{"id":7877,"date":"2019-02-20T18:02:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T23:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=7877"},"modified":"2019-02-20T18:02:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T23:02:43","slug":"battle-jerk-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethnojunkie.com\/?p=7877","title":{"rendered":"Battle Jerk Chicken"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nOn our recent Caribbean Crawl in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, the judges chewed over jerk chicken, pitting [1] Triple D\u2019s Place, 771 Washington Ave, against [2] Peppa\u2019s Jerk Chicken, 791 Prospect Place. I\u2019ve always been a huge DDD\u2019s fan (huge, because I\u2019ve eaten so much of it), but I also dig Peppa\u2019s so this was a greatly anticipated one-on-one competition.<\/p>\n

Both were delicious, of course, but it seemed that the experience wasn\u2019t quite canonical. New recipes? I doubt it. If it ain\u2019t broke, don\u2019t fix it. Then I recalled that in addition to classic jerk seasoning, the chicken should be shot through with piquant smokiness. Both seemed anemic in that regard, and that led me to the theory that perhaps in warmer weather only, the chicken is grilled outdoors where billowing clouds of sweet smoke announce its whereabouts, but in winter, it\u2019s cooked indoors so it doesn\u2019t get that ecstatic intensity that I associate with jerk orthodoxy.<\/p>\n

As usual, my OCD got the better of me so the next day I headed off to Triple D\u2019s to confirm my suspicions \u2013 and to procure a large order to go. Yep, that\u2019s the ticket! (And speaking of tickets, the local gendarmes frown upon streetside gastronomy, so get it whenever it\u2019s available!) Come spring, I\u2019ll arrange a proper rematch.
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