DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Jerk Chicken
Also known as: Jerked Chicken
Chris De La Rosa’s selected oven jerk chicken coats skin-on legs with attached thighs in prepared jerk marinade mixed with orange juice, scallion, Scotch bonnet, brown sugar, thyme, onion and optional ginger. The chicken roasts with its marinade and finishes under a broiler.
About Jerk Chicken
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Chris De La Rosa’s oven jerk chicken is a quick Jamaican-style version for cooks without a wood-fired setup. Chicken legs with attached thighs roast in an enhanced prepared marinade, then take on colour under the broiler.
Orange juice loosens the store-bought jerk marinade. Chopped scallions, Scotch bonnet, thyme and onion add fresh aromatics, with brown sugar and optional grated ginger stirred into the mixture.
The chicken keeps most of its skin after excess fat and skin are trimmed. Deep cuts into the thicker flesh let the marinade reach the pieces during this method’s short preparation.
Chicken and marinade go together into a baking dish. The pieces roast, are turned, and then finish under stronger overhead heat, with another turn for even colour.
De La Rosa describes juicy, tender chicken and a gravy suited to rice and peas. He presents the oven recipe as his practical adaptation of jerk’s smoke-and-fire cooking tradition, with orange juice selected for the fruity finish.
Ingredients in Jerk Chicken
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- Onionseasoning
- Garlicother
- Chickenother
- Allspiceother
- Seasoningseasoning
- Scallionseasoning
- Chilli pepperseasoning
- Gingerother
- Green onionother
- Thymeother
- Jerk Seasoningseasoning
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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- Countries & places
- Jamaica
- Cooking traditions
- Jamaican
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