Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, jerk chicken & pineapple kebabs. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Score chicken and season with salt. Spoon desired amount of jerk marinade over chicken and rub into scores. This is one of my nephew's favorite grilled recipes.
Jerk Chicken & Pineapple Kebabs is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Jerk Chicken & Pineapple Kebabs is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have jerk chicken & pineapple kebabs using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Jerk Chicken & Pineapple Kebabs:
- Take 800 g chicken breast cut into chunks,
- Prepare 1 pineapple cut into chunky cubes, (or use defrosted frozen),
- Get Cooking oil for grilling
- Prepare For the jerk marinade:
- Take 1.5 onions roughly chopped,
- Get 1.5 scotch bonnet chillies, (can remove seeds for less heat),
- Take 1 good handful chopped thyme (or 2tsp dried),
- Take 2 crushed garlic cloves or 1tsp garlic granules,
- Prepare 1/2 tsp allspice, (or 4 tsp powdered jerk seasoning)
- Get 3 tbsp white wine vinegar,
- Prepare 2 tbsp dark soy sauce,
- Make ready Lots of ground black pepper, to season,
- Prepare Salt to season
- Make ready You'll need:
- Get Wooden skewers, soaked in water
Done right, jerk chicken is one of the great barbecue traditions of the world, up there with Texas brisket and Chinese char siu It is Jamaica to the bone, aromatic and smoky, sweet but insistently hot All of its traditional ingredients grow in the island's lush green interior: fresh ginger, thyme and scallions; Scotch bonnet peppers; and the sweet wood of the allspice tree, which burns to a. This jerk chicken recipe is from Paul Chung, who grew up in Jamaica and sampled jerk throughout the island. It's fragrant, fiery hot and smoky all at once. Hot, succulent Jamaican Jerk Chicken is a tropical treat.
Steps to make Jerk Chicken & Pineapple Kebabs:
- Add all of the marinade ingredients to a food processor/blender and make into a paste. Add along with the chicken pieces in a bowl and using a spoon combine together to coat completely. Marinade in the fridge for at least half an hour.
- When ready to cook, take the marinated chicken pieces and assemble the kebabs by alternating the chicken with the pineapple chunks. Heat up your grill or ready the BBQ. (I used a George Foreman grill).
- Drizzle the kebabs in a little oil if not BBQing then place on the hot grill. Grill until the chicken is cooked right through and the pineapple is nicely charred.
- Serve up and enjoy! Perfect with my Fireslaw (see previous recipe), or with rice and peas.
You'll love the heat and flavor of this fiery marinade. Jerk chicken is synonymously tied to Jamaican cuisine, just as the hamburger is tied to American cuisine. It is probably the most recognized dish that has come out of Jamaica. It is by far the most requested dish by tourists when they visit Jamaica. With its blend of spicy flavors, it is truly a must try dish whether you are visiting Jamaica.
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