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Jerk Chicken
“Drum Pan Smoke”
Jerk is Jamaica's single greatest culinary gift to the world, and its origins are as fierce as its flavour. The technique traces directly to the Maroons — the communities of escaped enslaved Africans who fled to the impenetrable Blue Mountains and Cockpit Country of Jamaica in the 1600s and 1700s. L...
15 ingredients
Maroon freedom fighters (1600s onward)
The word 'jerk' likely comes from the Quechua word 'charqui' (dried meat, also the origin of 'jerky'), brought to the Caribbean by Spanish colonisers. The Maroons adapted the preservation concept with their own African spicing traditions and the unique properties of Jamaican pimento wood.
YARD KITCHEN
Old Time Jamaican Recipes