The Perfect JAMAICAN JERK CHICKEN Recipe

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]This is my Jamaican jerk chicken platter. Let's hit some jerk chicken on the charcoal. So, we have five quarter chicken here. Nice lit wash in lemon, lime, uh, vinegar, and salt and water.

[00:00:11]This is green seasoning from my oxtail video. So, just go back to my oxtail video. I said just put some on the side.

[00:00:17]And this is the side here. So, it has scotch bronette, thyme, uh, what else?

[00:00:23]ginger, garlic, shallot, white onion, green onion, cilantro, uh scotch bonnet, all the goodness. So to this green seasoning, four, five tbsp of soy sauce, 2 tbsp of seasoning up, 2 tbsp of allspice.

[00:00:40]Nothing to it now. Work this in. Work it into the crevice as well. Here we go. I have this marinated for about 3 days now. Now we got it on some charcoal. All right. I know it's going to taste very delicious on some charcoal because last episode we did was it chicken? I forgot what we did on charcoal. But the flavor came out amazing.

[00:01:00]This, my friend, is 10 minutes in and we're still going. Just imagine it.

[00:01:05]Okay, we are the rotisserie. We are the rotisser.

[00:01:10]Just put that in your head. We are the rotisserie. We are the rotisserie. Look how beautiful that is. Beautiful color.

[00:01:22]We are the rotisserie. We are the rotisserie. Look at this. Just grilling on the side here. Baby dragon just playing.

[00:01:31]Doing what he got to do. He's got to do what he's got to do.

[00:01:36]Mixing up a concoction for sure for tonight. Here we go.

[00:01:42]We are the rotisserie. internal temperatures has to reach around 74 75° C for we to pull it off. And that's it.

[00:01:52]That's how we grill chicken. For sides, we're going to do some fried plantain.

[00:01:55]So, these plantains are fully ripe. And you always want to get the fully ripe one just because it's much sweeter. If you don't get the fully ripe one or you don't wait until it gets really ripe, man, you're going to be eating into like, I don't know, some staleness. All right. Fry until it becomes nice and golden like this. Next up, Jamaican dumpling festival. So, 1 cup flour, 1/3 cup of cornmeal, 1/3 cup of sugar as well, teaspoon baking powder. Let's go.

[00:02:22]Wet batter consists of 1 cup of milk, 3 tbsp of oil, one crack egg, no shell, please. Scoop them in. Fry until golden crispy.

[00:02:33]Let's go. Festival balls. I'll show you what we're working with. Jamaican jerk chicken grilled on charcoal with fried pintain and crispy festival balls. Man, that's a platter. That's a platter.

[00:02:49]Jamaican jerk chicken platter. So, we got some Grace hot pepper sauce on the side, too, if we need it. Let's go for it. Jamaican jerk chicken, everybody.

[00:02:57]Look at this. Look how beautiful that is here.

[00:03:02]Oo.

[00:03:04]Right off the charcoal. Look. Woo! Still nice and hot. Look, the juices or not the juices, the seasoning just penetrated in. Just a nibble first.

[00:03:18]Super good, man.

[00:03:28]Wow.

[00:03:37]Mama fried pante.

[00:03:56]Just a nibble festival ball.

[00:04:10]Man, you see how fluffy that is? Oh man, you can say it's a hush puppy.

[00:04:26]M grease.

[00:04:48]If you're a fan of Tabasco, Crystal, Texas beet, any type of hot sauce out there, try Grace from Jamaica.

[00:05:05]Try it one time. You'll fall in love.

[00:05:08]It's so peppery. Okay, here. I was going to break it for you. You know what? I'm going attempt to break it. I just got to find the bone.

[00:05:18]I think the bone melt right in. I don't know. There it is.

[00:05:27]Oh, we nice and hot here. That back skin though.

[00:05:53]M.

[00:06:08]Some may argue or some may say, Guan, does grilling on the charcoal make a big difference versus just like propane.

[00:06:24]It truly does make a big difference.

[00:06:27]Hear what I just said there.

[00:06:31]It truly does make a very big difference. Let me just rephrase that, right?

[00:06:43]M M.

[00:07:12]I've been eating Jamaican food. We can say all my life.

[00:07:17]We can say all my life. 100% Jamaican.

[00:07:36]I know Jamaican food is up there already.

[00:07:47]But I just hope it just goes to the top, right?

[00:08:04]Straight to the top.

[00:08:16]We just know this when Jamaican food make it straight to the top. I know it's up there already, but straight to the top, just remember that Vietnamese boy was eating Jamaican food back then.

[00:08:32]Yeah, man. Right.

[00:08:35]And that Vietnamese boy was me. Right, man.

[00:08:49]This Man, people Food and life is such a beautiful thing.

[00:09:37]I forgot the drinks.

[00:09:40]I forgot the drinks.

[00:09:53]Next time I make J food, I will not forget.

[00:09:59]M.

[00:10:13]Don't you think?