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12-09-2006, 11:48 PM
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|  Jerk Chicken This recipe is for 4 servings. 4 chick thighs with drumsticks 4 chicken wings, drums and wingettes together. 1/2 whole onion cut up 5 gloves garlic ginger, about the same amount as the garlic, think weight wise. 1/2 lime worth of juice 1/2 orange worth of juice 1 or 2 Habanero peppers seeded (depends on how spicy you like Cilantro. bunch worth. (see picture) 1 TBS olive oil 1 tsp soy sauce 1 TBS brown sugar 1/2 TBS kosher salt 1 tsp freshly crushed black pepper 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp all spice 1 tsp cloves For the glaze 2 TBS white vinegar 2 TBS red vinegar 2 TBS brown sugar 2 TBS honey 1 orange worth of juice and zest Start out by putting all your dry spices together in a bowl, set aside. Put some gloves on and cut up the onion, ginger, garlic, and habanero pepper/s throw everything in a food processor or blender. add the soy, oil, 1/2 orange. and cilantro and kick it on till it's nicely mixed up. Put you chicken into 2 zip lock bags, 2 thighs and 2 wings in each bag and add half of newly blended processed mix to each ziplock bag and remove as much air as you can, then give the chicken a nice rub down/covering. Place the chicken into a container and put it at the lowest spot possible in your fridge for at least 1 hour, over night is better. When the waiting time is up, turn the oven to 350o, remove your chicken from the fridge, and heat up a pan, sear the chicken till it's got a nice crust 2 thighs and 2 wings at a time. *maillard reaction* then place the chicken onto a baking sheet, insert a food thermometer into the chicken, and put it in the oven. Or if you're like me and only want to do half of the batch, just place the same pan you seared the chicken in, into the oven. cook till the chicken reaches 170o. While the chicken is cooking put together the glaze. white and red vinegars, sugar, honey, 1/2 pepper and orange juice/zest. reduce this sauce till it's some what thick. when the chicken is done, brush the chicken with the glaze and place the chicken under the broiler till it's nice and glazed. I served this with Mango Salsa Mango Salsa NOTE If you have access to a grill, place the chicken on the grill for about 6-8 minutes each side. As always, use a food thermometer and cook till its 170o grill would no doubt be better then doing it in the oven, but you gotta do what you gotta do. Also note, I've never had jerked chicken before and this recipe was put together based on the 10+ recipes I researched online and in books. I thought it tasted darn good =) but I'm not sure just how legit this in the world of jerk chicken. Based or the recipes I've used nothing out side of the normal jerked spices and fluids seen in other random recipes. |
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