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- From: Sam.Waring@f125.n102.z1.calcom.socal.com (Sam Waring)
- Subject: Jerked Chicken
- Message-ID: <752826059.AA02731@calcom.socal.com>
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- Date: Mon, 08 Nov 1993 22:04:14 -0800
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- Jerked meat is one of the Caribbean's most famous spicy dishes. There are
- a few tendencies which give Jamaican food its characteristic flavor, but
- one of the main things is the preponderance of the allspice berry among
- the spices used as a paste-type marinade.
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- Title: Jamaican Jerked Chicken
- Keywords: pork, chicken, Jamaican
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- 6 loin pork chops
- 3 chicken breasts, split
- 6 chicken legs (2 oz)
- whole allspice berries
- 1/4 ts fresh grated nutmeg
- 1/2 ts ground cinnamon
- 8 scallions, chopped
- 1 lg clove garlic, chopped
- 1 ts hot pepper, chopped
- 3 T red-wine vinegar
- 1/4 c peanut or vegetable oil
- 1/2 ts salt
- 1/4 ts fresh ground pepper
- 2 bay leaves, crumbled
- Pickapeppa sauce (see note)
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- Cut away rind and most fat from pork; remove all meat from bones, cut
- into pieces about 1-1/2" thick and 3" to 4" long. Put pork pieces and
- chicken in a large bowl, cover and refrigerate until needed. To prepare
- seasoning, heat the allspice berries over medium heat in small saucepan
- 3 to 4 min, stirring often; 2 tbs at a time, crush berries in mortar and
- pestle. In medium bowl, combine berries, nutmeg, cinnamon, scallions,
- garlic, pepper and 1 tbs vinegar; crush into pasty mixture. Add rest of
- vinegar, oil, salt, pepper and bay leaves. Turn mixture over pork and
- chicken and rub meat with seasoning, coating evenly. Cover and refrig-
- erate 2 hours or overnight. Cook jerked pork and chicken on grill over
- hot coals or on gas barbecue as far from heat as possible (6" or more);
- cover with lid; turn meat every 10 minutes for about 1 hour, until done.
- If desired, halfway through cooking time toss 1 tsp whole allspice
- berries into fire. Cut cooked pork into 1/3" slices and serve with
- chicken. Accompany with Pickapeppa sauce. Serves 6 to 8.
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- (Note: Can also be cooked in preheated 350 F oven on rack in roasting
- pan about 1 hour, turning once, but you won't have the grill flavor.
-
- (Pickapeppa sauce is a bottled Jamaican condiment available in better
- supermarkets and gourmet stores.)
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