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Greetings everyone. My rotation of meats that go through my smoker is not vast, by any stretch of the imagination. I'm always looking to expand the menu, and add things I haven't cooked before. I'm a big fan of Malcom Reed, and I copy most of his methods, which we find to be fantastic. One recipe on his site that I haven't tried is Jerk Pork. He uses pork steaks, which are part of my rotation, but not in a Caribbean Jerk flavor. Malcom makes his own marinade from scratch, but I wouldn't be opposed to a store bought version.
When I was shopping for yesterday's meat (pork steaks, ironically), I saw a jerk marinade at the store, and had it in my hand a couple of times. But I put it back, thinking I would try it another time, perhaps on chicken. My wife is a bigger fan of chicken than she is of pork or beef.
The reason for this post is to ask how many of the Brethren have tried a Jerk chicken or Jerk pork recipe. Some of the spices are interesting... nutmeg, clove, allspice, cinnamon. I'm intrigued, but I don't know if I'm intrigued enough to give it a go. If I can ever manage to be at my office at lunch time on a Tuesday (instead of out in the field), I can get jerk tacos from a taco truck that parks near our office. I'm really tempted to try making this version of chicken at home. I don't make much chicken, so this could become a regular part of the rotation. I won't be making it over the Memorial Day weekend though, as I owe someone at work a batch of pulled pork (he won a raffle that I agreed to provide winner's choice of ribs or PP for).
I would love to hear the opinions of the fine folks here. Thanks in advance for your replies.
When I was shopping for yesterday's meat (pork steaks, ironically), I saw a jerk marinade at the store, and had it in my hand a couple of times. But I put it back, thinking I would try it another time, perhaps on chicken. My wife is a bigger fan of chicken than she is of pork or beef.
The reason for this post is to ask how many of the Brethren have tried a Jerk chicken or Jerk pork recipe. Some of the spices are interesting... nutmeg, clove, allspice, cinnamon. I'm intrigued, but I don't know if I'm intrigued enough to give it a go. If I can ever manage to be at my office at lunch time on a Tuesday (instead of out in the field), I can get jerk tacos from a taco truck that parks near our office. I'm really tempted to try making this version of chicken at home. I don't make much chicken, so this could become a regular part of the rotation. I won't be making it over the Memorial Day weekend though, as I owe someone at work a batch of pulled pork (he won a raffle that I agreed to provide winner's choice of ribs or PP for).
I would love to hear the opinions of the fine folks here. Thanks in advance for your replies.
