Oven Baked Jerk Chicken

Oven Baked Jerk Chicken

This beginner friendly Oven Baked Jerk Chicken recipe delivers the perfect balance of smoky, sweet, spicy, and savory flavors. Made with a homemade jerk marinade featuring fresh herbs, warm spices, lime, and scotch bonnet peppers, this recipe brings authentic Jamaican inspired cuisine straight to your kitchen.

Ingredients

  • Serving size for 2 people. Double all ingredients for larger portions.

  • 6 pieces of chicken thighs

  • 2 tbsp olive oil

  • 2 tbsp soy sauce

  • 2 tbsp lime juice

  • 2 cloves garlic

  • 1 small onion

  • 1 stalk spring onion (also called green onion)

  • 2 cm ginger

  • 2 scotch bonnet pepper

  • 1 tbsp brown sugar

  • 1 tsp allspice

  • 1 tsp nutmeg powder

  • 1/2 tsp clove powder

  • 1 tsp paprika powder

  • 1 tbsp dried thyme

  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

  • Lime wedge

Instructions

Combine olive oil, soy sauce, lime juice, garlic, onion, spring onion, ginger, scotch bonnet pepper, brown sugar, allspice, nutmeg, cloves, paprika, thyme, and black pepper, in a blender. Add some water (50 ml) and puree until it becomes a paste.

Marinade the chicken with the paste, cover it with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight to allow the flavors to infuse. 

Bake your Jerk Chicken in a preheated oven at 180°C for 20 minutes, then flip your chicken and bake it again for 30 minutes.

Serve the grilled chicken with lime wedges.