Jerk Chicken Breast Recipe Oven

We visit jamaica once a year but that isn t enough to get our fill of the awesome jerk chicken we eat in negril.

Jerk chicken breast recipe oven. Add rice and cook over medium heat until the rice is tender but still firm 12 to 15 minutes. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. 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. Drain in a sieve and rinse under cold water to separate the grains.

The trick to making oven baked jerk chicken is to marinade it overnight then broil it in the oven for a crispy caramelized skin. Grill until chicken is cooked through turning occasionally and reducing burning temperature slightly if it s browning too quickly about 30 minutes. Cook through to 165 degrees. The flavor comes from the marinade which is the perfect combination of sweet and spicy.

Rub with lemon and 2 teaspoons creole spice or season with salt and pepper. I found this recipe and decided to try it based on the reviews. It s a lot easier to make jerk chicken at home than you think. Use a wire rack on top of the baking sheet if you have it as it helps in the cooking process and prevents the bottom of the chicken to burn on the baking sheet.

Sweet from the molasses and spicy from the. Slash the chicken breasts 3 slashes per breast each cut about inch deep on the diagonal. Heat grill clean and oil grates. Here is the recipe for the jerk marinade.

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. Spoon desired amount of jerk marinade over chicken and rub into scores. Blend all the other ingredients in a food processor and pour and spread over the chicken pieces and leave to marinate out of the refrigerator for 2 to 4 hours or in the refrigerator covered overnight. Marinating the chicken will deepen the flavour of the jerk spices into the meat.

Trim chicken of excess fat and pat dry with a cloth or paper napkin. Marinade refrigerated for 2 hours to overnight. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil. Make the jerk rub by combining the salt allspice brown sugar onion powder garlic nutmeg pepper ginger cayenne pepper cinnamon and thyme.

Put in a rectangular dish slashed side down. This is a simple two step recipe for caribbean jerk chicken breasts whir the marinade ingredients in a blender and pour over the chicken breasts into a large ziplock bag. Bake the chicken in a 375f oven until the chicken is cooked.