Jerk Chicken Recipe Jamaican - Appetizer Girl (2024)

Who wants this Jerk Chicken Recipe Jamaican?

I want to keep this recipe simple today like mega simple. Cooking just chicken alone is not my thing. I always want it with other ingredients, like vegetables that will give unique flavor, great texture, and all the yummy sauce. But sometimes the plain oldchicken leg is enough for me. Especially this Jerk Chicken Recipe Jamaican.

Jerk- is a Jamaican style of cooking. It’s not the unpleasant kind of a jerk. This jerk Chicken Recipe uses a simple marinade. Therefore, no need for your food processor, you can use pantry ingredients that you have at home. Even this is not the authentic Jamaican Jerk, but, for those who want an easy recipe, this simplified way of making a tasty, awfully tender, delicious jerk chicken is for you.

For this simplified Jamaican marinade I use cayenne powder insteadof handling hot pepper. I added cinnamon, dried thyme, smoked paprika, ground black pepper, ground cloves, ground ginger, and brown sugar to contrast the spicy taste.

Tips in making Chicken Jerk delicious.

1. You can make this jerk marinade ahead of time and store it in your pantry. You can use it anytime you need it.
2. If you have plenty of time, you can soak your chicken in the jerk spicy marinade overnight. That’s a bonus!
3. You can also try freezing the chicken with the marinade for months for an easy weeknight dinner option.

Since the marinade is dry make sure that you add olive oil and mix well before rubbing it under the skin of the chicken.

What I love with this jerk chicken is the inner sweet-spicy succulent and brown textured outside. Above all, if your life is crazy busy with work, house chores you deserve this mouthwatering and refreshing recipe. A perfect combination of spicy and sweet tenderized chicken.

Try this Chicken Recipe and feel free to leave a comment below.