Grilled Jerk Chicken breasts are made with a simple, yet spicy marinade that is the perfect balance of savory, spicy and sweet.
Here is what you will need to make this recipe
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- oneless chicken breasts or thighs or a combinatin of both
- Tamari Sauce
- Apple Cider Vinegar
- Olive Oil
- Jerk Seasoning Blend – here is my recipe for Jerk Seasoning Blend
Estimated Time To Make This Recipe: 90 to 110 minutes ( includes one hour to marinate the chicken)
A Flavorful Recipe
There is so much flavor going on in this recipe. It’s a little bit spicy, but you can easily adjust the heat.
If you aren’t familiar with jerk seasoning, it is a bold blend of spices that features two ingredients: habanero peppers and allspice. Since I can’t always find fresh habanero peppers to make a fresh jerk marinade for this recipe, I make my own jerk seasoning blend with dried spices. It’s easy to make, and once it’s made, it can be stored in the spice cabinet for a few months.
How to make it
There aren’t a lot of steps requied to make this easy recipe. Mix up the marinade ingredients, add the chicken. Allow the chicken to marinate for at least an hour or overnight.
Pre-heat the grill and cook the chicken for about 10 to 15 minutes (depending on the thickness of the chicken) and enjoy.
Please see the instrutions for full recipe details below in the recipe card.
Oven Method
Jerk chicken can also be made in the oven, here’s how:
Place the marinated chicken onto a baking sheet and bake it at 350 for 20 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165.
Recipe tips & variations
The Marinade
You can easily rub some spice blend onto chicken without the marinade and grill it, but the marinade. It takes this dish to another level.
The meat should marinate for at least one hour and ovenight is even better. The longer you can let that chicken soak in that marinade, the better it will taste.
TIP! If you don’t like hot food, you can adjust the amount of cayenne pepper or leave it out.
The Meat
You can make this recipe with boneless chicken thighs, bone in chicken breasts, thighs and legs and even bonelss pork chops or pork tenderloin. We’ve tried them all and they all taste great!
Make a Vegetarian Version
Slice a block of firm tofu in half (horizontally) and marinate it for several hours, then grill it for 5 minutes on each side.
Serving Suggestions
- Serve grilled jerk chicken with a baked potato and a Greek Chopped Salad or Arugula Salad
- Just before the chicken has finsihed cooking on the grill, add a few slices of pineapple, grill them and serve them with the chicken.
- Top the grilled chicken with mango strawberry salsa
Storage
Store leftover jerk chicken in the refrigerator for up to 4 days in an airtight container. I have not tried freezing leftover chicken so I can’t recommend it.
Leftover Suggestions
Serve sliced leftover jerk chicken on top of salad greens or slice it up and serve it on a roll or whole wheat bread.
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PrintGrilled Jerk Chicken with Pineapple
A flavorful chicken dinner that takes just minutes to cook.
- Prep Time: 90
- Cook Time: 15
- Total Time: 50 mins
- Yield: 4–6 1x
- Category: dinner
- Method: grill
- Cuisine: american
Ingredients
- 1 pound of boneless chicken breasts
- 2 tablespoons tamari sauce
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 tablespoons jerk seasoning blend
Instructions
- Make the marinade: add 3 tablespoons seasoning mix, 2 tablespoons tamari sauce, 3 tablespoons olive oil to a glass bowl that’s large enough to hold the chicken and mix well.
- Add the chicken breasts to the marinade in the bowl and turn them in the bowl until they are coated with the marinade. Cover the chicken and refrigerate for at least one hour.
- Preheat a gas grill on medium to high heat.
- Place the chicken breasts on the grill; cover the grill and cook them for 7 minutes, flip them over and cook for about 5 minutes more until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165.
Notes
Recipe Variations
Make it vegetarian – Slice a block of firm tofu in half (horizontally) and marinate it for several hours, then grill it for 5 minutes on each side.
Substitute boneless chicken breasts with boneless chicken thigh, bone in chicken breasts or thighs, boneless pork chops, pork tenderloin
Keywords: jerk chicken, grilled chicken recipe
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This is perfect for the current weather! The one who loves to grill at my place is actually my husband, so I´ll be sending this post to him (he can take a hint, lol). This looks absolutely savory! Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe!
One of my favourite things in life is grilled pineapple and it goes great with anything 🙂 I love your combination.
This looks so delicious, I love anything with pineapple!
xo, Helene
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This looks delicious and simple…two of my favorite things lol. I’ll have to try it out this summer. Thanks for sharing!
This whole meal looks so scrumptious! Thanks for sharing! I can’t wait to some summer grilling now!
I’ve never heard of coconut sugar but the recipe sounds amazing!!!
Thank you Julie!
I am craving the grilled chicken now!
I love grilling with pineapple! It adds such a fun tropical flavor.