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Jamaican Jerk Chicken Wings

Jamaican Jerk Chicken Wings
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Fire up the grill and bring a taste of the tropics with these crispy, juicy, aromatic Jamaican Jerk Chicken wings kissed with warm spices and fire.

  • Author: Nicole Stover
  • Prep Time: 480
  • Cook Time: 60
  • Total Time: 9 hours
  • Yield: 4-6 1x
  • Category: Entree
  • Method: Grilling
  • Cuisine: Caribbean

Ingredients

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  • 2–3 pounds chicken wings, split, tips removed
  • 1 bunch scallions, roots trimmed, roughly chopped
  • 1 large shallot roughly chopped
  • 2” ginger roughly chopped
  • 1–2 scotch bonnet or habanero peppers, halved, remove seeds for less heat if desired
  • 2 garlic cloves roughly chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
  • 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons allspice
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons less sodium soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon lime zest
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar
  • 1/3 cup neutral oil
  • kosher salt
  • black pepper

Instructions

  1. Add all of the ingredients except for the chicken, salt, and pepper to a food processor and pulse until smooth.
  2. Place the chicken in a zip top plastic bag. Pour the jerk marinade over the chicken and close the bag letting the air out. Allow it to refrigerate flat, massaging a couple of times, for at least 8 hours up to 24. 
  3. Remove the chicken from the marinade but don’t pat the wings dry. Place the wings on a rack fit into a baking sheet and season both sides with salt and pepper.
  4. Prepare your grill for indirect grilling. If using a kettle grill pile the charcoal in the middle leaving the outer circumference as the cooler zone. Any other type of charcoal grill bank the charcoal to one side. Sprinkle on wood chips if using. Make sure your grates are clean and allow the grill to heat to around 400 degrees.
  5. Place the wings on the cooler side of the grill and close the lid. Allow them to grill for 20-25 minutes.
  6. Flip the wings. If they resist give them another 5 minutes and then flip.
  7. Allow the wings to grill for about another 20 minutes. Depending on the style of your grill you may need to flip and rotate a couple of times.
  8. When your wings are around 175 degrees place them over direct heat to crisp them up. Pull them when they’re between 180-185 degrees.
  9. Serve the wings with lime wedges and charred scallions if desired.

Find it online: https://beachgirlgrills.com/jamaican-jerk-chicken-wings/