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This is the best Sauce for Jerk Chicken however can be used for seafood too and is something I always have pre-made in my fridge for whenever I’m craving some good Jerk Chicken.

Make some Jerk Chicken with this sauce or Jamaican Pepper Shrimp or the oh so Famous Jerk Chicken

I’ve always loved Jamaican food, rather Caribbean food. I also love African food just as much, both cultures cook with scotch bonnet peppers. They are so good, spicy and make food taste amazing!

I have a collection of African and Caribbean dishes on this blog and this is just another recipe I have wanted to share here for a long time.

So here it is 🙂 Another popular Jamaican sauce is Green Scotch Bonnet Hot Sauce which can be found here too. 

WHAT IS JERK SAUCE

It is very similar to Jamaican Scotch Bonnet Sauce however it has the addition of a few other ingredients. Such as soya sauce, brown sugar and well you just have to scroll down to the recipe card below to find out.

WHAT IS JERK CHICKEN

Jerk chicken is a spicy chicken marinate and this recipe hails from Jamaica. In Jamaica they tend to grill there chicken and most of there meats outside.

However it can also be baked in the oven or in your air fryer which helps to make the clean up easy.

What makes this sauce spicy is the scotch bonnet peppers.

How to Make Sauce for Jerk Chicken

• First make sure you are wearing gloves before handing the scotch bonnet peppers. 
• Blend all ingredients together.
• Then place the Jerk Sauce sauce into sterilized containers to use anytime you want.
• You can store this in the fringe or cupboard as the vinegar helps to preserve it for months to come.

Want another Jamaican Recipe

• Try my ever so popular  JAMAICAN RICE AND BEANS

I am so thrilled you are reading one of my recipes, if you made this recipe I’d love to hear about it! Thank you very much for reading and until next time see ya in the kitchen. Don’t want to miss a recipe? Sign up for our NEWSLETTER delivered right to your inbox!

Sauce for Jerk Chicken

Yield: 20

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Serve with Chicken or over any thing to spice it up!

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Ingredients

• 3 Scotch bonnet peppers
• 1/2 cup of Vinegar
• 3/4 cup soya sauce
• 1 /2 cup of Cilantro
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp orange juice
• 1 tbsp brown sugar
• 1/2 onion
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1 tsp fresh ginger
• 1 lime, juice
• 1 tsp thyme
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 1 tsp Allspice
• pinch salt

Instructions

1. First make sure you are wearing gloves before handing the scotch bonnet peppers. 
2. Blend all ingredients together.
3. Then place the Jerk Sauce sauce into sterilized containers to use anytime you want.
4. You can store this in the fringe or cupboard as the vinegar helps to preserve it for months to come.

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