Jerk Chicken:

BBQ Chicken, Home Made BBQ Chicken. Indian BBQ Chciken. Jerk??!! Chicken.

I don’t know, how it got this name…but its kind of kool, right! I like to be called ‘Jerk Chicken’, he he. As per the thumb rule…one need to grill it!! But here, I baked and broiled…to get that charred effect, I went beyond the usual ingredients…hmm, Yes…used bit of ‘brown sugar’, it really worked…gave a nice little ‘black spots’ here and there!! Today I used cornish hen, just for a variation!!

Ingredients:

Bone-in, skin-less chicken 1/2 kg either breast or thigh portion
Lime juice 1 cup
Vinegar 2-4 capful
Brown sugar 1/4 cups
Mint juice 1 cup/essence alone
Paprika powder/Cayenne pepper 1 spoon
Salt
Ground cinnamon powder1/4 spoon
Ground clove powder 1/4 spoon
Minced garlic 1 clove
Minced ginger 1 inch
Ground black pepper 1 spoon
Soy sauce 1 spoon (optional)
Butter few cubes

Method:

1. Make a deep incision on the chicken pieces….one can use a sharp fork to make wholes here and there.

2. Mix all the above said ingredients except chicken and butter.

3. Rub this mixture well into the chicken…marinate it nearly 2-4 hours.

4. Wrap each chicken separately along with a piece of butter in an aluminium foil…make sure of all parts covered well.

5. Bake this in preheated oven at 450 degree Celsius for about 45 minutes.

6. Now remove the foil carefully and allow it to cool.

7. Then place this chicken pieces on a griller and toast them at 350-450 degree for 10 minutes each side.

8. Serve them hot with mint chutney or tomato sauce will do.