/4 cup sauce into pie dish. Add chicken; turn to coat. Marinate 15 minutes.
• Brush plantains with oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill plantains and chicken, skin side down, 8 minutes. Turn chicken and plantains over. Grill until chicken is cooked through and plantains are tender, 8 minutes for chicken and 4 minutes for plantains. Serve plantains and chicken drizzled with remaining sauce.

JAMAICAN STYLE CURRY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat; cook and stir onion, tomato, garlic, curry powder, habanero pepper, and thyme until onion is golden, about 7 minutes. Stir in chicken and cook until chicken is lightly browned, about 5 minutes.
• Pour water into the skillet, reduce heat to low; cover and simmer until chicken is no longer pink at the center, about 30 minutes. Season with salt.

CURRY CHICKEN JAMAICAN STYLE

Steps:

• Chop chicken into serving pieces, and wash with vinegar or lime, then set aside.
• In a large cooking pot heat up the cooking oil. When oil is hot, add in the garlic, black pepper, onion, scallions, and fresh thyme.
• Fry for about 3 minutes while stirring, then add curry powder and continue to fry on medium heat for about 4 more minutes.
• Add chicken pieces, and salt, stir and cover with a tight fitting lid.
• Cook for about 5 minutes. then lift lid and stir again. Check again in 10 minutes. The chicken should have made enough of it's own liquid by now to cook in it's own juice, if not, then add a couple tablespoons of water. Cook for 20 more minutes, then add a whole scotch bonnet pepper (just lay the pepper on top of chicken, do not puncture it or the food will be too spicy!), put lid back on, and cook for five more minutes or until chicken is tender. Serve over hot white rice.

JAMAICAN STYLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients, except the chicken in a bowl (food processor works best).
• Mix well, until smooth.
• Place chicken pieces in zip-lock bag.
• Pour sauce mixture over chicken & close the bag.
• Lay flat on a plate or whatever you have.
• Refridgerate for AT LEAST 4hours -- overnight is preferred, for best flavor.
• Turn bag over, every couple hours if possible.
• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Lightly coat a 9 X 13 pan with cooking spray.
• Place chicken in a single layer in the pan.
• Pour remaining sauce over all.
• Bake, uncovered, 1 to 1½ hours.

GRILLED CHICKEN AND PLANTAINS, JAMAICAN-STYLE

Steps:

• Brush grill with oil. Prepare grill to medium heat. Puree molasses and next 7 ingredients in a blender until smooth. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Spoon 1/4 cup sauce into a pie plate. Add chicken and turn to coat. Marinate for 15 minutes.
• Brush plantains with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill plantains and chicken (skin side down), for 8 minutes. Turn chicken and plantains over. Grill until chicken is cooked through approximately 8 minutes (for chicken) and 4 minutes for plantains. Serve chicken and plantains and drizzle with remaining sauce.

JAMAICAN JERK PIT CHICKEN (BACKYARD STYLE)

Steps:

• Paste:
• Blend all the ingredients for the paste together in a blender. Pour into a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let sit for 24 hours.
• Using a backyard grill, start your charcoal with charcoal chimney (Never use lighter fluid). When all the coals are covered in a fine grey ash, dump them on 1 side of your grill. Using a stick or spatula push all the coals into a pile. Put your grate on the grill.
• Chicken:
• Open the beer and pour about a quarter of the beer out of each can. Literally rub the chicken cavities and exterior of the chickens with the jerk paste. Carefully put each can of beer into the cavity of the chickens, bring the legs around the can and truss together. Put the chickens on the opposite side of the fire. Sometimes you may need to put a brick or rock on the backside of the chicken to keep it stable and upright. Put the lid on the grill and make sure the vent holes are directly above the chicken to provide adequate drafting of heat and smoke over the bird. Keep the vent holes open all the way.
• Cook chickens for 4 to 5 hours at a temperature of 225 degrees F. You will want to rotate the birds a quarter turn every hour and add coals, when needed, to maintain the temperature. Be careful not to add too many coals at once when attempting to bring your temperature back up. You may get it too hot and will have a tough time bringing it back down. Open the lid only when you have to check the temperature.
• Remove the chickens from the grill and set aside for 10 minutes. Discard the beer cans and refrigerate the chicken until ready to serve.

GRILLED CHICKEN AND PLAINTAINS, JAMAICAN-STYLE

Steps:

• 1. Brush grill with oil. Prepare grill to medium heat. Puree molasses and next 7 ingredients (red wine vinegar through ground allspice)in blender until smooth.
• 2. Season chicken with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Spoon 1/4 cup sauce into a pie plate. Add chicken and turn to coat. Marinate for 15 minutes. Brush plantains with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• 3. Grill plantains and chicken (skin side down), for 8 minutes. Turn chicken and plantains over and grill until chicken is cooked through - approximately 8 minutes (for chicken) and 4 minutes (for plantains).
• 4. serve chicken and plantains and drizzle wth remaining sauce.

JAMAICAN STYLE JERK CHICKEN RECIPE RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• Special equipment: a meat thermometer Put the olive oil, lime juice, soy sauce, allspice, sugar, thyme, salt, black pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, garlic, scallions, jalapenos and ginger in a food processor and blend until smooth. Put the chicken into resealable bags and evenly distribute the marinade among the bags. Seal tightly, thoroughly coat the chicken in the marinade and marinate, refrigerated, for at least 30 minutes but preferably overnight. NOTE: I recommend at least hours to allow for the spices to flavor the chicken. Prepare a grill for medium-high heat. NOTE: We used our Weber grill to prepare this chicken, and the flavor was amazing! Grill the chicken skin-side down on direct heat, turning once halfway through, until both sides are browned, 10 to 15 minutes. NOTE: Watch closely, as there is sugar in the marinade and the chicken can burn very quickly. Transfer the chicken pieces to indirect heat and grill until a meat thermometer registers 165 degrees F and the juices run clear, 15 to 20 minutes more. We served this with mashed banana plantains and a black bean and roasted sweet potato salad. Excellent!

GRILLED CHICKEN AND PLANTAINS JAMAICAN STYLE

Steps:

• 1. Brush grill rack with oil. Prepare barbecue(medium heat). 2. Puree molasses and next 7 ingredients in blender until smooth. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Spoon 1/4 cup sauce into pie dish. Add chicken; turn to coat. Marinate 15 minutes. 3. Brush plantains with oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill plantains and chicken, skin side down, 8 minutes. Turn chicken and plantains over. Grill until chicken is cooked through and plantains are tender, 8 minutes for chicken and 4 minutes for plantains. Serve plantains and chicken drizzled with remaining sauce.

JAMAICAN-STYLE BBQ CHICKEN

Steps:

• Combine all of the marinade ingredients in a food processor and puree to a paste.
• Put the chicken in a sturdy plastic bag and marinate in the refrigerator for 12 to 24 hours, turning the bag a couple of times.
• Grill or broil until chicken is cooked through.

JAMAICAN-STYLE GRILLED BARBECUE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except chicken until blended. Pour half over chicken in shallow dish; turn to evenly coat both sides of each breast. Refrigerate 1 hour to marinate.
• Heat grill to medium heat. Remove chicken from marinade; discard marinade.
• Grill chicken 6 min. on each side. Brush with half of the remaining barbecue sauce mixture; grill 2 min. or until chicken is done (165ºF), turning and brushing with remaining barbecue sauce mixture after 1 min.