This easy, quick marinated Grilled Jerk Chicken Wrap with a Creamy Jerk Sauce will have your taste buds singing! Juicy and tender chicken is coated in an aromatic, spicy jerk marinade and grilled to perfection. Enjoy the chicken in a toasted wrap with crisp lettuce, a drizzle of the creamy jerk sauce, and some mango salsa!
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Ingredients:
- Chicken: For this recipe, I've used chicken breast, but you could also use boneless skinless chicken thighs. Traditional jerk recipes call for bone in chicken, but using a boneless cut of chicken helps make assembly quick!
- Herbs, Sauces, and Spices for the Marinade: For the marinade and sauce, you'll need olive oil, limes, soy sauce, green onions, thyme, garlic, fresh ginger, a scotch bonnet (or habanero pepper), black pepper, salt, allspice, nutmeg, cinnamon, and orange juice.
- Sour Cream: For the creamy jerk sauce!
- Grilled Tortillas: You'll want to get the wrap tortillas or burrito sized tortillas. You can also layer two regular sized tortillas together if necessary.
- Crisp Green Lettuce and Mango Salsa: I'm biased, but I'd highly recommend my Sweet and Spicy Mango Salsa with this recipe! It's the perfect pairing with the jerk marinade on this chicken!
Steps to Prepare:
STEP 1: Prepare the marinade
Now, don't skimp on jerk marinade. This may be a quick recipe, but we aren't skipping any ingredients in this marinade! Jerk is a gorgeous, complex flavor that is rooted in Jamaican culture, and it should be properly appreciated.
Combine ¼ cup olive oil, the juice of a small lime (about 3 tbsp), 2 tablespoon soy sauce, 2 full green onions (roughly chopped, discard the roots), 1 teaspoon of thyme, 1 garlic clove, 1 inch of fresh ginger (shaved and chopped), 1 scotch bonnet pepper (or habanero if you cannot find scotch bonnets, seeded), ½ teaspoon of black pepper, ½ teaspoon of allspice, ¼ teaspoon nutmeg, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, and the juice of half of an orange in the base of a small blender. Blend until completely pulverized.
Remove ⅓ cup of the marinade and set aside.
STEP 2: Prepare the chicken
Stab the chicken breasts with a fork or sharp knife all over. (This will help the marinade soak into the chicken.) Pour the remaining marinade over the chicken.
If you have a little time - cover the chicken with plastic wrap and let it marinate in the fridge for 1 hour.
If you're in a rush, that's okay! The holes you made in the chicken will help speed up the marinating time.
STEP 3: Grill the chicken
Preheat the grill to medium high heat and grill the chicken for 4 - 6 minutes per side, or until it reaches 165° internal temperature.
Remove the chicken from the grill and let it rest for 5 minutes before slicing.
STEP 4: Prepare the sauce
To make the Creamy Jerk Sauce, combine the ⅓ cup of marinade that you set aside with ⅓ cup of sour cream. Blend until a viscous sauce develops. (If you need to thicken the sauce, add 1 tablespoon of sour cream at a time until your desired consistency is achieved.)
STEP 5: Build the wrap
Grill the tortillas (if desired), and add the chicken, mango salsa, creamy jerk sauce, and then the lettuce.
Wrap tightly and slice on the bias.
Enjoy!
FAQ's:
Here is the recipe for my Sweet and Spicy Mango Salsa! I love this flavor with the jerk marinade!
Add creamy avocado, bell pepper strips, or even some grilled corn kernels!
The Grilled Jerk Chicken can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 3 - 5 days.
I love this chicken in a salad the next day with salad mix, more of the mango salsa, diced avocado, and more of the Creamy Jerk Sauce!
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Quick Grilled Jerk Chicken Wraps with Creamy Jerk Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken breast
Jerk Marinade Ingredients
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 green onions roughly chopped
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger chopped
- 1 scotch bonnet pepper or habanero if you cannot find scotch bonnets, seeded
- ½ teaspoon of black pepper
- ½ teaspoon of allspice
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoon fresh orange juice
Creamy Jerk Sauce Component
- ⅓ cup Sour Cream
Wrap Components
- ½ cup green leaf lettuce chopped
- ½ cup mango salsa
- 2 large tortilla wraps grilled
Instructions
- Prepare the marinade by combing ¼ cup olive oil, the juice of a small lime (about 3 tbsp), 2 tablespoon soy sauce, 2 full green onions (roughly chopped, discard the roots), 1 teaspoon of thyme, 1 garlic clove, 1 inch of fresh ginger (shaved and chopped), 1 scotch bonnet pepper (or habanero if you cannot find scotch bonnets, seeded), ½ teaspoon of black pepper, ½ teaspoon of allspice, ¼ teaspoon nutmeg, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, and the juice of half of an orange in the base of a small blender. Blend until completely pulverized.
- Remove ⅓ cup of the marinade and set aside.
- Stab the chicken breasts with a fork or sharp knife all over. (This will help the marinade soak into the chicken.) Pour the remaining marinade over the chicken.
- If you have a little time - cover the chicken with plastic wrap and let it marinate in the fridge for 1 hour. If you're in a rush, that's okay! The holes you made in the chicken will help speed up the marinating time.
- Preheat the grill to medium high heat and grill the chicken for 4 - 6 minutes per side, or until it reaches 165° internal temperature.
- Remove the chicken from the grill and let it rest for 5 minutes before slicing.
- To make the Creamy Jerk Sauce, combine the ⅓ cup of marinade that you set aside with ⅓ cup of sour cream. Blend until a viscous sauce develops. (If you need to thicken the sauce, add 1 tablespoon of sour cream at a time until your desired consistency is achieved.)
- Grill the tortillas (if desired), and add the chicken, mango salsa, creamy jerk sauce, and then the lettuce.
- Wrap tightly and slice on the bias.
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