Jamaican Me Crazy!

What a week of track and field!!  I can't believe all these people from Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Trinidad & Tobago, Bahamas... all in final heats.  Amazing island athletes. So tonight I went on a Carribean tour:

For jerk marinade:

            3 scallions, chopped

            4 large garlic cloves, chopped

            1 small onion, chopped

            4 to 5 fresh Scotch bonnet or habanero chile, stemmed and seeded (I REMOVED THIS AND USED A DASH OF TAPATIO INSTEAD)

            1/4 cup fresh lime juice

            2 tablespoons soy sauce

            3 tablespoons olive oil

            1 1/2 tablespoons salt

            1 tablespoon packed brown sugar (I subbed in Splenda)

            1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves

            2 teaspoons ground allspice

            2 teaspoons black pepper

            3/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg

            1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

For chicken:

            4 chicken breast halves with skin and bones (3 pounds), halved crosswise

            2 1/2 to 3 pounds chicken thighs and drumsticks

            (I used boneless, skinless chicken breasts instead)

Rice and 'Peas' is really rice & red beans in Jamaica... 

      

 3 cups of rice

 1 can of tinned or 1 cup of fresh red peas (kidney beans)

 5 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)

 1 uncut scotch bonnet pepper (1 jalapeno pepper may be used as a substitute) I left this out) 

 3 Scallion (spring onions may be used as a substitute)

 1 tin (or one cup) of coconut milk (didn't use this, I don't like it)

 1 teaspoon of salt

 1 teaspoon of black pepper

 2 sprigs of fresh thyme (2 teaspoons of dried thyme may be used as a substitute)

And voila, a celebration of the Caribbean for Usain and all the runners in the track & field division from the area!!