![]() Bake: When you are ready to bake the jerk chicken, preheat the oven to 350 degrees.Marinate for at least and hour or preferably overnight. Marinate: Pour the rest of the marinade into a large ziplock bag along with the chicken.Reserve 1/4 cup of the marinade, set aside. Make the marinade: Add oil, molasses, lime juice, habanero peppers, ginger, garlic and spices to a food processor and pulse until combined.How do you make Jamaican Jerk Chicken in the oven? Seasoning: Allspice, onion powder, salt, pepper, and fresh thyme are key ingredients in Jamaican jerk seasoning, so I added them individually to the marinade.Garlic: I love fresh garlic in just about any savory recipe! Feel free to add more!.Ginger: Ginger also adds a little spice, but is really there for the flavor! I recommend fresh ginger because it tastes much better than powdered.If the sauce is too spicy for you add a little extra lime juice to balance out the heat. ![]() You can always add in one or omit it if you don’t like the heat. Hot peppers: The chicken gets its spice from the habanero pepper.If you can’t find lime, lemon would be fine! Lime: Lime is added to the marinade and can also be squeezed on top at the end for garnish.Molasses: Sticky and sweet, molasses caramelizes the chicken skin beautifully in the oven.They stay nice and juicy! On the other hand, chicken breast can dry out quickly when it’s overcooked so I’d avoid using breast meat. Chicken: The best cuts of meat to use for baking Jerk Chicken in the oven are chicken thighs and drumsticks.When it’s time for dinner take the chicken out of the marinade and bake! The night before throw all of the marinade ingredients in a food processor pulse them up and threw them in a ziplock bag along with the chicken. ![]() Sweet from the molasses and spicy from the habanero. The flavor comes from the marinade which is the perfect combination of sweet and spicy. The trick to making oven baked jerk chicken is to marinate it overnight and then broil it in the oven for a crispy caramelized skin. It’s a lot easier to make Jerk Chicken at home than you think.
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