Recipe of the Day: Tyler's Ultimate Jerk Chicken

jerk chicken

Jerk is a style of cooking that originated from Jamaica, where meats like chicken and pork are seasoned with a very hot spice mixture of allspice, Scotch bonnet peppers, cinnamon, garlic, salt and more. Here, Tyler Florence takes his grilled chicken to the next level by making a chile-spiked marinade.

Start prepping for this meal Saturday and finish it off on a lazy Sunday.

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