Jerk Chicken Wins $2000 1st Place 🏆🏆🏆

My jerk chicken wins $2000 1st place 3 years in a row. How to make jerk chicken in my step by step jerk chicken recipe video. My secret method is finally out for the best smoked jerk chicken on the grill. I'll also show you different ways of smoking to get that perfect smoked jerk chicken even if you don't have a grill or smoker. We used Walkerswood jarred jerk in the field to win the chicken category. I have also included my personal authentic jerk chicken recipe at the end of this recipe...Enjoy!

Jerk Chicken Wins $2000 1st place

Jerk Marinade:
6 large chicken legs
2 heaping Tbsp. Walkerswood jerk seasoning
2 stalks chopped green onion or scallion
2 sprigs fresh thyme chopped
1-2 Habaneros or scotch bonnet peppers minced (to taste)
1" knob of fresh ginger grated
2 cloves garlic minced
2 Tbsp. olive or avocado oil
1 Tbsp. white vinegar
Mix the above ingredients well in a bowl
Half a lime and Himalayan salt for the finishing stage

Directions:
Cut two slits - skin side on each chicken leg with a sharp knife.
Work the jerk marinade into each chicken leg including the slits until completely covered.
Place all of the coated chicken into a large Ziploc bag, burp the air out and seal.
Marinate in the fridge for 8-24 hours flipping the bag as necessary.

Cooking:
Preheat grill, smoker or oven to 325 degrees and add smoke if using.
Cook the jerk legs with indirect heat, skin side up for 40-70 minutes and flip if desired.

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Finishing Sauce:
Baste the chicken with Walkerswood Jerk and lime sauce 1:1 - salt to taste in last 10 min.
Or
Serve with a fresh jerk, lime and butter sauce for personal dipping.

Cooking Tips:
-To make it authentic Jamaican jerk chicken, use pimento wood for smoking and crank up the scotch bonnet pepper heat!
-Spin the chicken on rotisserie over indirect charcoal with apple chunks to win 1st place.
-Marinate a whole chicken or chicken pieces and make it your own. Please experiment and share with your neighbors, they will love it, trust me!

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$2000 1st. Place Authentic Jerk Chicken Part 2
My Competition BBQ team won $2000 1st place chicken 3 years in a row using modified jarred Walkerswood jerk seasoning.
As requested, I am sharing my homemade version of jerk marinade. I always turn the chicken on a charcoal rotisserie to self baste as the chicken cooks to make the chicken super moist with a crispy skin. Don't leave any ingredients out as they all compliment each other for 1st place jerk chicken.

Authentic Jerk Chicken Personal Recipe
Ingredients:
3-4 whole chicken legs

Marinade Ingredients:

2 scotch bonnet peppers seeded
4 cloves garlic peeled
1 TBSP fresh thyme leaves
1" knob fresh ginger
4 green onions cleaned and chopped
¼ cup tamari sauce
2 tsp. allspice powder
¼ tsp. nutmeg
⅛ tsp. cinnamon
¼ tsp. clove powder
1 TBSP kosher salt
2 TBSP olive oil

Smoke:
2 TBSP whole allspice berries (pimento)
12 bay leaves
Add to a foil package and seal.

Directions:
Place all of the marinade Ingredients in to a processor and pulse to make a paste.
Score the chicken pieces with a sharp knife, about a half inch deep.
Coat the pieces of the chicken completely with the marinade paste and place in a Ziploc bag. Burp the air, seal and rest in the fridge preferably overnight.
When ready preheat your grill to a medium heat.
Add the smoke package.
Cook the chicken for about 30-40 minutes or until cooked with a nice crispy skin, flipping as necessary.
Important:
Squirt with fresh lime and salt in the last 10 minutes for flavor separation.
Rest for 5 minutes to firm up the skin.
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Notes: You can substitute habaneros for the scotch bonnet peppers.
Discard the used marinade.
Authentic Jerk chicken is traditionally cooked over pimento wood but it is very hard to obtain.
Allspice berries and bay leaves are a great substitute. You can also add the berries and leaves to the coals for great smoke.
Spinning on a rotisserie over charcoal is my preferred cooking method to self baste.
If you are cooking in the oven place the chicken on a raised rack. After the chicken is cooked, you can place the chicken in a covered bowl and add an infusion of smoke from a smoke infuser gun.
This marinade is perfect for jerk pork too. Pork butt, loin, tenderloin, ribs and pork belly.