Spicy, savory, salty, and candy? Jamaican jerk seasoning has it occurring! When a current craving arose for the daring, balanced flavors of this Caribbean spice combine, we received into the kitchen trying to copy its magic with components we had available.
Our impressed model comes collectively in simply 5 minutes with easy-to-find components! It’s so versatile and provides immediate taste to all the things from rooster to plantains, veggies, chickpeas, and extra. Let’s spice it up in right here!
Origin of Jamaican Jerk Cooking
On the subject of Jamaican delicacies, “jerk” refers to a method of cooking that historically entails marinating meat in a spicy seasoning and cooking it over a wooden fireplace for a smoky taste. This technique is believed to have originated with indigenous peoples in Jamaica.
The spicy, warming seasoning usually comprises Scotch bonnet peppers and allspice as key components. Because it’s difficult to seek out Scotch bonnet in our space, we got here up with an impressed twist utilizing cayenne pepper. For a model utilizing Scotch bonnet peppers and different recent components, take a look at this extra conventional recipe from Island Fashion Kitchen.
How you can Make Jamaican Jerk Seasoning
The time period “jerk seasoning” is typically used to check with a dry spice rub and generally to a marinade.
To maintain issues tremendous easy and handy, we prefer to make a dry spice rub with sugar, salt, and spices. This dry combination retains properly for months within the pantry, and if you wish to make a marinade, it’s as straightforward as stirring in a number of liquid components!
For the jerk spice rub, we mix onion powder, granulated garlic, floor allspice, brown sugar, sea salt, and dried thyme with floor coriander, black pepper, cayenne, and cinnamon. You should utilize this rub as is, or flip it right into a marinade by including oil, tamari, and maple syrup. Both method, it’s DELICIOUS!
We hope you LOVE this Jamaican jerk seasoning! It’s:
Spicy
Savory
Subtly candy
Balanced
Simple to make
& SO versatile!
Get pleasure from it on all the things from chickpeas, tofu, and cauliflower (recipe coming quickly!) to roasted plantains, mushrooms, and different veggies. It’s so flavorful that it will in all probability even make cardboard style good 😜 (not really useful, although!).
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Servings 8 (~1 Tbsp servings)
Stop your display from going darkish
- 2 Tbsp onion powder
- 2 Tbsp granulated garlic
- 1 Tbsp floor allspice
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar* (guarantee natural for vegan-friendly)
- 1 ½ tsp sea salt
- 1 ½ tsp dried thyme
- 1 ½ tsp floor coriander
- 1 ½ tsp floor black pepper
- 1 – 1 ½ tsp floor cayenne* (begin with much less in case your cayenne is particularly spicy)
- 3/4 tsp floor cinnamon
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Add all spices to a small jar (or bowl) and shake (or stir) to mix, breaking apart any cussed clumps of brown sugar.
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Style and regulate as wanted, including extra cayenne if it isn’t noticeably spicy. It ought to style candy, salty, and fairly spicy. Taste will differ with the freshness and warmth stage* of your spices, so be happy to regulate additional to style (we added the complete quantity of cayenne)! Will maintain at room temperature for a number of months.
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Get pleasure from as a dry spice rub or flip it right into a marinade (see notes part for marinade directions). It’s scrumptious for seasoning chickpeas, cauliflower (recipe coming quickly!), tofu, oyster mushrooms, roasted greens, rooster, and extra!
*Recipe as written makes ~1/2 cup seasoning.
*Brown sugar is historically utilized in jerk seasoning. We examined with coconut sugar, and whereas it labored, it lined up among the nuance of the spices, and we most well-liked the extra impartial style of brown sugar.
*The cayenne we used was 35,000 warmth items and we added the complete quantity. Alter up or down relying on private choice and the way spicy your cayenne is!
*To make a marinade, mix 1/2 cup of the dry spice rub with 1/4 cup olive oil (or your impartial oil of alternative), 1/4 cup tamari (low sodium for much less saltiness), and a pair of Tbsp maple syrup. Whisk/stir till easy. The marinade works properly for seasoning rooster and is scrumptious tossed with crumbled tofu, shredded oyster mushrooms, or sliced plantains roasted on a parchment-lined baking sheet at 425 levels F (218 C) till tender with crisp edges.
*Diet info is a tough estimate calculated with the lesser quantity of cayenne.
Serving: 1 tablespoon Energy: 16 Carbohydrates: 3.9 g Protein: 0.4 g Fats: 0.2 g Saturated Fats: 0 g Polyunsaturated Fats: 0 g Monounsaturated Fats: 0 g Trans Fats: 0 g Ldl cholesterol: 0 mg Sodium: 441 mg Potassium: 43 mg Fiber: 0.9 g Sugar: 1.3 g Vitamin A: 17 IU Vitamin C: 1 mg Calcium: 24 mg Iron: 0.5 mg
