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    Home » Recipes

    Slow Cooker Jerk Chicken Easy and Delicious

    May 22, 2020 by Patti Estep 2 Comments

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    Large platter of jerk chicken
    Jerk chicken over rice and a platter of jerk chicken pieces

    This slow cooker jerk chicken recipe is super easy to make. You'll love the sweet and spicy flavor and the way the chicken falls off the bone.

    Slow cooker Jerk chicken

    Cooking chicken or any meat in the slow cooker is a great way to make a delicious meal with little effort. This particular recipe uses ingredients found in Jamaican Jerk cooking, with both fresh and dried components.

    Jerk chicken wet marinade

    The marinade is a wet one. Often you will find a recipe that uses a dry rub. However, since I was using the slow cooker I wanted to combine some jarred Jerk seasoning with a few fresh ingredients. I especially love the combination of sweet fresh pineapple and the heat from jalapenos in this dish.

    Chicken pieces topped with jerk marinade in a crockpot

    Here I used chicken parts with bones and skin. I think that adds a lot more flavor. However, I noticed many stores are offering only boneless and skinless chicken parts. So if that's all you can get, go with it. You may find you'll need less cooking time.

    Jerk chicken finished cooking in the slow cooker.

    Yes, there is a lot of fat and liquid in the pot at the end of cooking. This is common when cooking meats in a slow cooker.

    Cooked slow cooker jerk chicken stacked on a platter.

    Just gently lift the chicken out an place it on a platter.

    Piece of jerk chicken on a bed of rice.

    Finally, serve the slow cooker jerk chicken with some delicious rice and maybe a fresh green salad and you have an easy, delicious, and flavorful meal.

    Slow cooker jerk chicken and rice.

    Slow Cooker Jerk Chicken

    This slow cooker jerk chicken recipe is super easy to make. You’ll love the sweet and spicy flavor and the way the chicken falls off the bone.
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    Prep Time 10 mins
    Cook Time 4 hrs
    Total Time 4 hrs 10 mins
    Course Dinner Recipes
    Cuisine Jamaican
    Servings 5
    Calories 746 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 4 pounds of chicken breasts and thighs including skin and bones
    • 2 Tablespoons of pickled jalapenos
    • 2 cloves of garlic
    • 2 Tablespoons Jerk seasoning mix
    • 1 cup of fresh pineapple chunks
    • 1/2 small onion
    • 1/8 cup olive oil
    • 1/8 cup lime juice about 2 juicy limes

    Instructions
     

    • Combine jalapenos, garlic, pineapple, onion, Jerk seasoning, olive oil, and lime juice in a food processor.
    • Process until smooth.
    • Place the chicken pieces in a slow cooker.
    • Spoon the marinade from the food processor on top of the chicken.
    • Cook on high heat for 4 hours.
    • Remove chicken pieces and serve over rice.

    Notes

    You could cook this on low heat and then it would probably cook for 6-8 hours. In addition, you could use boneless, skinless chicken. That will decrease the cooking time.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1gCalories: 746kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 119gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 15gCholesterol: 342mgSodium: 446mgFiber: 1gSugar: 9g

    Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.

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    About Patti Estep

    Patti is the creator of Hearth and Vine, a home and garden blog filled with projects to inspire your creative side. She loves crafting, gardening, decorating and entertaining at her home in Pennsylvania. When she is not working on a project at home or searching for treasures at nurseries and thrift stores with her girlfriends, you’ll probably find her with family and friends, at a restaurant, or home party enjoying new and different food adventures.

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    1. Jean Klinger

      May 22, 2020 at 9:31 am

      Right now I don’t have any jerk seasoning mix. Any substitution I could use? Sounds yummy.

      Also I noticed my hosta plants out near front porch have some brown leaves on top any ideas what may have caused this. We get more sun in front of house. These are light colored and usually get Purple Flowers in center later?

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      • Patti Estep

        May 22, 2020 at 5:06 pm

        You can make your own mix for the Jerk Seasoning. There are lots of ideas online. Combinations of things like garlic powder, cinnamon, paprika, nutmeg, pepper etc. Just use what you have. I don't think you could go too wrong with it.
        Depending on where you live, your hostas may have experiences frostbite. I know some of mine did. I don't plan on doing anything but you could trim back the dead leaves. They should be fine in the long run.

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