Rasta chicken
2 scallions (green onions)
5 sprigs of fresh thyme (about 1 tablespoon chopped)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 Habanero pepper (scotch bonnet or any that you like)
1/8 cup soy sauce
1/8 cup molasses
2 tablespoon veg oil
1/4 cup vinegar
1 onion
1/4 cup OJ or blend of citrus juices
2 cloves a garlic
3 lbs chicken wings.
first thing to do is make marinade. Give the onion, garlic, hot pepper and scallions a rough chop so it’s easier for the blender or food processor to work it into the runny consistency we’ll need. Be careful of your eyes these peppers can suck all we need to do now is pour everything inna food processor and give a few pulses until sort of smooth (runny) consistency. * (If you don’t have access to a food processor or blender, you can certainly chop everything as fine as you can n give it all a good mix inna bowl)
wash the wings with some lemon juice (you can use lime or vinegar as well – about 3-4 tablespoons) n rinse with cool water n drain. Pat dry with paper towels so the marinade can really stick onto wings. Pour 1/3 of marinade on wings and using your hands, massage wings with marinade.marinate for at least 30 min (The longer the better), then inna 400f oven (middle rack).
After 30 min take it out n give it a good stir (flip wings) n put back for another 30 min. The last 5 min u turn on the broiler setting n let the wings get a rich brown color with sorta toastie edges. flip em to be sure all sides gets that badass sort of charred look.
*(notice there will be a sort of gravy formed at the bottom, this is excellent to pour over peas and rice to accompany these here wings)
Add some brown sugar and fresh ginger to the marinade for that extra kick of flavor. Allotta the heat in peppers are in the seeds and area around the seeds. want to cut back on the heat level? ditch them seeds!
To make dry wings place em onna wirerack over yer baking dish after wings bin marinatin This will get ya crispy wings which will be packed with a healthy dose of Happy rasta getdown.
