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Jerk sauce recipe - LostBeachBum - 08-26-2015
Hi everyone,
Laying here bored and in pain so I decided to share one of my prized recipes with you all. Sorry no measurements., that would make it too easy… Too many years of trial and error!
JERK SAUCE:
Scallion
Onion
Tomato
Bonnet Peppers
Fresh Garlic
Fresh Ginger
Fresh Thyme
Lime juice + zest ( Whole lime if using vitamin or similar)
Soy sauce
browning
50/50 cider vinegar/white distilled vinegar
50/50 orange juice/apple juice
MSG or Maggie
Brown sugar
All spice berries (pimento)
Cinnamon
Nutmeg (fresh grated)
Cardamom
Black pepper (whole corns if possible)
Note: The first 8 ingredients can be made into a coarse paste and added to a variety of dishes while cooking like brown stew chicken, gumbo or oxtail soup. It's also a fantastic base for other marinades or a great wet rub when mixed with a little oil.
The sauce: Once blended, heat to a simmer and cook for at least 20 minutes. If using a vitamix, do not over blend as this will alter the flavor. Depending on soy sauce used, salt might be needed to taste, do this after the sauce has cooked. If not grilling meat over charcoal, add a few TSP of liquid smoke to the sauce. Lump charcoal and pimento wood chunks work best to replicate the taste of Jamaica. Mesquite with lots of pimento berries thrown on the hot coals works well too. Add very cold meat to grill just after you throw on the dried berries then close the lid. When cooking pork, I use a dry rub then inject and marinate with a bit of sauce that has extra peppers and lime to penetrate. For chicken, I just marinate overnight. If you are serious about grilling, barbecuing or cooking amazing roasted meats, buy yourself a meat injector. Enjoy!
Dry rub:
Granulated garlic
Granulated onion
Ginger powder
Dried thyme
Smoked paprika
Habanero powder or Cayenne pepper
brown sugar
all spice
cinnamon
nutmeg
cardamom
salt and pepper
Note: Use smoked salt and freeze dried lime powder if you can find it.
RE: Jerk sauce recipe - kylake - 08-27-2015
Thanks LBB for the basic recipe for your Jerk sauce. I know you are a professional cook and I am just a guy that likes to cook. I make my own b-b-que sauce and I always add some celery seed to the sauce as I cook it down. You might try some celery seed sometime if you have not already.
RE: Jerk sauce recipe - rootswoman - 08-28-2015
Thanks! Sounds great!
RE: Jerk sauce recipe - rastagirl777 - 08-28-2015
Sounds good - I use jerk recipes I've garnered from some of my favorite Jamaican chefs. I don't do soy so I tend not to use DeBuss' recipe - my flavors are more savory, no fruit. I sometimes do a wet marinade, sometimes a dry rub. Just need to plan ahead, I like to marinate my meat overnight.