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Chargrilled Jerk Chicken Breast Skewers With Cucumber Dippin

Type: Chicken, Poultry
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

2 lbs 908g / 32ozChicken breast - diced 1/2" thick
12   Wooden skewers - soaked in water
  For 2 hours
  Green tai leaves
2 lbs 908g / 32ozFresh Yucca - peeled, and
  Cut into fries
  Fresh pineapple wedges
  Cucumber Dipping Sauce
25 oz 710gCucumber
7 oz 198gSour cream
7 oz 198gMayonnaise
1 oz 28gCider vinegar
1/2 oz 14gSalt
1   Cayenne pepper
1/2 oz 14gDijon mustard
1/2 oz 14gChopped garlic
  For The Jerk Marinade
1   Onion - finely chopped
1/2 cup 73g / 2.6ozFinely-chopped scallion
2 teaspoons 10mlFresh thyme leaves
1 teaspoon 5mlSalt
2 teaspoons 10mlSugar
1 teaspoon 5mlGround Jamaican pimento (allspice)
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlGround nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlGround cinnamon
1   Hot pepper - finely ground
  (or 2 Scotch bonnet peppers)
1 teaspoon 5mlFreshly-ground black pepper
3 tablespoons 45mlSoy sauce
1 tablespoon 15mlCooking oil
1 tablespoon 15mlCider or white vinegar

Recipe Instructions

For the marinade, mix together onion, scallion, thyme, salt, sugar, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon, hot pepper, black pepper, soy sauce, oil and vinegar. These ingredients can also be combined in a food processor.

For the Cucumber Dipping sauce: Peel and seed cucumbers and roughly chop. Add sour cream and mayonnaise. Add rest of ingredients and puree in a blender. (Yields about 1 1/2 quarts)

Preheat the fryer. Skewer 2 1/2 ounces of chicken onto each skewer. Place the skewers in a shallow baking dish and cover with the marinade. Marinate in the refrigerator overnight.

Place the skewers onto a hot grill and grill until done, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Place the Yucca fries in the fryer and fry the fries until golden brown. Remove and drain on paper towels. Season with salt.

Place 3 of skewers on the left side of the plate. Place green tai leaf on the other end of the plate and top with a wedge of fresh pineapple. Place 6 ounces of cooked yucca fries in the middle of the plate. Place 3 ounces of Cucumber Dipping Sauce in a souffle cup next to the skewers and serve.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
EMERIL LIVE with Emeril Lagasse - (Show # EM-1D35) - from the TV FOOD - NETWORK

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