Post by anansi on Apr 2, 2010 0:30:19 GMT -5
Having never been to Egypt...but having Egyptian friends I know that like Jamaicans you like cooking out doors and grilling. Allow Anansi to share his simple Jerk chicken recipe with you..I don't know if you can find Jerk Merinade in Egypt but you can find the ingriedants to make the sauce.
Needed
1 whole Chicken chopped with insides removed of course.
Two whole habenero peppers
one sprig fresh thyme
one lime freshly juice/or un-sweetened lime juice from bottle 1/4 cup
black pepper two table-spoon
salt 1/4 cup
all spice berries crushed
1/4cup cinnamon
1/3cup white vinager
1/4cup nut meg
about 10 stalks of escillions chopped
one palm sized freshly chopped ginger or 1/4 cup ginger powder...I perfer (fresh ginger)
one blender
Pure all the above into blender and mix to a pulp. apply jerk rub onto chicken keep refrigarated for over night...best results.(do not freeze please)
for out doors cooking 1 grill with chalk-coal if you can get spiced woods great..light grill to medium flame cover grill with metal cover... add chicken grill for about 15min each side...check bone to see if it is white; served with cold drinks bread and salads.
for Indoor cooking pre heat oven at 300deg.have drip pan in place for catching fatty fluids.reduced temp;to 150deg turn periodically for 45 min: enjoy
I do have my own line of sauces but the cost of shipping from Japan to overseas is too high at the moment look-out when i get that problem sorted: btw this is what it should look like.
jamaicaallens.ocnk.net/
www.myspace.com/xaymacajp
What Is Jerk Cooking?
Jerk began in the Caribbean in the 17th century as a method for preserving meats by African freedom fighters called maroons living in the mountains and pirates and Buccaneers and today has become a favorite way to add a zesty taste of the islands to meats and seafood.
Jerk cooking uses distinctive spices to flavor slowly grilled meats and seafood. Food cooked with this method is tender and has a delicious spicy-sweet taste.
The term jerk is most likely derived from the Spanish word charqui, a term used for dried meat. Another possible origin is that it describes the poking or jerking of meat with a sharp object to create holes where spices are inserted.
The Maroon hunters from Africa Learned from the Arawaks who inhabited Jamaica were the first to use jerk seasoning to preserve meats that were then smoked over pimento wood.
Jamaican Jerk drum oven...a 50gal drum cut in half one part is set with a grill the other is used as cover.
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The more traditional way of doing it
Needed
1 whole Chicken chopped with insides removed of course.
Two whole habenero peppers
one sprig fresh thyme
one lime freshly juice/or un-sweetened lime juice from bottle 1/4 cup
black pepper two table-spoon
salt 1/4 cup
all spice berries crushed
1/4cup cinnamon
1/3cup white vinager
1/4cup nut meg
about 10 stalks of escillions chopped
one palm sized freshly chopped ginger or 1/4 cup ginger powder...I perfer (fresh ginger)
one blender
Pure all the above into blender and mix to a pulp. apply jerk rub onto chicken keep refrigarated for over night...best results.(do not freeze please)
for out doors cooking 1 grill with chalk-coal if you can get spiced woods great..light grill to medium flame cover grill with metal cover... add chicken grill for about 15min each side...check bone to see if it is white; served with cold drinks bread and salads.
for Indoor cooking pre heat oven at 300deg.have drip pan in place for catching fatty fluids.reduced temp;to 150deg turn periodically for 45 min: enjoy
I do have my own line of sauces but the cost of shipping from Japan to overseas is too high at the moment look-out when i get that problem sorted: btw this is what it should look like.
jamaicaallens.ocnk.net/
www.myspace.com/xaymacajp
What Is Jerk Cooking?
Jerk began in the Caribbean in the 17th century as a method for preserving meats by African freedom fighters called maroons living in the mountains and pirates and Buccaneers and today has become a favorite way to add a zesty taste of the islands to meats and seafood.
Jerk cooking uses distinctive spices to flavor slowly grilled meats and seafood. Food cooked with this method is tender and has a delicious spicy-sweet taste.
The term jerk is most likely derived from the Spanish word charqui, a term used for dried meat. Another possible origin is that it describes the poking or jerking of meat with a sharp object to create holes where spices are inserted.
The Maroon hunters from Africa Learned from the Arawaks who inhabited Jamaica were the first to use jerk seasoning to preserve meats that were then smoked over pimento wood.
Jamaican Jerk drum oven...a 50gal drum cut in half one part is set with a grill the other is used as cover.
-
The more traditional way of doing it
Now what about that secret 'sweet' ingredient. is it just a pinch a sugar or something to that effect?
