Jerk Chicken & Pineapple Kebabs. 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.
When ready to grill, heat grill to medium-high and oil grates. Bring the flavors of the Caribbean to dinner. Here are the best-of-the-best jerk chicken recipes to kick up your recipe box. You can cook Jerk Chicken & Pineapple Kebabs using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Jerk Chicken & Pineapple Kebabs
- It's 800 g of chicken breast cut into chunks,.
- It's 1 of pineapple cut into chunky cubes, (or use defrosted frozen),.
- You need of Cooking oil for grilling.
- Prepare of For the jerk marinade:.
- It's 1.5 of onions roughly chopped,.
- Prepare 1.5 of scotch bonnet chillies, (can remove seeds for less heat),.
- You need 1 of good handful chopped thyme (or 2tsp dried),.
- You need 2 of crushed garlic cloves or 1tsp garlic granules,.
- It's 1/2 tsp of allspice, (or 4 tsp powdered jerk seasoning).
- You need 3 tbsp of white wine vinegar,.
- It's 2 tbsp of dark soy sauce,.
- You need of Lots of ground black pepper, to season,.
- It's of Salt to season.
- You need of You'll need:.
- You need of Wooden skewers, soaked in water.
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. In order to make jerk chicken, you need a real Jamaican jerk chicken recipe. Jerk chicken is synonymously tied to Jamaican cuisine, just as the hamburger is tied to American cuisine.
Jerk Chicken & Pineapple Kebabs step by step
- 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..
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. Hot, succulent Jamaican Jerk Chicken is a tropical treat. You'll love the heat and flavor of this fiery marinade. A great chicken dish, full of flavour with jerk seasoning, pineapple and sweet potato, served with rice and black beans.