This Easy Traditional Jamaican Jerk Chicken recipe uses an authentic Jerk Seasoning that marinades the chicken perfectly. Then you can simply grill, bake, or air fry the chicken to produce an very delicious Caribbean meal with little to know effort at all.

Serves well alongside Jamaican Rice and Beans

A Traditionally Jamaican Jerk Chicken seasonings contains a few important ingredients such as salt, scotch bonnet peppers, thyme, all spice, garlic, ginger, nutmeg and brown sugar.

You can pre-buy it wet in most cases or the dry seasonings. Or even make it at home from scratch where you can find that recipe right here on this site > Homemade Jerk Sauce

However, for this recipe we want to make a easy yet easy traditional Jerk Chicken and so we are using one of my NEW favorite PRE-MADE Jerk Seasonings for this dish. The seasoning can be found in almost any grocery store in the Caribbean food section. It is made by a popular Jamaican company called GRACE which sells individual packages for each meal you wish to prepare at a very reasonable price to. It has all those seasonings readily available for when your in a pinch and want to make this recipe asap.

For this recipe, I used there HOT JERK SEASONING as it is my favorite out of the MILD. Also, one package can season 4-6 chicken thighs easily. So depending on how spiced you want your chicken will depend on how many chicken pieces you will use.

BEST EASY JERK CHICKEN MARINADE

The best Jerk Chicken Marinade is from GRACE an original Jamaican based brand of jerk seasonings that has two options when it comes to making Jerk Chicken. There is a MILD option which is GREEN and a spicy option which is RED.

The mild is just that mild and the RED is my favorite as I love my chicken to be spicy! I highly suggesting trying both options to see which one suits your taste most.

IS JAMACIAN JERK CHICKEN SPICY

Traditionally it is served very spicy! However, now a days Jamaican people have come to like it mild also as well as people all around the world. With my recipe here you can have this chicken on a more MILD spice level or SPICY!

HOW TO COOK JERK CHICKEN IN THE OVEN

• It is super simple, wash and pat dry your chicken
• Place in the GRACE bag and add your seasonings
• Seal the bag with a knot and place sideways in a baking dish
• Bake in a pre-heated oven at 350 f for 1 hour
• Remove the bag, strain the sauce or keep if your serving the chicken more wet.
• If you want a more dry JERK CHICKEN, simply strain the sauce and save for the rice
• And broil the chicken near the end of the cooking process for 5 minutes!
• Enjoy!

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