Perfect Baked Jerk Chicken

Ingredients

For 6 servings

• •1 c. à café salt, or to taste
• •1 c. à café ground allspice
• •1 c. à café packed brown sugar
• •1 c. à café onion powder
• •0.5 c. à café dried minced garlic
• •0.5 c. à café ground nutmeg
• •0.5 c. à café black pepper
• •0.5 c. à café ground ginger
• •0.25 c. à café cayenne pepper
• •0.25 c. à café ground cinnamon
• •0.25 c. à café dried thyme leaves
• •1 (2 to 3 pound) whole chicken, cut into pieces
• •0.25 tasse vegetable oil

Method

1. 1.Mix salt, allspice, brown sugar, onion powder, garlic, nutmeg, black pepper, ginger, cayenne pepper, cinnamon, and thyme in a large bowl; add chicken pieces and toss to coat with seasoning mix. Cover and marinate in the refrigerator, 2 to 4 hours.
2. 2.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Pour vegetable oil into a 9x13-inch baking dish.
3. 3.Place chicken pieces skin-side up into the baking dish. Bake in the preheated oven until juices run clear and chicken is no longer pink near the bone, 1 hour 20 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
4. 4.Turn the oven on to broil, and cook until the skin crisps, 2 to 5 minutes.