Servings: 4
Ingredients
Jerk chicken
- 6-8 chicken legs and thighs
- 2 tbsp Jerk Seasoning of your choice use depending on how intense you want the flavour
- Olive oil for preparing grill
Plantains
- 2-3 fully ripe plantains skin should be black when ripe
- 2 tbsp Coconut oil for frying
Cole Slaw
- 1 bag of slaw mix or make your own if you have the time
- 1 small shredded green apple
- cup ½of homemade mayo
- 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar or red wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
Instructions
Chicken
- Marinate chicken in the jerk seasoning and store in the fridge overnight (or if you don’t have the time, a couple of hours will do).
- Heat grill over medium to high heat and add a little oil to the grates to prevent the chicken from sticking.
- Grill the chicken for 6-10 minutes per side or until cooked all the way through.
Fried Plantains
- In a large (12-inch) frying pan, heat the oil on high.
- Peel plantains and slice crosswise into 1-inch pieces (we also cut it lengthwise but that’s up to you).
- Carefully add plantains to oil and fry until golden yellow in color, about 1-2 minutes per side.
- Remove from oil and place on a paper towel to absorb “the excess oil.
Coleslaw
- 1.In a large mixing bowl add mayonnaise, honey, vinegar, salt and pepper.
- 2.Whisk all the ingredients together.
- 3.Add in the coleslaw mix and the apple.
- 4.Keep tossing until the mixture coats all the coleslaw.
- 5.Keep refrigerated.
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I loved making the plantains. It is a new family favorite. I noticed though that there isn’t much difference between the carbs and calories in plantains verses french fries. Do they get used in the body differently?