Jerk Chicken Breast Recipe Grill
How to grill jerk chicken.
Jerk chicken breast recipe grill. Brush chicken breasts with the remaining 1 teaspoon oil and grill or broil basting with pickapeppa sauce until the meat is no longer pink in the center about 4 minutes per side. Rub the spice mixture over the chicken breasts i had the best luck doing this with my hands. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. This recipe is the best so far.
Meanwhile prepare a grill or preheat the broiler and broiler pan. The marinade is the same but the method and marinating time are different. You can save time by substituting 4 teaspoons of bottled minced garlic for the cloves in the rub. Cut chicken breasts in half lengthwise and cut into thin slices against the grain.
Easy grilled jerk chicken is the summer version of my slow cooker jerk chicken that has been super popular since posting it last month. I ve made jerk chicken a few times before. Grill the chicken covered over indirect medium heat for 30 40 minutes or until a thermometer reaches 165 for chicken breasts and 170 175 for thighs. Checked one breast by cutting into it with a knife.
Grill until chicken is cooked through turning occasionally and reducing burning temperature slightly if it s browning too quickly about 30 minutes. Rub over chicken pieces. I found this recipe and decided to try it based on the reviews. Cook through to 165 degrees.
Helpful 17 1 of 37 perfect baked jerk chicken. The recipe calls for an indoor electric grill but we also show instructions for broiling and outside grilling. I used habenero pepper instead of the jalapeno dried thyme instead of fresh 1 2 recipe calls for since it was dry added about six cloves of garlic and one kiwi. It wasn t quite done my bone in chicken breasts were on the larger size so i upped the heat to broil for 10 minutes without raising the pan the chicken was in.
We visit jamaica once a year but that isn t enough to get our fill of the awesome jerk chicken we eat in negril. In a small bowl combine the first eight ingredients. The chicken in this low calorie dinner is brushed with lemon juice and sprinkled with a garlic jerk and thyme seasoning mixture. Jerk seasoning here a spicy blend of garlic onion chiles thyme allspice nutmeg and cinnamon though recipes vary originated in jamaica and is traditionally used on pork and chicken.
Melissa 2 of 37 perfect. This easy grilled jerk chicken actually reminds me of a trip my husband and i took five years ago to jamaica. Preheat a gas grill to medium high heat about 400 degrees clean grill grates and rub lightly with oil using tongs and an oiled paper towel. Heat grill clean and oil grates.
You can layer the spice mixture on the chicken as thick or thin as you like there should be enough to cover about 4 large chicken breasts or 1 1 2 lbs.