Jerk Chicken Bowl

This Jerk Chicken Bowl has Jamaican spiced grilled chicken thighs with mango salsa, black beans, avocado and coconut rice.

Not only is this bowl super flavorful, but it’s also really fast to put together (after the marinading period, of course!).

Some handy recipes to fill your Jerk Chicken Bowl:

• Mango salsa (*Note: For today, I just put together diced mango, diced red bell pepper, cilantro and lime juice.)
• Black beans
• Coconut rice
• Optional: Tostones

Jerk Chicken Seasoning Ingredients:

Here’s what you need to make the seasoning for this chicken:

Ground scotch bonnet pepper: Scotch bonnet has a distinctive flavor that brings heat and sweetness at the same time. You can get ground scotch bonnet for this recipe (preferred), but you can sub in cayenne in the pinch.

Brown sugar: For sweetness

Warm spices: Cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and all spice

For more heat: Chili powder, red pepper flakes

For flavor: Garlic, onion, paprika, black pepper, thyme and salt

How to Make Jerk Chicken Bowls

Here’s how to make these yummy Jerk Chicken Bowls

Step 1: Season the chicken.

The first thing you’ll do is season the chicken thighs. In a perfect world you’ll let it sit over night, but you can also get away with seasoning it and letting it sit at room temperature for 20 minutes while you prep everything else. (But really, the longer it soaks in those yummy spices the better.)

Step 2: Make the mango salsa.

Whether your making my Mango Salsa or throwing together a cut-down version (like chopped mango, chopped red bell peppers, cilantro and lime juice), mix that all up now and set it in the refrigerator.

Step 3: Start the coconut rice and black beans.

Now you can start making the Black Beans and Coconut Rice, if using.

Step 4: Cook the chicken.

Spray a grill pan with oil and let it heat up. Once ready, add the chicken in batches and cook for 4 minutes per side. I like to use aluminum foil to cover the pan while the chicken is cooking.

Step 5: Make the bowls.

When everything’s done, just make the bowl by adding the coconut rice, beans, jerk chicken, mango salsa and whatever else you may like (like tostones or avocado) and enjoy!