Ginger & Garlic Chicken with a Sweet Barbecue Sauce

Name: Ginger & Garlic Chicken with a Sweet Barbecue Sauce
Prep time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Cuisine: Jamaica
Ingredients: 2 tbsp honey; 2 tsp molasses (optional); 5 cm/2 in piece of fresh root ginger, peeled and grated; 310 ml/1¼ cups tomato ketchup; 1 tsp hot mustard; juice of 1 lime; 2 tbsp Pickapeppa sauce or Worcestershire sauce; 2 tbsp Pickapeppa sauce or Worcestershire sauce; 1.5 kg/3½ lb chicken, spatchcocked (see Cook’s tip); 4 garlic cloves, crushed; 1.5 kg/3½ lb chicken, spatchcocked (see Cook’s tip); 60 ml/¼ cup water; freshly ground black pepper; 1 tsp salt; about 1 tsp hot pepper sauce; watercress, to garnish

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 45

Appears in

Eat Caribbean

By Virginia Burke

Published 2005

About

The secret to all grilled or roasted chicken is to season or marinate it well before cooking. This dish can be either cooked in the oven or on a barbecue.

Ingredients

1.5 kg/3½ lb chicken, spatchcocked (see Cook’s tip)
4 ga

Americas
Jamaica
Main course
Caribbean

Method

Make the sauce: put the tomato ketchup, honey, molasses, sauce, mustard, lime juice, pepper sauce, salt, pepper and water into a saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring constantly. Cook for a couple of minutes, until all the ingredients are thoroughly combined. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
Wash and dry the chicken and then, using a sharp knife,