Jamaican Jerked Pork And Chicken Food

JAMAICAN JERK PORK

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine the first 7 ingredients.
• Mix thoroughly.
• In a food processor combine green onions and garlic, peppers, onion, lemon juice, oil, soy sauce, malt vinegar and ginger.
• Blend until very smooth.
• Place pork in a glass bowl or large freezer bag, combine all ingredients and coat pork well.
• Cover and stir or flip often.
• Marinate for at least 8 hours.
• Take out of the fridge 1 hour before grilling.
• Preheat grill to medium high, skewer pork, 4 cubes to a skewer.
• Cook for 6-8 minutes on one side, flip and 6-8 minutes on the other.

AUTHENTIC JAMAICAN JERK CHICKEN

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Combine all ingredients (except chicken) in a food processor , and process until a smooth puree forms.
• Put chicken in a large bowl and pour marinade over. Stir chicken pieces to coat completely; cover and marinate at least 6 hours or up to overnight in the refrigerator.
• Prepare a gas or charcoal grill on medium heat (350 F to 375 F) for direct/indirect grilling. Remove chicken from jerk marinade. Place chicken skin-side down on the direct side of the grill. Cover and cook for 15 minutes until the skin is charred and crisp, controlling any flare-ups on the grill. Turn the chicken over and move to the indirect side. Close the lid, and cook an additional 10 to 20 minutes, removing pieces as they become done.

JAMAICAN JERKED PORK AND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut away the rind and most of the fat from the pork. Remove all the meat from the bones and cut it into pieces about one-and-a-half-inches thick and three or four inches long.
• Put the pork pieces and the chicken in a large bowl, cover and refrigerate until needed.
• To prepare the seasoning, heat the allspice berries over medium heat in a small heavy saucepan for three or four minutes, stirring often until heated through.
• Two tablespoons at a time, crush the berries in a mortar and pestle until all are cracked.
• In a medium-size bowl, combine the crushed berries, nutmeg, cinnamon, scallions, garlic, pepper and one tablespoon of the vinegar. Crush into a pasty mixture.
• Add the rest of the vinegar, oil, salt, pepper and bay leaves. Mix well.
• Turn the mixture over the pork and chicken and rub the meat with the seasoning, coating it evenly. Cover and refrigerate for two hours or overnight.
• Cook the jerked pork and chicken on the grill over hot coals or on a gas-heated barbecue as far away from the heat source as possible, at least six inches. Cover with the lid. Turn the meat every 10 minutes for about one hour, until done. If desired, halfway through the cooking time, toss one teaspoon of whole allspice berries into the fire.
• Cut the cooked pork into one-third-inch slices and serve with the chicken. Accompany with Pickapeppa sauce.

JAMAICAN JERKED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Rinse chicken pieces well in 2 cups of the vinegar, drain, transfer to 2 sealable plastic bags and set aside.
• In the bowl of a food processor combine remaining 1 teaspoon vinegar, scallions, Scotch bonnets, soy sauce, lime juice, allspice, bay leaves, garlic, salt, sugar, thyme, and cinnamon. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the jerk marinade for the Jamaican Barbecue Sauce.
• Rinse chicken pieces well under cold running water and pat dry with paper towels. Divide chicken pieces between 2 heavy-duty gallon plastic sealable bags and divide marinade evenly between the 2. Turn bags over to evenly distribute marinade, and refrigerate chicken for at least 24 hours and up to 2 days.
• On an oiled grill rack set about 6 inches above red-hot coals, grill chicken (in batches if necessary), covered, for 10 to 15 minutes on each side, or until cooked through. Transfer to a warm platter and keep warm until serving.
• Serve with Jamaican Barbecue Sauce, alongside fried plantains, rice, or bread of choice.
• Rinse chicken pieces well in 2 cups of the vinegar, drain, transfer to 2 sealable plastic bags and set aside.
• In the bowl of a food processor combine remaining 1 teaspoon vinegar, scallions, Scotch bonnets, soy sauce, lime juice, allspice, bay leaves, garlic, salt, sugar, thyme, and cinnamon. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the jerk marinade for the Jamaican Barbecue Sauce.
• Rinse chicken pieces well under cold running water and pat dry with paper towels. Divide chicken pieces between 2 heavy-duty gallon plastic sealable bags and divide marinade evenly between the 2. Turn bags over to evenly distribute marinade, and refrigerate chicken for at least 24 hours and up to 2 days.
• On an oiled grill rack set about 6 inches above red-hot coals, grill chicken (in batches if necessary), covered, for 10 to 15 minutes on each side, or until cooked through. Transfer to a warm platter and keep warm until serving.
• Serve with Jamaican Barbecue Sauce, alongside fried plantains, rice, or bread of choice.
• In a medium non-reactive saucepan combine all ingredients except rum and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Reduce heat to a simmer and continue to cook another 12 minutes, until sauce is thick and flavorful and coats the back of a spoon. Remove from heat and stir in rum. Cool sauce to room temperature before serving.
• In a medium non-reactive saucepan combine all ingredients except rum and bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve sugar. Reduce heat to a simmer and continue to cook another 12 minutes, until sauce is thick and flavorful and coats the back of a spoon. Remove from heat and stir in rum. Cool sauce to room temperature before serving.

