Steamed Cabbage and Jerk Chicken
Recipe by:
Soulful Kitchen
History of this recipe
4
Servings
30
Minutes
250
Calories
Ingredients
- Diced chicken breast
- Brown onion
- Red bell pepper
- Carrot
- Scotch bonnet
- Garlic
- Spring onion
- Cabbage
- Salt
- Black pepper
- All-purpose
- Jerk seasoning
- Jerk marinade
- Pimento / all-spice
- Vegetable oil
- Chicken stock cube
- Parsley
- (Optional) Paprika
Method
- Prepare the following ingredients:
- ½ medium onion, diced
- ½ medium red bell pepper, sliced
- 1 large carrot, julienne (rectangular blocks)
- ½ scotch bonnet, diced
- 2-3 cloves of garlic, diced
- 1 spring onion stalk, chopped
- ½ white cabbage, sliced
- Season ca.425 grams of cleaned diced chicken breast as below:
- ½ tsp. of salt
- ½ tsp. of black pepper
- ½ tbsp. of all-purpose
- ½ tbsp. of jerk seasoning
- 1.5 tbsps of jerk marinade
- ½ tsp. of pimento / all-spice berries
- In a pot, add 2 tbsps of vegetable oil
- Cook your chicken through on a medium to hot temperature (should take ~10 minutes)
- (Optional) once half cooked, season the chicken with ca. 1 tsp. of paprika for colour
- Once the chicken has cooked fully, remove and save for later
Preparing the steamed cabbage
- In the same pot, start by cooking down all of the vegetables you prepared on a ~medium temperate (excl. the cabbage), add extra oil if needed
- In a cup, add ~100ml of boiled water to one chicken stock cube, and dissolve into the water
- Once your veggies have softened (~5 minutes), then add your sliced cabbage and mix together
- Season with a pinch of salt, 1 tbsp. of all-purpose and a small handful of fresh thyme (~1/2 tsp.)
- Add your chicken stock
- Cover and cook on a low temperature (steam) for 5-10 minutes (longer = less crunchy)
Preparing the steamed cabbage
- Re-add your chicken and mix together
- Garnish with parsley