Spicy, savory, salty, and candy? Jamaican jerk seasoning has it occurring! When a latest craving arose for the daring, balanced flavors of this Caribbean spice combine, we acquired 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 on the spot taste to all the pieces from rooster to plantains, veggies, chickpeas, and extra. Let’s spice it up in right here!
Origin of Jamaican Jerk Cooking
In terms of Jamaican delicacies, “jerk” refers to a mode of cooking that historically entails marinating meat in a spicy seasoning and cooking it over a wooden fireplace for a smoky taste. This methodology is believed to have originated with indigenous peoples in Jamaica.
The spicy, warming seasoning usually accommodates Scotch bonnet peppers and allspice as key components. Because it’s difficult to search 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 contemporary components, take a look at this extra conventional recipe from Island Type Kitchen.
Learn how to Make Jamaican Jerk Seasoning
The time period “jerk seasoning” is typically used to confer with a dry spice rub and typically to a marinade.
To maintain issues tremendous easy and handy, we wish to make a dry spice rub with sugar, salt, and spices. This dry combination retains nicely for months within the pantry, and if you wish to make a marinade, it’s as straightforward as stirring in just a few 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 need to use this rub as is, or flip it right into a marinade by including oil, tamari, and maple syrup. Both manner, it’s DELICIOUS!
We hope you LOVE this Jamaican jerk seasoning! It’s:
Spicy
Savory
Subtly candy
Balanced
Simple to make
& SO versatile!
Take pleasure in it on all the pieces from chickpeas, tofu, and cauliflower (recipe coming quickly!) to roasted plantains, mushrooms, and different veggies. It’s so flavorful that it will most likely even make cardboard style good 😜 (not beneficial, although!).
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Servings 8 (~1 Tbsp servings)
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- 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 modify as wanted, including extra cayenne if it is not 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 total quantity of cayenne)! Will preserve at room temperature for a number of months.
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Take pleasure in 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 coated up a few of 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 total quantity. Regulate 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 couple of Tbsp maple syrup. Whisk/stir till clean. The marinade works nicely 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.
*Vitamin 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
