Jerk Marinade

knapplc

International Man of Mystery
I use this on a number of things, mostly chicken, but it's good on just about any grilled meat. It's best over charcoal or a wood fire, but I use my gas grill 99.9% of the time.

Jerk Marinade

2 teaspoons allspice

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 onion

8 cloves garlic or 1 whole head

1 (1-inch) piece fresh ginger, sliced

3 scallions, sliced

3 limes, juiced

Splash low-sodium soy sauce

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling

Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

6 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves picked

1 Scotch bonnet pepper, halved, plus more to taste

1/4 cup packed light brown sugar

Combine all the marinade ingredients in a blender and process until you have a smooth puree.

I am never out of this stuff. I absolutely love it. I am averse to heavy spice, though, so instead of the scotch bonnet pepper I use a poblano and throw in several shakes of Tabasco sauce for some heat.

I pretty much always make a double batch of this stuff, then freeze it in an ice cube tray. This makes roughly two-tablespoon-sized cubes, which I store in the freezer and pull out as needed. One Jerk cube is good for two chicken breasts.

 
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