Jamaican Jerk-Style Chicken Skewers with Spicy Orange Dipping Sauce

Name: Jamaican Jerk-Style Chicken Skewers with Spicy Orange Dipping Sauce
Yield: Serves 10 to 12 (Makes about 30 skewers)
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 1 1/2 pounds, boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 3 large), trimmed; 1/4 cup, vegetable oil; 2 tablespoons, molasses; 2 , scallions, sliced thin; 1 tablespoon, minced fresh thyme leaves; 1 tablespoon, grated zest from 1 lime; 1 , medium garlic clove, minced or pressed through a garlic press (about 1 teaspoon); 1 1/2 teaspoons, salt; 1 teaspoon, ground allspice; 1/2 , habanero chile, seeds and ribs removed, chile minced (see note); 1/4 teaspoon, ground black pepper; 1 cup, orange marmalade; 1/4 cup, juice from 2 to 3 limes, plus more as needed; 3 tablespoons, warm water, plus more as needed; 1 , scallion, minced; 1/2 , habanero chile, seeds and ribs removed, chile minced (see note); 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1/8 teaspoon, black pepper

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Chicken skewers are perfect cocktail party fare. They can be flavored with all manner of marinades and matched with simple but dynamically flavored dipping sauces.

SERVES10 to 12 (Makes about 30 skewers)

Jamaican Jerk-Style Chicken Skewers with Spicy Orange Dipping Sauce

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

While developing our Jamaican Jerk-Style Chicken Skewers recipe, we froze boneless, skinless chicken breasts for 30 minutes to make them easier to slice evenly and thinly. After a number of tests, we learned that a very concentrated marinad...

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