Baked Jerk Chicken Legs Recipe
They have more fat and will keep the chicken from drying out.
Baked jerk chicken legs recipe. Cook through to 165 degrees. How to grill jerk chicken. Cook covered over medium heat 35 45 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170 175 turning occasionally. This recipe needs to be marinating for at least 4 hours before cooking.
Just prepare the sauce pour over the chicken and pop in the oven. Oven baked chicken with this jerk marinade is pretty much as tasty as when it is grilled. It can be cooked in the oven or on the grill. Drain chicken discarding marinade.
So quick and easy and no marinating required. Yummy caramelized legs kids love these. If desired you can remove the skin and coat the skinless chicken in the marinade. I recommend using chicken thighs or drumsticks in this recipe.
The longer you marinade the chicken the better. Add chicken to marinade. Seal bag and turn to coat. Bake chicken legs until cooked through and skin is crispy about 45 50 minutes rotate chicken half way through roughly 20 minutes.
Tips for making the best baked jerk chicken. I actually like this with wings better very important to leave it in the oven until it has caramelized to avoid disappointment. These spicy baked chicken thighs are excellent. In a small saucepan simmer the remaining jerk marinade and the one from the chicken for about 7 minutes.
Refrigerate at least 2 hours. Grill until chicken is cooked through turning occasionally and reducing burning temperature slightly if it s browning too quickly about 30 minutes. Heat grill clean and oil grates. To avoid drying out the chicken reheat the leftovers very gently covered in the microwave on 50 power.
Jerk chicken thigh skewers superman cooks sugar thyme chives garlic powder nutmeg limes white pepper and 13 more classic garlic baked chicken thighs yummly. Thank you to everyone for their positive reviews try adding sambal oelek as chef 27416 has. You can keep the leftover jerk chicken in the fridge in an airtight container for 3 4 days. The chicken is moist and tender and jerk marinade crisps up and creates a nice coating on the chicken.
Preheat a gas grill to medium high heat about 400 degrees clean grill grates and rub lightly with oil using tongs and an oiled paper towel. More tasty chicken recipes. I served these with caribbean rice and beans see recipe below which is also a recipe from immaculate bites. The seasoning in that recipe is another great way to ensure your.
Don t skip the marinating. Place chicken on greased grill rack. Make the jerk rub by combining the salt allspice brown sugar onion powder garlic nutmeg pepper ginger cayenne pepper cinnamon and thyme.