Jerk Chicken

Total Time: 9 hrs Preparation Time: 8 hrs Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 whole free-range chicken, cut into 10 pieces (about 5 pounds)
• 2 teaspoons allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 onion
• 8 garlic cloves
• 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
• lime
• parsley

Recipe

• 1 combine all the marinade ingredients in a blender and process until you have a smooth puree.
• 2 add chicken pieces into a large bowl and pour in the marinade. marinate for 4 - 8 hours in the refrigerator.
• 3 i don't have a smoker or barbecue pit, so i used to oven to roast the chicken. it still works out ok.
• 4 preheat oven to 300 degrees f.
• 5 transfer the chicken pieces to a baking sheet and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil. bake in the oven "low and slow" until chicken is tender, about 1 hour. remove the chicken from the baking sheet to a serving platter and garnish with limes and parsley before serving.