{"id":119,"date":"2015-02-04T18:39:20","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T18:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/?p=119"},"modified":"2023-10-09T12:50:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T12:50:57","slug":"best-jamaican-jerk-shacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.islandoutpost.com\/outpostings\/2015\/02\/04\/best-jamaican-jerk-shacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to Find the Best Jerk Chicken in Jamaica"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chances are you<\/a> are familiar with jerk chicken, Jamaica\u2019s second most popular export. (The first? We\u2019ll give you a hint: \u201cLet\u2019s get together and feeeeeeeel all right.\u201d) What\u2019s so special about the jerk on the island? Only everything. Visit Jamaica and you\u2019ll hear that you shouldn\u2019t miss this<\/i> or that<\/i>, but really, you shouldn\u2019t miss these jerk shacks!<\/p>\n

Dor\u2019s Fish Pot, Oracabessa<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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\n<\/i><\/b>The roadside shack Dor\u2019s Fish Pot has been a part of the Oracabessa fishing community for more than 25 years. The local fishermen will point you straight to Dor\u2019s, and most likely recommend the conch chowder. As Doris or her daughter Lisa grills snapper at the outdoor stone-fire stove, you can hang out at the bar listening to the sounds of the thumping waves below.<\/p>\n

Signature Dish: Conch Chowder
\n<\/i>Despite the warm temperatures, Jamaicans typically begin each meal with a small serving of soup. The conch chowder here is hearty\u2014 filled with vegetables, potatoes, corn and carrots, and served in a simple white foam cup. The chowder is meant to be sipped like a warm cup of tea: There\u2019s no need for a spoon. For the main course ask what seafood is freshest, be it jerk red snapper or lobster. \u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Scotchies, Montego Bay<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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\n<\/i><\/b>If you came to Jamaica in search of the best jerk chicken in town, a stop here is absolutely necessary. As you drive up, the smell of jerk lures you in. Though this spot can get slammed, especially around lunch time, it\u2019s worth standing in line for the jerk chicken or pork. Just about every jerk shack in Jamaica has a pimento wood grill, but none are quite like this setup. The grill is huge\u2014we\u2019re talking it-takes-two-people-to-open-the-grill kind of huge. When the staff lifts the lid you can imagine the ooohs<\/i> and ahhhs<\/i> of the patiently impatient, waiting for their chance to savor their first bite.<\/p>\n

Remember to order a red stripe, then head to the outdoor seating area where long tables are strewn with jerk chicken (duh!), pork, grilled chicken and pork sausage, plus peas, rice\u2026practically the entire menu.<\/p>\n

Signature dish: Anything with jerk sauce <\/i><\/p>\n

Any cook in Jamaica will tell you that everyone makes their jerk sauce a little differently, so no two jerk sauces will taste exactly the same. At Scotchies the meat simmers slowly in jerk sauce over pimento tree wood, so the sauce itself tastes smoky. The jerk chicken is the most popular dish, but the jerk pork and rum ribs are also super tasty. Spice fiends can add scotch bonnet pepper hot sauce to their already-hot dish.<\/i><\/p>\n

Proper manners might call for knives and forks, but not at Scotchies. Go for it with your bare hands. Trust us: No one will notice because everyone is covered in sauce. If there\u2019s anything you\u2019ll need here, it\u2019s more napkins. All of the usual sides are here\u2014rice and peas, sweet potatoes\u2014but we particularly like the corn bread fritters called \u201cfestival.\u201d Use the roasted breadfruit to soak up any trace of jerk sauce you might have left (unlikely).<\/i><\/p>\n

Three Dives Jerk Centre, Negril
\n<\/i><\/b><\/strong>Three Dives Jerk Centre sits on the cliffs of Negril, shaded by lush trees. Once customers order from the chalkboard menu, they take their rum punch to one of the yellow benches and wait. It might take awhile for the food to come, but no one seems to notice. At night a reggae band serenades the crowd as they feast on the shack\u2019s famously spicy chopped jerk chicken or savory brown chicken or curry goat stew. Locals mingle with the lucky tourists who found the place, and everyone seems to know that Three Dives isn\u2019t a place to stop by for a quick bite; a meal here is to be enjoyed with friends, old or new.<\/p>\n

Signature dish: Half a Jerk Chicken with Rice and Vegetables<\/p>\n

The chicken at Three Dives is marinated in jerk sauce for twenty-four hours, and cooked over a slow fire. The succulent and tender chicken is served with a heaping side of rice and peas, and callaloo, a staple dish in Jamaica similar to leafy green spinach\u2014 only better. The callaloo is sprinkled with scotch bonnet peppers and\u00a0saut\u00e9ed\u00a0in scallions. The jerk chicken is served with a \u201cgranny sauce\u201d\u2014 a spicy homemade barbecue sauce. Owner\u00a0Llyodie Myrie uses his grandmother\u2019s recipe, but he refuses to say what\u2019s in it, claiming it\u2019s top secret. We did ask Myrie to name three ingredients he couldn\u2019t live without. \u201cOnions, thyme, scallions and garlic,\u201d he says quickly, explaining that he couldn\u2019t pick just three\u2014and certainly wasn\u2019t going to leave out the garlic. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Chances are you are familiar with jerk chicken, Jamaica\u2019s second most popular export. (The first? We\u2019ll give you a hint: \u201cLet\u2019s get together and feeeeeeeel all right.\u201d) What\u2019s so special about the jerk on the island? Only everything. Visit Jamaica and you\u2019ll hear that you shouldn\u2019t miss this or that, but really, you shouldn\u2019t miss these jerk shacks! Dor\u2019s Fish Pot, Oracabessa The roadside shack […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[17,22,28,29,30,31,34,38,41],"class_list":["post-119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-food","tag-dors-fish-pot","tag-food","tag-jamaican-jerk-chicken","tag-jamaican-jerk-shacks","tag-jerk-chicken","tag-montego-bay","tag-negril","tag-scotchies","tag-three-dives-jerk-centre"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Best Jerk Chicken in Jamaica: Where Art Thou?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jerk Chicken is Jamaica's 2nd most popular export. 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