Right here’s one other rooster dish you’ll end up making often. A mixture of traditional Jamaican Jerk and Brown Stewed Chicken. Sure, I’m utilizing the phrase ‘jerk’ quite loosely, as we will all agree that Jamaican Jerk normally means a stage of open hearth and smoke. Nevertheless, you’ll discover delicate traits of the bottom flavors of a jerk dish.
You’ll Want…
4 1/2 lb rooster (darkish meat with bones)
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup jerk marinade (spicy)
1/2 tablespoon grated ginger
1 medium onion (diced)
1 medium tomato (diced)
1 tablespoon olive oil (any oil you favor)
1 1/2 tablespoon golden brown sugar
2 cups mild beer
5 pimento berries (allspice)
4 sprigs thyme
2 scallions (chopped)
1 heaping teaspoon of Caribbean Green Seasoning
Notes! Please observe together with the video under, as far more in regards to the recipe is mentioned there. What to make use of as an alternative of the beer, methods to make it extra spicy, and the half the onion and tomato play in getting a thick gravy.
Season the cleaned rooster (I eliminated the pores and skin and fats) with the Jerk Marinade, salt, ginger, onion, and tomato. Combine effectively and permit to marinate within the fridge for not less than 2-3 hours.
Take away from the fridge about half-hour earlier than you’re able to proceed.
Warmth the oil on a excessive flame in a heavy pot. Add the sugar and stir (observe together with the video). The sugar will soften, go frothy, after which a deep amber in coloration (NOT BLACK). Begin including the seasoned rooster to the pot and stir.
Sure, add the marinade as effectively. Ought to the sugar go black? STOP! Enable the pot to chill utterly, wash it, and begin over. Black sugar provides you with an disagreeable burnt style.
Flip the warmth to medium, cowl the pot, and prepare dinner for 7 minutes.
Take away the lid and switch up the warmth to burn off the liquid that will have sprouted naturally – uncovered. It is going to solely take about 3-4 minutes.
Add the beer to the bowl the place you marinated the rooster to select up any remaining marinade. Pour that into the pot with thyme, scallions, pimento berries, and Caribbean Green Seasoning.
Carry to a boil, cut back the warmth between a simmer and rolling boil, and prepare dinner with the lid barely ajar for 20 minutes.
It’s possible you’ll take away the lid, style and modify the salt to your liking, and decide if the gravy is thick sufficient. Understand that it’ll additional thicken because it cools.
As you flip off the range, you could add some chopped parsley (an possibility that isn’t talked about within the ingredient record).
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