Jerk Chicken
- Level: Advanced
- Yield: 1 serving
- Total: 20 hr 45 min (includes marinating time)
- Active: 1 hr 35 min
Ingredients
Collard Greens:
2 pounds collard greens
2 onions, cubed
1 pound butter
4 stalks celery, diced
2 carrots, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 yellow bell pepper, diced
1 pound bacon
1/4 cup ground black pepper
1/2 cup paprika
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup garlic powder
1/4 cup onion powder
1/4 cup chili powder
1/2 cup House Seasoning, recipe follows
1 pound red potatoes, large cubes
4 tablespoons ham base (paste, not liquid)
Mashed Potatoes:
4 pounds potatoes (60 percent red and 40 percent golden), scrubbed
2 cups (1 pound) butter
2 tablespoons diced garlic
2 cups sour cream
2 cups whipping cream
3 cups shredded 3-cheese mixture (equal portions pepper jack, Cheddar and smoked Gouda)
1/2 cup House Seasoning, recipe follows
Jerk Seasoning:
2 cups paprika
1 cup garlic powder
1 cup onion powder
1/2 cup chipotle dry seasoning
1/2 cup ground cumin
1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup cayenne pepper
1/4 cup ground ginger
1/4 cup ground nutmeg
1/4 cup ground black pepper
1/4 cup seasoning blend, such as Dash
1/4 cup steak blackening seasoning
Jerk Chicken:
1/2 cup salt
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
Buttermilk, for covering chicken
2 boneless chicken breasts
Butter, for cooking
Extra-virgin olive oil, for cooking
3 tablespoons diced green peppers
3 tablespoons diced onions
4 thin slices pork belly, cubed
Pinch House Seasoning, recipe follows
Fresh parsley sprigs and roasted red peppers, for decoration
Cooked green beans, for serving
House Seasoning:
1 cup garlic powder
1 cup salt
1 cup ground black pepper
3/4 cup paprika
1/2 cup ground cumin
1/2 cup ground onion powder
1/2 cup seasoned salt
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
Directions
- For the collard greens: Peel off collard green leaves from stems (leave in big pieces; we do not dice our collard greens).
- Place onions in a pot with butter over medium heat. Add celery, carrots and peppers.
- Cut bacon strips into 3 sections and add to the pot. Add black pepper. Saute all together—do NOT crisp bacon, but allow browning on the bottom of the pot, stirring every now and then and scraping the bottom of the pot. Add 1 cup water, deglazing bottom of the pot.
- Add paprika and saute more. The pot will start to dry out; add water as needed, making sure that the pot stays moist and wet but being careful not to overwater. Add garlic and collard greens along with 3 cups water.
- Add garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder and House Seasoning and continue to saute, adding water as needed, until the collard greens become soft. Add potatoes and fill pot with hot water until everything is barely submerged. Add ham base. Stir. Cover and cook, stirring every 30 minutes and adding water as needed to keep everything submerged, for 3 hours.
- For the mashed potatoes: Place potatoes in a pot. Pour hot water over the top until potatoes are submerged. Cook until potatoes are fork-tender. Drain and put potatoes to the side.
- Add butter and garlic to the hot pot. Add potatoes, sour cream, whipping cream and 3-cheese mixture, along with House Seasoning. Mash all ingredients together.
- For the jerk seasoning: Mix together paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, chipotle, cumin, salt, brown sugar, cayenne, ginger, nutmeg, black pepper, seasoning blend and blackening seasoning in a bowl.
- For the jerk chicken: Stir the salt and cayenne into the buttermilk, then add the chicken. Marinate, refrigerated, for at least 16 but no more than 24 hours.
- Take out chicken and cut each piece in half at an angle. Sprinkle the chicken on both sides with jerk seasoning.
- Add 1 tablespoon butter to a hot pan. Add 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil. Add chicken and cook both sides until chicken is almost done. Add green peppers and onions, pork belly, House Seasoning, a pinch jerk seasoning and a little more butter.
- Add a touch of water while shaking the pan. Cook until pork belly, peppers, and onions are translucent and the chicken is cooked through. Add parsley and roasted red peppers for decoration. Serve with mashed potatoes and green beans.
House Seasoning:
- Mix the garlic powder, salt, pepper, paprika, cumin, onion powder, seasoned salt and cayenne in a bowl.