Last updated on June 6th, 2018 at 04:49 pm
This Jamaican Jerk Seasoning blend is made right at home. Save your money and make your own with a kick from a blend of spices such as cayenne pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg to name a few.
Today I have something different to share with you, a spice blend recipe. I usually don’t share these types of recipes with you but I think I should because many times you guys will comment or email me and ask me for certain spice blend or sauce recipes. So hopefully you guys like these posts and want more.
Today’s spice blend is a dry Jamaican Jerk seasoning or spice blend which is amazing and I usually have a hard time finding this at my local grocery store, so this time I decided to make my own. I have many spice blends in my spice cabinet that I make myself and I love them because you can get as creative as you want and you can customize them for your taste palate.
The spices I used in this blend are quite common and I’m betting you have most of them in your pantry already. There are no weird spices here and most of them you probably already use in your everyday cooking. I actually wanted some Jamaican Jerk seasoning for this recipe with prawns, but there are so many things you can add this spice to. I’m looking forward to some jerk chicken, my mouth is watering just thinking about it.
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This Jamaican Jerk Seasoning blend is made right at home. Save your money and make your own with a kick from a blend of spices such as cayenne pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg to name a few.
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp cayenne pepper
- 2 tsp smoked paprika (regular paprika is fine)
- 1 tsp allspice ground
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper ground
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1/2 tsp cumin ground
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg ground
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon ground
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp thyme dried
- 1 tbsp parlsey dried
Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl. Recipe will yield about 1/2 cup. Store in a spice jar in your spice cabinet.
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You can adjust the salt to your preference, or completely omit it from this recipe.
Keep spices and herbs away from heat and moisture. Although spices and herbs will keep for a long time if stored properly (4 years), they will lose their strength.
To tell if your spices are still fresh, just look at their color and if the color has faded, their flavor probably has faded as well.
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Great flavor! We made for dinner last night. We are keeping this recipe. Thank you.
Love it.
Thanks for this recipe! I will make it because then I can adjust for much less heat, which is my preference. I have had jerk chicken, jerk pork, etc. and love the flavor, but it always burns my mouth and I can’t finish. And you know, I always thought I tasted oregano in their seasoning, but maybe it is actually thyme.
It’s probably thyme, but if you don’t like it you can switch it.
I made this Jamaican Jerk Recipe and Marinaded it for 2 days. I smoked the chicken on my smoker. This chicken won 3rd place in a cook-off. Thank You!
LOL That’s awesome!
You would have gotten first place if the judges knew you better or if you slipped each one a fiver.
Sound like a great seasoning to make. Is it optional to omit the salt all together? If not, why?
You can omit the salt if you wish, it really shouldn’t affect the flavor of all the other spices.
LOVE this! I like making my own spice blends (like my own Taco seasoning) because I can make them without any added salt. All these pre-packaged seasonings have so much sodium, it’s GREAT to be able to mix your own! GREAT JOB, JO!!! Keep ’em coming!!
Thanks Marcelle! I totally agree with you on the salt content, you really don’t need that much salt to add flavor, the other spices do the job nicely.
This looks great and so do your lettuce wraps, can’t wait for the prawn recipe!! Pinned and will make hopefully tomorrow :0)
I’m thrilled to see spice blends from you.
Thank you!
Hi Jo,
Just wanted to let you know I LOVED the spice blend- I prefer to make them myself! Appreciate it- Got it all tucked away for soon- and I will make those lettuce wraps too 🙂
Oh stay tuned for my prawns with this seasoning, you’ll love that too!
This is great! I much prefer making my own spice blends at home as opposed to buying packaged ones, which have ingredients I’d rather not feed my family. Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure!