Enjoy flavorful jerk tacos topped with fresh pineapple salsa. A delicious, gluten-free, and dairy-free option for your next meal!
Spicy and Flavorful Tacos Perfectly Paired with Refreshing Pineapple Salsa
Jerk Chicken combined with fresh pineapples creates a delightful and flavorful dish that is perfect for any occasion. This recipe features boneless, skinless chicken thighs marinated with a blend of spices, including garlic salt, onion powder, and ground cloves, among others. The use of jerk paste or seasoning adds a traditional Jamaican flair, enhancing the overall taste profile with its spicy and aromatic notes. The chicken is then grilled to perfection, ensuring a juicy and tender result.
The accompanying salsa is a vibrant mix of diced fresh pineapples, jalapeños, red bell peppers, and red onions, all tossed together with lime juice and chopped cilantro. This refreshing salsa not only complements the jerk chicken but also adds a burst of sweetness and acidity that balances the spice. The recipe is not only delicious but also accommodates those with gluten and dairy allergies, making it a versatile option for gatherings and family meals.
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Wag Guan welcome back to cooking gluten- and dairyfree with Dave D we have a special recipe for you today ladies and gentlemen jerk tacos with pineapple salsa I haven’t mentioned this yet in the channel but both my parents are from the West Indies my mom is from Antiga and my dad is from Jamaica so Caribbean food is one of my favorites I try my.
Best to master the food I grew up on and I think I’ve gotten pretty close with my jerk chicken recipe to get that authentic jerk flavor though we have to take this outside to the charcoal grill then we have to pair it with some pineapple salsa for a blend of savory and sweet we then throw it on some tacos for jerk tacos this is one of my.
Favorite recipes on the channel and I’m excited to share it with you let’s get down to business so starting with the chicken we’ll be using some skinless boneless chicken thighs I know it’s controversial but I clean my meat before I cook so I’m going to be adding some vinegar mixing the thighs in the vinegar and then rinsing it a few times with.
Some water we then dry the chicken out with some paper towel I know some people consider this a waste of time but Amy man that’s just how I was raised all right let me get off my soap box and let’s get on to the seasoning as you can see I have two bowls here one is for pork and others for chicken we’re focusing on the chicken today so go.
Ahead and add some garlic salt garlic powder onion powder adobo cayenne pepper dried thyme paprika ground cloves ground.
Ginger ground all spice which is absolutely crucial to this recipe ground nutmeg and a little bit of Browning see I have two bottles of Browning here one from a Jamaican company called Grace the other is from Kitchen Bouquet Kitchen Bouquet is found at most grocery stores but since this is Jamaican recipe let’s go with Grace if we can if not Kitchen.
Bouquet will be fine and finally We’ll add some brown sugar now get in there and mixx all the seasonings in now is the perfect time to mention that the exact ingredients are in the description box below also if you want to see more videos please subscribe I want to get to 500 subscribers by the end of the year so help me out with that also hit the.
Thumbs up button so we can get these gluten and dairyfree recipes to more people now that our seasonings are mixed in it’s time for the star of the show walkerswood jerk seasoning or jerk paste another product from Jamaica you should be able to find this or very version of this at most grocery stores International section but if you can’t.
Find it it is on Amazon let’s go ahead and add this and then rub it into all the meat when we’re done it should look a little something like this all right so this is crucial we need this to marinate for as much time as we can our goal is overnight but we don’t want to do any less than 2 hours so let’s plan this out we want this to be as flavorful.
As possible so we’re putting all the chicken in a laret lot bag and then placing it into the fridge make sure you squeeze out all the air so after marination take the chicken out the fridge and let it come to room temperature for about 30 minutes this will lead to an even cook while we’re waiting let’s go ahead and get down to.
Some pineapple salsa we’ll need some fresh pineapple not canned not bottled not in that little plastic thing either you can be like me though and she and get some pre-cut fresh pineapple we’re going to dice these up I like them chunkier but you can make them as smell as you desire we want to end up with about a cup worth add these to a bowl.
Next dice up a jalapeno we’re getting a little bit of Spice from The Jerk Chicken so no need for the seeds here once they’re nice and DIC add the jalapenos to the bowl so they can say what’s up to their new friend pineapple next we’re going to dice up a red bell pepper add that to the bowl with the other homies next dice up a red onion.
Add that to the Bowl now cut two limes in half and then add the juice from 1 and A2 to the Bowl finally we’re going to take the leaves off of some cilantro we need about about a half2 cup worth people always say there’s a faster way to do this but it never works for me so I do leaf by Leaf anyway chop those up and then add them to the bowl next we’re.
Going to add a little bit of sea salt now get a spoon and mix it all together so fresh and so flavorful like this could really have been on video on its own anyway now that our salsa is done let’s go outside to the grill all right so if you look at the grill closely you’ll notice that I have one side with all the white hot coals and the other.
Side with no coals we’ll use the hot side the left side in this video to sear the meat and then we’ll use the colder side so the meat can essentially smoke so go ahead and add your chicken to the hot side let them cook for about 2 minutes or so or until they get some nice color when they have some nice color go ahead and flip them and then do.
The same on the other side now remember we added brown sugar and Browning and those things burn so you might get some darker spots but trust me this is part of the process so during this process make sure to keep a close ey on the grill some areas will be hter than the others so don’t be afraid to move the chicken that’s cooking too fast to a.
Cooler spot and vice versa when the chicken looks like this on both sides move it to the cooler side now we’re going to essentially create an oven that is using charcoal as it heat and this is what helps give jerk chicken its signature flavor so go ahead and close the top and let it bake or smoke now the source of the heat is coming from the.
Bottom so be sure to flip the chicken every 3 to 5 minutes or so now after about 15 minutes we want to start checking the temperature we want that internal temperature to get to 175 I’m not saying the chicken’s going to be done in 15 minutes there are too many variables for me to predict how long it’ll take all I’m saying is check the.
Chicken so you can get an idea of how long it’s going to take to bake or smoke let it keep going until it gets to 175 this can take as little as 25 minutes or as much an as an hour depending on variables be patient it’s worth it now when your chicken gets to 175 take take it off the grill and let it rest for about 10 minutes before cutting into it.
Come on now look how moist this chicken is it’s also very tender look how easy the knife is cutting through it trust me if you do everything I said here you can’t go wrong anyway cut the chicken up into bized pieces and put them in a bowl it should look a little something like this now it’s time to build our tacos grab some gluten-free taco shells and.
Heat them according to the directions on the bag add some shredded lettuce next pile on that delicious chicken we cooked up finally add some salsa so we can achieve that marriage of savory and sweet and bang jerk tacos again this is my favorite recipe on the channel and I’ll be serving these on my food truck one day we aren’t there yet but I’m.
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