Ainsley's Jerk Chicken Recipe | Authentic Jamaican Flavors

Ingredients

• 1.5 kg chicken , backbone removed and spatchcocked (ask your butcher to do this)
• Mixed salad or coleslaw , to serve
• 225 g onions , peeled and quartered
• 2 small scotch bonnet chillies, halved and de-seeded
• 50 g fresh root ginger , peeled and roughly chopped
• 3 cm piece of fresh turmeric root, peeled and roughly chopped (or use 1 tbsp ground turmeric )
• 0.5 tsp ground allspice
• 15 g fresh thyme leaves
• 120 ml white wine vinegar
• 120 ml dark soy sauce
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Barbecue with a lid