Jerk Chicken

8 legs or thighs

The first time I went to Buffalo Wild Wings I chose the chicken tenders with a flight of sauces: my favorite among the three was their jerk sauce. Spicy, herbaceous, sticky — it was great. Years later I made-up a jerk spice blend that wasn't quite so strong on the scovilles. Fast forward a few more years and I had some passion fruit pulp on hand that I was having with yogurt. Put it all together, and you get my favorite recipe for jerk chicken.

Jerk spice blend

• 1 tsp thyme, dried
• 1 tsp allspice, ground
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp cayenne or chipotle pepper powder
• 1/2 tsp turmeric
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp light brown sugar

Chicken

• 8 pieces chicken (any mix of legs and thighs)

Basting sauce

• 3 tbsp passion fruit pulp
• 2 tsp jerk spice blend
• 2 tbsp honey
• 1 tbsp ketchup
• 1 tbsp molasses
• 2 habañero peppers, roasted, peeled, seeded, and finely chopped
• 3 tbsp reserve chicken broth