A delicious bowl made up of the most traditional jamaican dishes made with ease at home! Oven style jerk chicken, fried plantain, rice & peas, and coleslaw. Packed full of some of the most enjoyable flavours to come out of Jamaica. A great dish to make for loved ones, especially mum, with Mother’s Day being so soon.
Jerk Chicken (Oven style)
- 2 tsp of allspice
- 4 tbsp of brown sugar
- 1 tsp of browning or soy sauce 1 tsp of cinnamon
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 tsp of nutmeg
- 1 medium onion (chopped)
- 1 tsp of black pepper
- 2 scotch bonnet peppers
- 2 spring onion (chopped)
- 1 tsp of dried thyme
- 60ml of vinegar
- 60ml of water
- Squeeze of lime juice
- Wash chicken with lemon and water and pat dry.
- Slit chicken, place in a large mixing bowl and add jerk seasoning and jerk paste. Massage into chicken and then marinate in the fridge overnight.
- After marinating, place chicken on baking tray and cook in pre–heated oven for 45 minutes at 180 degrees. Chicken should be dark brown and slightly crispy.
Coleslaw
- 1⁄2 a medium white cabbage 2 carrots
- 5 tbsp of mayonnaise
- 1 medium onion (sliced)
- 1 tsp of black pepper
- 1⁄4 medium green bell pepper (diced) 1⁄4 medium red bell pepper (diced)
- 1 tbsp of salad cream
- A likkle bit of salt
- 1⁄2 a scotch bonnet pepper or
- 1 tbsp of hot pepper sauce
- 165g of sweetcorn
- Finely grate your carrots and cabbage in a large bowl and mix together.
- Dice the onion and add sweetcorn in the bowl and mix together.
- Then dice the green and red peppers and the scotch bonnet pepper (remove seeds) then add to the bowl.
- Add the mayonnaise, salad cream, salt and black pepper and mix together.
Fried Plantain
- 2 ripe plantains
- Vegetable oil* (enough for shallow fry)
- All purpose seasoning
- Using a sharp knife, cut off both tip ends and then gently score a line along the full length of plantain (making sure you don’t cut the inside esh.)
- Remove the skin by peeling from the score line.
- Put the plantain on a cutting board and cut it into slightly thick 45 degree angle pieces. On a high heat, add oil to the frying pan.
- Once the oil is hot, lower it to a medium heat and then carefully place the plantain pieces to the pan. Let the pieces fry until they turn light brown on both sides.
- Remove from frying pan, place on paper towel to drain excess oil.