JAMAICAN JERK PORK LOIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix jerk seasoning with the oil in a small bowl (this will thin it and cut the heat). Trim any excess fat from the pork loin, leaving a thin-layered wide strip down the center of the top. Evenly rub the entire pork loin with the jerk seasoning mixture. Place pork loin in a shallow greased roasting pan, and bake for 20 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 300 degrees F and continue baking for about 1 more hour, or until a meat thermometer stuck in the thickest part reads 145 degrees F. Remove from oven and let rest for at least 10 minutes before slicing.

JAMAICAN JERK PORK

Steps:

• In bowl, combine oil, garlic, chili pepper, thyme, paprika, allspice, pepper, cumin, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; add pork, turning to coat. (Make-ahead: Cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours.).
• Place pork on greased grill over medium-high heat; close lid and cook, turning twice, for about 18 minutes or until juices run clear when pork is pierced and just a hint of pink remains inside.
• Transfer to cutting board; tent with foil and let stand 5 minutes.
• Cut into 1/2-inch (1 cm) thick slices.

JAMAICAN JERKED CHICKEN AND PORK

Steps:

• Cut away rind and most fat from pork; remove all meat from bones, cut into pieces about 1-1/2" 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 refrig-.
• erate 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 1/3" slices and serve with.
• chicken.
• Accompany with Pickapeppa sauce.

JAMAICAN JERK BRINE FOR CHICKEN, PORK ....

Steps:

• Dissolve salt and sugar in hot water add remaining ingredients and 2 cups of ice cubes to cool it. Place a 4 pound cleaned and dried chicken in a freezer zip lock bag pour brine over chicken and top with water to cover. Close bag trying to remove as much air as possible. Brine in refrigerator overnight 8-12 hours. If not ready to cook remove from brine rinse well and place back in the refrigerator till ready to cook.
• Proceed with cooking method you desire.
• Roast, Grill, Rotisserie cooking to internal temperature of 175.
• Let rest 10-15 minutes before carving.

JAMAICAN JERK PORK LOIN

Steps:

• Marinade:.
• Put all marinade ingredients into a food processor and process until thoroughly chopped but not to the point that it turns into a paste or too liquid.
• Put marinade into a large sealable plastic bag (like a Ziploc bag).
• Meat Preparation:.
• Lightly score the fat layer of the pork loin.
• Place meat in bag with marinade.
• Marinate up to 8 hours in the refrigerator, turning occasionally.
• Heat oven to 375°F.
• Remove pork from marinade.
• Wipe most of marinade off of pork leaving some on fat layer to brown.
• Roast uncovered, fat side up, for approximately 1 hour (until internal temperature reaches 137°F).
• If the top gets too browned, cover for a few minutes, but uncover at the end of cooking time.
• Allow to rest at least 15 minutes before slicing.