Jamaican food is worth a trip to the island and no Jamaican vacation would be complete without at least one jerk chicken meal for a true Jamaican experience. Jerk Chicken is an art form in Jamaica and everyone has their opinion on what is the best jerk chicken recipe in Jamaica. I personally appreciate the many differences in jerk chicken recipes and the use of hot pepper and spices grown locally and I try to eat some in every new location I possibly can.
Fern Gully Jerk Centre in Ocho Rios Jamaica is an out of the way place that many people would never see but it has some of the very best Jamaican Jerk Chicken and it sits in a sweet spot at the top of Fern Gully where you can sit and enjoy the lush tropical vegetation and over 600 varieties of fern plants while you eat lunch.
I have been there about a half dozen times now and the chicken is always smoking hot, flavorful and cooked the right way over Jamaican hardwoods from the local forests. The type of wood has everything to do with the flavor and cooking over pimento wood is the preferred method although not cheap so most jerk chicken is cooked on lesser charcoal which is made from an assortment of soft lumbers and coated or injected with massive amounts of spices including Habanero, pimento and peppercorns.
When you get to Ocho Rios make sure you try the Jerk Chicken and if you take a trip up Fern Gully then you have to stop by there for some of the finest jerk chicken in Jamaica.
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Hello friends, family and readers. My name is Alfred and I'm packing up my wife and two young children and moving to Jamaica. Read along as I chronicle our adventures through Jamaica, the Land of Woods and Water, and follow us as we find things to do and places to visit in paradise.