Recommended with Crockpot Jerk Chicken

This chicken, y'all, is where it's at.  I don't know how else to introduce this dish.  Bright, juicy, flavorful, and healthy, I want to eat this chicken every week.  It's also crazy easy to make.  No, really.  I take the time to skin my chicken pieces (or Caleb sometimes volunteers for the job), but besides that, the recipe is as difficult as measuring spices and rubbing them on raw chicken.  That's pretty much all you have to do besides turn on the crockpot.  It is important to make sure you don't overcook the chicken because the dryness will overwhelm the dish, but as long as you keep that in check and follow the ratios of the recipe, you can't go wrong.

I decided to try out making jerk chicken when I was in a culinary lull.  This addition to our menu brought a brightness among our winter usuals.  When paired with the bean and pepper salad and platanos, it felt like we were having a Caribbean feast!  I use the recipe as written by Stephanie on A Year of Slow Cooking.  The only thing I change is that I use only dark meat pieces instead of a whole chicken.  I find dark meat to be tastier and less prone to dryness, so I usually opt for dark meat when it's an option.

I'll be sharing the recipe for platanos and my mom's recipe for the bean and pepper salad in the next couple weeks, so stay tuned and enjoy!

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Recommended with the tastiest and easiest crockpot jerk chicken...

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The Having It All article, Unroll, and the eyeliner video were found via Yes and Yes guest post by Andrea Isabelle Lucas, which I also recommend checking for a few more link goodies.