Levi Roots-stylee jerk chicken & jalapeno breads
My brother Levi Roots told me allspice, or pimento as it's called in Jamaica, is the secret to jerk chicken. The allspice berry adds about five flavours in one, so it's a powerful little thing. Levi has seven kids – there must be something pretty special in that sauce!! Growing up in Jamaica, Levis says, there was an amazing community spirit and lots of outdoor cooking, and people would go and visit their neighbours when they caught wafts of it. I love the sound of that.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 14 of 16 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 14 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Chicken | 100g cooked | 165 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Honey | 1 tbsp (21g) | 64 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Beer | 1/4 cup (60ml) for cooking | 43 |
| Lime | juice of 1 lime (44ml) | 11 |
| Chili | 1 tsp (2.7g) | 8 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Allspice | 1 tsp ground (1.9g) | 5 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Ginger | 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) | 2 |
| Parsley | 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) | 1 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
| Scotch | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon allspice berries
- 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
- 1 tablespoon dried chilli flakes
- ½ tablespoon muscovado sugar
- 2 tablespoons runny honey
- a few sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley
- a few sprigs fresh coriander
- 2 scotch bonnet chillies
- 1 clove garlic
- 3 cm piece fresh ginger, peeled
- 2 spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced
- olive oil
- 4 higher-welfare chicken thighs, skin on
- 4 higher-welfare chicken drumsticks, skin on
- beer, for drizzling, optional
- olive oil
- 1 lime
- 250 g self-raising flour, plus extra for dusting
- 250 g yoghurt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 jalapeno chilli, finely sliced