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slow jerk

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Sheri Zarnick
Union Lake, MI

Slow Cooker recipes are awesome. You put your cooker on, go to work and come home to your supper already done. Love it! Anything in the Slow Cooker is alright by me. So I try to make as many of these dishes as possible. This Jerk Chicken is so good, it just melts in your mouth.

(1 rating)
prep time 20 Min
cook time 5 Hr

Ingredients For slow jerk

  • 3 md
    sweet potatoes, peeled and cut in cubes
  • 1 can
    sliced water chestnuts, drained
  • 1 c
    dried cranberries
  • 1/2 c
    dried cherries
  • 1 can
    pineapple tidbits, unsweetened
  • 2 lb
    chicken breast halves, skinned removed, bone in
  • 1 tsp
    cinnamon
  • 2 Tbsp
    caribbean jerk seasoning
  • 1/4 c
    minced onion
  • 2 Tbsp
    minced fresh gingeroot
  • 2 Tbsp
    worcestershire sauce
  • 1 Tbsp
    grated lime peel
  • 1 tsp
    cumin seeds, crushed
  • 3
    fresh thyme sprigs
  • 1
    fresh lime

How To Make slow jerk

  • 1
    Place potatoes in a 4-5 qt. Slow cooker. Add water chestnuts,cranberries, and cherries. Drain pineapple and reserve juice. Add the drained pineapple.
  • 2
    Rub Chicken breasts with cinnamon & jerk. Put Chicken on top of fruit & potato mixture.
  • 3
    In a mixing bowl add reserved pineapple juice, onion, ginger,Worcestershire sauce, lime peel, crushed cumin seeds. Pour over chicken and top with fresh thyme sprigs.
  • 4
    Just before serving cook rice flavor of your choice. Serve with rice and squeeze the juice of a lemon over chicken. Enjoy

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