SAN ANTONIO – Attention, home cooks and Spurs fans! This is the super top-secret recipe for Chef Jose Benitez’s famous jerk chicken marinade, Spurs player Devin Vassell’s favorite dish.
Like a true chef, Jose B. never measures anything exactly. He gave us the estimated amounts below. If you’re curious about trying it at home, here’s your chance!
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Chef Jose B.’s Top-Secret Jerk Chicken Recipe
Ingredients:
For chicken marinade:
- 1 cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme
- 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons white vinegar
- 1/2 tablespoon allspice
- Salt, to taste
- Pepper, to taste
- 3-4 cloves fresh garlic
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1/2 tablespoon nutmeg
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 tablespoons fresh ginger
- 1-2 Scotch bonnet peppers
For cream sauce:
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 2-3 cloves garlic
- 1/2 of a yellow onion, diced
- 3 cups heavy cream
- 1-1 1/2 cup Italian cheese mix, shredded
Directions:
Pour all marinade ingredients into a blender. Blend well and marinate the chicken in the mixture overnight.
Grill the chicken low and slow.
For the cream sauce, heat a pan on medium-high. Add the butter, then cook the onions and garlic until translucent, then add the cream and heat until almost boiling. Slowly add cheese to your desired thickness. Check the saltiness and add salt to taste, and then add noodles. If the sauce is too thick, you can add milk or half and half to thin it out.
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