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    Home » Recipes » Paleo Recipes

    Slow-Cooked Jerk-Style Chicken Recipe

    Last Modified: Jan 18, 2023 by Paleo Leaper · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment

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    Jerk chicken is great, but not everyone has a grill, or the time to cook it all after a long day. For a busy day-friendly version of the recipe, try this slow-cooker version instead.

    It’s got all the classic spices: allspice, cardamom, ginger, and of course plenty of chili peppers. A little pineapple juice is a more flavorful alternative to sugar or other sweeteners.

    Slow-Cooked Jerk-Style Chicken

    But the problem with slow-cooker jerk chicken is that you can’t get that beautiful blackened outside…or can you? (spoiler: you totally can). It’s actually pretty easy to get, even without a grill.

    Just take it out of the slow cooker and pop it under the broiler for a few minutes. It’s not cheating if it’s still delicious!

    This recipe is also a good one for tight grocery budgets because you can tweak it to fit whatever chicken parts are available at the store.

    Use any combination that you like – legs, thighs, drumsticks, breasts…even if you have a whole chicken, just cut it up and use that. Serve it with cauliflower “rice,” roasted peppers and onions, or whatever another side dish you like.

    Slow-Cooked Jerk-Style Chicken Recipe

    SERVES: 4 PREP: 20 min COOK: 6 h

    Ingredients

    • 4 lbs chicken pieces, bone-in, and skin-on
    • 8 green onions, coarsely chopped
    • 2 habanero chilies, stemmed and seeded
    • 1 tbsp. fresh ginger, sliced
    • ½ cup pineapple juice
    • 5 garlic cloves, peeled
    • 1 tbsp. fresh thyme, minced
    • 2 tsp. allspice
    • ¼ tsp. cardamom
    • 1 cinnamon stick
    • 1 to 2 limes, sliced
    • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
    Slow-Cooked Jerk-Style Chicken Recipe Preparation

    Preparation

    1. In a food processor, combine the green onion, habanero, ginger, garlic, thyme, allspice, cardamon, pineapple juice and salt and pepper to taste.
    2. Pulse until well-blended and smooth.
    3. Add the chicken to a slow cooker and generously rub it with the sauce.
    4. Cover and cook on low for 4 to 5 hours.
    5. Preheat your oven broiler.
    6. Remove the chicken from the slow cooker, and place it on a baking sheet.
    7. Broil the chicken in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes per side, until lightly charred, and serve with fresh lime slices.

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    Slow-Cooked Jerk-Style Chicken Recipe

    Slow-Cooked Jerk-Style Chicken Recipe

    A slow-cooker recipe for Jamaican spicy chicken - get the flavor and even the char on the outside without ever firing up the grill.
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    Prep Time 20 minutes mins
    Cook Time 6 hours hrs
    Total Time 6 hours hrs 20 minutes mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine American
    Servings 4 people
    Calories 722 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 4 lbs chicken pieces bone-in and skin-on
    • 8 green onions coarsely chopped
    • 2 habanero chilies stemmed and seeded
    • 1 tbsp. fresh ginger sliced
    • ½ cup pineapple juice
    • 5 garlic cloves peeled
    • 1 tbsp. fresh thyme minced
    • 2 tsp. allspice
    • ¼ tsp. cardamom
    • 1 cinnamon stick
    • 1 to 2 limes sliced
    • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

    Instructions
     

    • In a food processor, combine the green onion, habanero, ginger, garlic, thyme, allspice, cardamon, pineapple juice and salt and pepper to taste.
      8 green onions, 2 habanero chilies, 1 tbsp. fresh ginger, ½ cup pineapple juice, 5 garlic cloves, 1 tbsp. fresh thyme, 2 tsp. allspice, ¼ tsp. cardamom, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, 1 cinnamon stick
    • Pulse until well-blended and smooth.
    • Add the chicken to a slow cooker, and generously rub with the sauce.
      4 lbs chicken pieces
    • Cover and cook on low for 4 to 5 hours.
    • Preheat your oven broiler.
    • Remove chicken from the slow cooker, and place on a baking sheet.
    • Broil the chicken in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes per side, until lightly charred, and serve with fresh lime slices.
      1 to 2 limes

    Nutrition

    Calories: 722kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 59gFat: 47gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 10gMonounsaturated Fat: 19gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 231mgSodium: 226mgPotassium: 863mgFiber: 3gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 1087IUVitamin C: 58mgCalcium: 112mgIron: 5mg
    Keyword jerk chicken, slow cooker
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    Filed Under: Paleo Chicken and Poultry Recipes, Paleo Recipes Tagged With: cooking: fast prep, cooking: slow-cooker, diet: dairy-free, diet: egg-free, diet: nut-free, diet: shellfish-free, good for leftovers, Paleo Budget-Friendly Recipes, Paleo Dinner Recipes, Paleo Low-Carb Recipes

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