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Jerk Chicken with Fired Rice and Grilled Pineapple Salsa
This is SO good. The chicken is covered in the a spicy sweet jerk sauce. It's pretty much a jerk BBQ sauce and it's lick the spoon good.
👥 6 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 45 min⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 15 min👤 Tieghan Gerard📖 halfbakedharvest
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●whisk
- ●measuring cup
- ●pan
- ●skillet
📝 Preparation Steps
1
In a glass measuring cup or bowl combine the ketchup, soy sauce, orange juice, vinegar, molasses, curry powder, cayenne pepper, ginger and garlic. Whisk to combine.
cup + 1 tablespoon soy sauce (divided)1/2soy sauce1 tablespoonorange juice2 tablespoonsvinegar1 tablespoonmolasses1 tablespooncurry powder3 teaspoonsgarlic (minced or grated)1 clovegarlic (grated)1 clove
2
Add the chicken to a medium size bowl and toss with about 1/4 cup of the sauce. Place in the fridge for ⏱️ 20-30 minutes while you prep the veggies and make the salsa. Reserve the remaining sauce for later.
3
Heat a large skillet over high heat. When hot add a tablespoon of peanut oil. Carefully add the chicken and its marinade, cook for about ⏱️ 2 minutes per side or until the chicken gets a nice caramalized crust. Remove from the pan.
peanut oil (divided)3 tablespoons
4
Add a tablespoon of peanut oil and the red pepper, orange pepper and banana pepper. Stir-fry for 2 to ⏱️ 3 minutes. Remove from the pan.
peanut oil (divided)3 tablespoonsorange pepper (sliced)1banana pepper (sliced)1
5
Add the last tablespoon of peanut oil and the rice. Stir fry until heated through, about ⏱️ 4 minutes. Add 1 tablespoon of soy sauce and about 1 tablespoon of the reserved jerk sauce. Stir to combine and the add the peppers back in.
peanut oil (divided)3 tablespoonscup + 1 tablespoon soy sauce (divided)1/2soy sauce1 tablespoon
6
To serve place a serving of the pepper fried rice on a plate and top with the chicken. Drizzle the chicken with the remaining jerk sauce, if desired, and then top the chicken with the grilled pineapple salsa.
pineapple (peeled and cut into sticks)1
7
To make the salsa. Grill or broil the pineapple until charred. Allow to cool and chop into chunks. In a medium size bowl toss the grilled pineapple, red onion, tomatoes, jalapeño, garlic, ginger, lime juice and salt. Toss well and taste. Add more salt if need. Serve over the chicken and rice.
pineapple (peeled and cut into sticks)1red onion (finely chopped)1/4garlic (minced or grated)1 clovegarlic (grated)1 clovelime (juice)1/2
Nutrition Facts
calories
277 kcal
fat Content
9 g
serving Size
4 g
fiber Content
4 g
sugar Content
23 g
sodium Content
553 mg
protein Content
22 g
cholesterol Content
48 mg
carbohydrate Content
55 g
saturated Fat Content
1 g
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