Caribbean recipes

Jun 26, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Elainea Emmott |Caribbean recipes |Levi Roots

Most Caribbean families make their own jerk spice rub, which may be wet or dry. In my family, in the 1970s, our jerk chicken was not always made with young chicken, but cleaning the meat by rubbing it with lemon, then brining, then marinating, then cooking it over a smoky barbecue made it very flavoursome. The chicken you buy these days is usually young and doesn’t need brining, but the brine will plump up the chicken and add flavour.