Dinner
Jamaican Jerk Chicken
Chicken marinated overnight in scotch bonnet, allspice and thyme, then cooked slowly over indirect heat until the…
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Allspice, scotch bonnet and slow smoke. 22 Jamaican recipes, from the everyday to the ambitious.
The 22 recipes cover 7 of the site’s categories, among them 11 dinners, 4 bakes, 2 desserts, 2 lunches, 1 appetiser or small plate and 1 breakfast. Of these, 3 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Fried Sweet Plantain (15 min), Bammy (25 min) and Jamaican Fry Dumplings (30 min). For 16, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 13 easy, 8 medium and 1 hard.
As written, 8 are vegetarian, 3 vegan, 7 gluten-free and 12 dairy-free. Another 4 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.
Jamaican recipes — all 22 recipes
Dinner
Jamaican Curry Goat
Goat browned and stewed for hours with Jamaican curry powder, thyme and scotch bonnet until it falls off the bone…
Side dish
Rice and Peas
Rice cooked in coconut milk with kidney beans, thyme, spring onion and a whole scotch bonnet left in and lifted out…
Side dish
Fried Sweet Plantain
Very ripe plantain sliced on the diagonal and fried until the sugars caramelise into a dark crust around a soft…
Lunch
Jamaican Beef Patty
A flaky turmeric-yellow pastry folded around spiced beef filling, crimped and baked until the edges are crisp and…
Breakfast
Ackee and Saltfish
Jamaica's national dish: ackee, a fruit whose cooked flesh looks and behaves remarkably like scrambled egg, sautéed…
Dinner
Jerk Pork
Pork shoulder in a scotch bonnet and allspice marinade, cooked slowly over smoke until the outside is black and the…
Lunch
Jamaican Beef Patties
Turmeric pastry folded round spiced minced beef and baked. The colour comes from the pastry, not the filling.
Dinner
Jamaican Oxtail Stew
Oxtail seasoned with allspice and thyme, browned and braised for hours with butter beans until it falls off the bone…
Dinner
Escovitch Fish
Crisp fried whole snapper, covered in a hot, sharp pickle of onion, carrot, peppers and scotch bonnet. A Jamaican…
Dinner
Jamaican Curry Chicken
Chicken marinated and simmered in a Jamaican curry sauce of curry powder, thyme, allspice and scotch bonnet with…
Dinner
Jamaican Brown Stew Chicken
Chicken seasoned and browned in caramelised sugar, then stewed with onions, tomatoes, carrots and thyme in a dark…
Baking
Jamaican Festival
Slender, lightly sweet cornmeal dumplings cooked until golden, crisp outside and soft inside, served with jerk and…
Bread
Jamaican Fry Dumplings
Round flat dumplings of plain flour dough, shallow-fried until golden and eaten with saltfish and ackee or for…
Baking
Jamaican Bun and Cheese
A dense, dark Easter spice bun of molasses, raisins and mixed spice, sliced and eaten with a wedge of processed…
Desserts
Jamaican Rum Cake
A dense Christmas cake of dried fruit soaked in rum and wine, baked, then drenched in rum syrup while still warm.
Dinner
Gungo Peas Soup
A thick Jamaican soup of pigeon peas, salted meat, pumpkin, yam and spinners, flavoured with thyme, scallion and…
Dinner
Jamaican Pepper Pot Soup
A thick Jamaican soup of callaloo, okra, salted meat, yam and coconut milk, seasoned with thyme, pimento and scotch…
Dinner
Jamaican Red Pea Soup
A rich Jamaican soup of red kidney beans, salted meat, yam, coconut milk and flour dumplings, a Saturday tradition.
Appetizers
Jerk Chicken Wings
Chicken wings marinated in a jerk paste of scotch bonnet, allspice, thyme and lime, then baked at 220C until crisp…
Baking
Bammy
Flat, dense Jamaican cassava breads, soaked in coconut milk and pan-fried for 10 minutes until golden on both sides.
Desserts
Coconut Drops
Jamaican sweets of coconut chips cooked for 30 minutes in sugar, ginger and water until the syrup turns to a sticky…