How to Make Grilled Jerk Chicken and Smoked Chicken Wings
Test cook Bryan Roof makes host Julia Collin Davison flavor-packed Grilled Jerk Chicken. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried and host Bridget Lancaster discuss grill brushes. Finally, test cook Christie Morrison reveals the secrets to Smoked Chicken Wings.
Get the recipe for Grilled Jerk Chicken:
Get the recipe for Smoked Chicken Wings:
Buy our winning blender:
Buy our winning grill brush:
ABOUT US: Located in Boston’s Seaport District in the historic Innovation and Design Building, America’s Test Kitchen features 15,000 square feet of kitchen space including multiple photography and video studios. It is the home of Cook’s Illustrated magazine and Cook’s Country magazine and is the workday destination for more than 60 test cooks, editors, and cookware specialists. Our mission is to test recipes over and over again until we understand how and why they work and until we arrive at the best version.
If you like us, follow us:
I get the impression that the jerk marinate was too spicy, based on Julia's reaction to the smell of the blended marinate and their taking only one bite of the chicken. The chicken looked delicious. Wouldn't want my mouth on fire to distract from the overall flavor of the chicken, so personally I would use only 1/2 of a habanero. Nothing worse than food that is over spiced.
For an authentic jerk chicken, doesn’t the marinade usually include some kind of acidic ingredient like lime juice rather than squeezing of lime after cooking?
grew up in the restaurant industry … ( 35 years ). my first teacher was my own, “father” … not a really good teacher, ( period ). so i took it upon myself to teach myself how to cook properly … by watch programs with ms. Julia Child and mr. Jacques Pépin … what they’ve taught me is … Don’t stop 🛑 learning just because you’ve mastered an obstacle. so now fast-forward to today … #ATK is teaching me New ways of the old ways … Thank You! 🙇🏻
Actually ladies,Jerk Chicken seasoning was invented by the Arawak/Taino Indians 2500 years ago. Not to discredit the Maroons, but they only adapted the jerking seasoning chicken technique down the line being taught. Jerk Seasoning didn't come from or invented by African Slaves even though some blogs says it was conceived by theM.. All this info is on the web ladies.
Thank you for saying "enslaved people" instead of "slaves". Word choice matters
Hey Cooks/America's Test Kitchen, habanero is pronounced Ha-ba-ne-ro (no tilde on the n), and jalapeno is pronounced ha-la-pen-yo.
rather than moving all the chicken to the other side of the grill,,,why not just spin the grill half way around
Can you do this on a gas grill?
Grill grate continuity?
I always love the history behind these dishes. After watching this episode, it has made me research more about the Maroon people and their history.
Yikes… that seasoning is too light in color, too runny and missing clove & fresh ginger. I mean I bet it tastes good but you need those extra flavors. And if you can find scotch bonnet peppers use them in place of habanero. 👌🏽
Oh snap I always to say “Juk” meaning to poke but didn’t know it was related to Jerk. I’m Barbadian 🇧🇧-American and sometimes would speak some Bajan Creole (broken english) words. I aslo met a Panamanian 🇵🇦 that would say Juk too and that’s when we realised it wasn’t unique to our own countries.
Love the flats mysef. 🙂
Ugh… Soaking wood chips is a myth.
Jerk Paste is a great band name!
very short handles – when the grill is crazy hot, you're very close to the grill on the scrape motion….
I love Christie <3 She is so stinking cute 🙂
Bryan Roof..the ultimate daddy!!!
They has soy sauce in the Caribbean?
The pumice stone works pretty well, too, and is much cheaper than that wood scraper.
Steel bristles have been know to break off and get into peoples intestines and cause medical emergencies.