Jamaican Escovitch Chicken Wings: A Spicy and Flavorful Delight
If you're a fan of spicy and flavorful dishes, then Jamaican Escovitch Chicken is worth a try. This traditional Jamaican dish is made with fried chicken and marinated in a spicy vinegar-based sauce. The dish is then topped with a colorful medley of vegetables like onions, bell peppers, and carrots that have been pickled in vinegar.
Ingredients
Ingredients to season chicken
- 1 pack Chicken wings
- 2 tbsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp complete seasoning
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp paprika
- 1 tbsp adobo
- 1/4 cup green seasoning
Ingredients for flour
- 2-3 cups of flour
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp complete seasoning
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp adobo
Ingredients for Oil
- 1/2 cup of oil
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 stem of Thyme
- 5 pimento berries
Ingredients for Escovitch Sauce
- 1 Onions chopped in rings
- Bell Peppers 1/2 of each color red, yellow, green, orange
- 2 Carrots chopped small
- Scotch Bonnet Peppers remove seed if necessary
- 1/2- 1 cup Vinegar
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 15 Pimiento Berries
- 3 stems of Fresh Thyme
- 1/8 cup Orange Juice
Instructions
- Once you have your chicken, you will need to soak the chicken in vinegar and lime or lemon water then rinse with fresh water.
- Season chicken with a few spices listed above. After seasoning the chicken let it marinate overnight for maximum flavor.
- Heat oil and add the seasoning listed above in the oil to flavor it.
- Then season your flour with the same seasoning you seasoned the chicken.
- Fry until it is crispy and golden brown. for about 8-10 minutes
- Next make the escovitch pickle sauce, made with vinegar, sweet pepper, onions, scotch bonnet, and more.
- The marinade is served on top of the chicken this allows the flavors to meld together and create a delicious taste.
How to Make Escovitch Pickle Sauce
- – Chop up all your ingredients bell peppers (red, yellow, and green), carrots, onions, scotch bonnet pepper.
- To a medium saucepan, add white vinegar and water, let that boil and come to a bubble then add in your carrots and boil for 5 mins
- Then add salt, granulated sugar, pimento berries, bell peppers (red, yellow, and green), orange juice, onion, and seasoning.
- Boil for 5 more mins the vegetables don’t over boil we like the vegetables crunchy.
- Add the vegetables to a mason jar then pour the vinegar into it. Cool then place the lid on the Mason Jar.
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Nutrition
Serving: 4gCalories: 164kcalCarbohydrates: 30gProtein: 5gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 0.4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 4mgSodium: 1682mgPotassium: 459mgFiber: 5gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 7895IUVitamin C: 11mgCalcium: 86mgIron: 2mg
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