Easy Jerk Chicken & Rice and Peas

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water + cornstarch

Almond milk reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

jerk seasoning

🥗Healthier: homemade spice blend

💰Cheaper: store-bought seasoning

Homemade blends can be healthier and more flavorful.

Take jerk seasoning from the grocery store, preferably mild or spicy.

Use soy sauce to marinate the chicken, ensuring not to add salt as well to avoid excess saltiness.

Wash the chicken with salt and lemon juice, then massage the jerk seasoning and soy sauce into the chicken.

Let the chicken marinate while preparing the rice and peas ingredients.

Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray a turkey roaster pan with cooking spray.

Place the marinated chicken in the turkey roaster, adding any remaining marinade from the bowl.

Cook the chicken in the oven for about 1 hour.

Chop one small onion finely and prepare one whole habanero pepper, removing the stem but leaving it whole for flavor.

Heat oil in a skillet and sauté the chopped onion until translucent.

Add 2 cups of rinsed white jasmine rice to the skillet with the onions and toast for a few minutes.

Measure out and prepare spices: 1 teaspoon each of dry jerk seasoning, garlic powder, salt, dried thyme; ½ teaspoon each of ground allspice and ground ginger.

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