Instant Pot Jerk Chicken
A no-marination simple 25 min jerk chicken that can be put together for a quick and delicious dinner using basic pantry ingredients.
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 6 Chicken thighs
- 2 Green chilis
- 2 Green onion stalks
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- 1 tsp Nutmeg
- 2 tsp Pepper
- 0.5 tsp Paprika
- 0.5 tsp Cayenne pepper
- 1.5 tsp Allspice
- 1 tsp Brown sugar
- 2.5 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Soy sauce
- 1 tsp Lemon juice
Instructions
- Blend all the sauce ingredients together to get a thick sauce.
- Pour the sauce into the instant pot (IP).
- Place the chicken on top of the sauce and cover the IP with the lid.
- Set the IP to manual pressure for 25 minutes and quick release.
- When done, take the chicken out and place in a baking tray. You can keep the chicken as is or shred if you prefer to serve it that way.
- Set the IP to sauté mode and let the remaining sauce thicken for a few mins in the IP.
- Meanwhile, set the oven to broil on high, and place the baking tray in the top rack for 5 mins.
- Remove the baking tray from the oven and pour the thickened sauce on top of the chicken.
- Serve with pita bread, pickled onions, a pear and celery salad and sour cream to taste!
- Bonus tip to pickle onions: To pickle half a cup of onions, make a solution of 0.5 cup water, 0.5 cup vinegar,1.5 tsp honey, 1 tsp black pepper. Immerse sliced onions in the solution and cover for 30 mins. Your pickled onions are ready!
- Bonus tip to make a pear and celery salad: Slice 1 pear and 5 snack-size celery sticks with a mandoline slicer. Add 1 tsp lemon juice and 0.5 tsp pepper and toss well.