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How do you make jerk chicken?

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How do you make jerk chicken?

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2 3 1/2- to 4-pound chickens, quartered, or 8 whole legs, or 5 to 6 pounds bone-in, skin-on thighs
1 large bunch scallions (about 8), white and green parts
2 shallots, peeled and halved
4 to 6 Scotch bonnet chili peppers, stems removed, or habaneros
1 2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and coarsely chopped
6 garlic cloves, peeled
¼ cup fresh thyme leaves, or 1 tablespoon dried
2 tablespoons ground allspice, more for sprinkling
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon salt, more for sprinkling
1 tablespoon black pepper
½ cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon white or apple cider vinegar
 Freshly squeezed juice of 2 limes

At least 1 day before cooking, pat chicken dry with paper towels. Combine remaining ingredients in a blender or food processor and grind to a coarse paste. Slather all over chicken, including under skin. Refrigerate 12 to 36 hours. Bring to room temperature before cooking and lightly sprinkle with more salt and ground allspice.

Prepare a charcoal grill: Clean and oil grates, and preheat to medium heat using one chimney of charcoal. The temperature can start as high as 300 degrees and go as low as 250. For best results, coals should be at least 12 inches away from chicken. If necessary, push coals to one side of grill to create indirect heat. Add two large handfuls of soaked pimento (allspice) wood sticks and chips (see note) or other aromatic wood chips to coals, then close grill. When thick white smoke billows from grill, place chicken on grate, skin side up, and cover. Let cook undisturbed for 30 to 35 minutes.

Uncover grill. Chicken will be golden and mahogany in places. Chicken thighs may already be cooked through. For other cuts, turn chicken over and add more wood chips, and charcoal if needed. Cover and continue cooking, checking and turning every 10 minutes. Jerk chicken is done when skin is burnished brown and chicken juices are completely clear, with no pink near the bone. For large pieces, this can take up to an hour. Serve hot or warm, with rice and beans.

Source: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016056-jerk-chicken

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Jerk chicken Serves 6 Preparation time overnight Cooking time 30 mins to 1 hour Ingredients 6 part-boned chicken breasts For the sauce: 225g/8oz onions, quartered 1-1½ scotch bonnet or other chillies according to taste, halved and seeded 50g/2oz root ginger, peeled and chopped roughly ½ tsp ground allspice small bunch fresh thyme, leaves only 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper 120ml/4fl oz white wine vinegar 120ml/4fl oz dark soy sauce To serve: boiled rice 1 pineapple, pealed, cored and cut in wedges 4 limes, 3 cut in wedges, 1 juice only Method 1. Put all the ingredients for the Jerk Sauce in a food processor and whiz until smooth. 2. Place the chicken in a large shallow dish, pour over the sauce, cover and leave to marinate in the fridge overnight. 3. On a hot griddle cook the chicken for 25-30 minutes, basting now and then with the leftover sauce. As it cooks, the thick sauce will go quite black in places, but don’t worry, as it falls off it will leave behind a really well flavoured

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