Jerk-Style Smoked Chicken
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Get your smoker ready (or use your bbq grill (indirect heat) with a smoke box) and enjoy some delicious smoked jerk chicken. If jerk seasoning is not readily available in your grocery store -- mix 1 tsp. onion powder, 1/2 tsp each - sugar, crushed red pepper, and crushed dried thyme. Add 1/4 tsp. each - salt, ground allspice, and ground cinnamon.
Recipe is from B H & G
Recipe is from B H & G
Ingredients
- 3 lb
- meaty chicken pieces (breast halves, thighs, and drumsticks), skinned if desired
- 1/2 c
- tomato juice
- 1/3 c
- finely chopped onion
- 2 Tbsp
- fresh lime juice
- 2 Tbsp
- water
- 1-2 Tbsp
- jamaican jerk seasoning
- 1 Tbsp
- vegetable oil
- 1 Tbsp
- pickapeppa sauce (optional)- you can't find it on the grocery aisle with worchestershire sauce, etc. it imparts a great flavor.
- 4
- cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 tsp
- salt
- lime wedges
How to Make Jerk-Style Smoked Chicken
- 1Place chicken in a resealable plastic bag set in a deep dish. For marinade, combine next 9 ingredients (through salt). Pour marinade over chicken. Seal bag; turn to coat chicken. Marinate in the refrigerator 1-4 hours, turning bag occasionally.
- 2Meanwhile, soak 6-8 fruit wood chunks in water 1 hour.
- 3Prepare smoker according to manufacturer's instructions. Pour water into water pan; add wood chunks. Place chicken, bone sides down, over water pan. Smoke, covered, 1 1/2 to 2 hours or until the chicken is done (170 degrees for breasts, 175-180 degrees for thighs and drumsticks. If desired, serve chicken with lime wedges.
