Jamaican Jerked Pork And Chicken
- 1 6 1/2-pound pork shoulder, or 6 1-inch-thick loin pork chops
- 3 chicken breasts, split, with skin on
- 6 chicken legs
- 2 ounces whole allspice berries
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 8 scallions (white part and 1 inch of green each), chopped
- 1 large garlic clove, chopped
- 1 teaspoon fresh serrano or other hot pepper, seeded and chopped
- 3 tablespoons red-wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup peanut or vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 2 bay leaves, crumbled
- Pickapeppa sauce (see note)
- Cut away the rind and most of the fat from the pork.
- Remove all the meat from the bones and cut it into pieces about one-and-a-half-inches thick and three or four inches long.
- Put the pork pieces and the chicken in a large bowl, cover and refrigerate until needed.
- To prepare the seasoning, heat the allspice berries over medium heat in a small heavy saucepan for three or four minutes, stirring often until heated through.
- Two tablespoons at a time, crush the berries in a mortar and pestle until all are cracked.
- In a medium-size bowl, combine the crushed berries, nutmeg, cinnamon, scallions, garlic, pepper and one tablespoon of the vinegar.
- Crush into a pasty mixture.
- Add the rest of the vinegar, oil, salt, pepper and bay leaves.
- Mix well.
- Turn the mixture over the pork and chicken and rub the meat with the seasoning, coating it evenly.
- Cover and refrigerate for two hours or overnight.
- Cook the jerked pork and chicken on the grill over hot coals or on a gas-heated barbecue as far away from the heat source as possible, at least six inches.
- Cover with the lid.
- Turn the meat every 10 minutes for about one hour, until done.
- If desired, halfway through the cooking time, toss one teaspoon of whole allspice berries into the fire.
- Cut the cooked pork into one-third-inch slices and serve with the chicken.
- Accompany with Pickapeppa sauce.
pork shoulder, chicken breasts, chicken, berries, nutmeg, ground cinnamon, scallions, garlic, fresh serrano, redwine vinegar, peanut, salt, freshly ground pepper, bay leaves, sauce
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/3924 (may not work)