Jerk Chicken Recipe Oven With Jerk Dipping Sauce Recipe
This jerk chicken recipe oven with dipping sauce is a family favorite! It's easy to make, kid friendly, bursting with flavor and makes the whole house smells delicious. Made with chicken quarters and marinated with homemade kid - friendly jerk marinade for at least 3 hours. No scotch bonnet or habanero peppers! Since I didn't want the marinade to go to waste, I made a dip out of it
Servings: 10 Servings
Ingredients
- 5 chicken quarters
- 5 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 5 garlic cloves
- 6 spring onions
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- about g/ 1.8 oz fresh ginger root
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons fresh thyme
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon allspice
- 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
- 4 tablespoons water
For jerk dipping sauce
- about 125 ml (½ cup) water
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon sunflower oil
- leftover jerk marinade
Instructions
- Begin by peeling and cutting ginger into bite-sized pieces. Next peel garlic and then wash the spring onions, trim off the roots and any damaged tops and chop into slices.
- Add all the jerk chicken marinade ingredients to a jar and blend them together. Pat dry chicken quarters with pepper towels and separate them into thighs and drumsticks.
- Transfer the chicken to a casserole dish and pour the marinade over the meat. Using your hands rub the meat very well. Cover with cling film and chill for at least 3 hours or overnight.
- About 10 minutes before cooking the chicken take it out of the fridge to bring it to room temperature and preheat oven to 200 °C (392 °F), with both top and bottom heat (Convection bake function: 180 °C (356 °F)).
- After transfer the meat to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or aluminum foil and bake for about 1 hour. Turn the chicken halfway.
- While the chicken is in the oven, make the dip to serve with your jerk chicken. Now pour about 125 ml (1/2 cup) water into the casserole dish with the leftover marinade and mix well, while scrapping up all the marinade from all side with a spatula.
- Pour the marinade mixture into a saucepan or small pot. Add about 1 tablespoon sunflower oil and 2 tablespoon tomato paste and cook for about 15 minutes. Keep stirring in between so that it doesn't burn at the bottom. Season with salt and pepper if necessary. Done
Notes
- Feel free to add chili peppers such as scotch bonnet or habanero according to your liking.
- Jerk chicken is normally grilled, but this jerk chicken comes from the oven. But feel free to marinate your chicken according to this recipe and then grill it.
- You don't have lemon juice home, no problem, white vinegar will work as well.