![]() ![]() I have it on good authority from a Jamaican that this is the closest sauce you can get to making it yourself. You can actually purchase Jamaican jerk marinade on Amazon, and it’s the exact same brand that the Jamaicans buy and use at home. (Shh… don’t tell on me, but I’m going to let you in on a little secret. The marinade is a wet mix of spices, seasonings, and scotch bonnet chilis. Making this tasty dish starts with a super spicy marinade that is slathered on the chicken and left on for at least a few hours, but preferably overnight. It also refers to the process of cooking that required you to jerk around the chicken on the grill. The term “jerk” is thought to have come from the Spanish word for dried meat, which translated as jerky in English. Adapting to their new challenges, they used what was available to them for preserving meat they caught, which led them to create the spicy sauce now known as jerk seasoning. Jerk seasoning is used throughout the Caribbean today, but the origin of it dates back to the end of the 17th century when African slaves fled into the woods to escape their British captors. This process imparts a delectable flavor and makes the chicken juicy and oh so tender. The chicken is marinated overnight in their spicy jerk marinade, then it’s slow roasted over a charcoal fire pit on top of logs of pimento wood. ![]() Barbecuing jerk chicken at Scotchies (photo by Savored Journeys)ĭuring the few hours we hung around at Scotchies, we learned a few key things. ![]()
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