Jamaican Jerk Rub

Submitted by PalatablePastime

"Nice and spicy, just the way I like it. How about you?"

 

• Ready In: 5mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Yields: 3 tablespoons

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons ground allspice
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons paprika
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 3⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cayenne pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cloves

directions

1. Mix together all spices thoroughly and store in an airtight container.
2. To use, rub on chicken, pork, or shrimp 15-20 minutes before grilling.
3. This recipe should do about 3 pounds of meat.

Reviews

[Roosie]

Yummy. I cut down on the cayenne a lot, since what I have is African bird pepper and has 90,000 heat units... I think I used about 1/4 tsp and it was still kickin'. I followed Cookgirl's suggestion and used this to rub a pound of firm tofu. I was really generous with the rub and coated the tofu very well and used a full recipe for the pound. I baked the tofu at 400 for about 1/2 an hour and it turned out great. Nice and flavorful. The flavor was nice and pretty well balanced between sweet and spicy. I think it would be a great idea to marinade your meat (or tofu!) in some lime juice, then rub with this or sprinkle some lime juice over top after cooking... I did feel it needed a bit of tang. But overall, very good!

 

[mike_d_smith]

Really good, added a Scotch Bonnet to it for a real kick, Marinaded meat for 24 hours!

 

[Deep South]

Excellent! My DH hates "spicy, " so I left out the cayenne, but otherwise made according to the recipe.

 

[TheGrumpyChef]

Very spicy stuff! Used this recipe in recipe #231123. Delicious! Made for ZWT5 for the Saucy Senoritas.

 

[JeriBinNC]

Tasty and spicy! I made it just as written and used it for jerk chicken. Yum! I will definitely make this again and again.