Jamaican Green Seasoning Recipe
This homemade Jamaican green seasoning recipe is the secret to perfecting a real Jamaican curry goat recipe or Jamaican oxtail with butter beans! It's a quick marinade made with a handful of staple herbs and vegetables and is an absolute must for true Jamaican flavor.
The best thing about this recipe is that it's easily customizable! Not big on heat? Omit the peppers! Love thyme? Add a couple more sprigs! This marinade exists to make cooking and seasoning easier!
Recipe Overview: Jamaican Green Seasoning Recipe
✅ Recipe Name: Jamaican Green Seasoning Recipe
🕒 Ready in: 3 minutes
👪 Yield: 24 ounces
🍽 Calories: only 15 calories per ounce (estimated)
🥣 Main Ingredients: thyme, onions, bell peppers, garlic, parsley, Scotch bonnet pepper.
👌 Difficulty: Easy! Dump everything in a blender and process!
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Why You'll Love This Seasoning!
- It's versatile! This all-purpose seasoning rub can replace or supplement store-bought dried seasonings and marinades for everyday meals (not just Jamaican dishes). Try using it in this chicken tinga tacos recipe alongside the homemade Old El Paso taco seasoning!
- It's the perfect way to use up produce! Turn those vegetables in the back of your refrigerator into a useful and delicious marinade before they wilt or go bad!
- It's the secret to authentic Jamaican flavor! If you've ever wondered how to make Jamaican curry chicken taste just like it does in the Jamaican countryside, this is the answer!
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Key Ingredients
A variety of herbs and vegetables are used in a traditional green seasoning. It's important to use fresh produce for the best flavor and most traditional flavor.
FAQs
Not really. While green seasoning and sofrito serve the same purpose, the ingredients vary due to the difference in culture. Sofrito, being used mostly in Latin recipes, often includes culantro and cilantro - herbs that aren't very commonly used in Jamaican cooking.
Add green seasoning in place of your typical all-purpose seasoning or to supplement it. This marinade can be used on poultry, fish, beef, and even in veggie meals and sides like authentic Jamaican rice and peas to boost the flavor.
Yes! This is meant to be an all-purpose seasoning so it should make your life easier by already including most of what you would typically reach for when seasoning your food. So feel free to add in or omit ingredients based on your use in your own kitchen! However, do consider the dish you're making. For example, a Jamaican dish, like brown stew pork, would not include cilantro in the marinade since this would greatly alter the intended traditional taste.
Ainseanlea's Top Tips
- Use fresh produce and herbs. They have a natural water content that helps make blending easier. Plus, in addition to having the best flavor, fresh produce also has enzymes that help to tenderize meat when the green seasoning is used as a marinade.
- Make a double batch. I love making tons of the marinade since I use it so often. It freezes really well, and you can pre-portion them in ziploc bags, ice cube trays, or silicone freezer molds.
- Marinate meat intended for braising. Caribbean green seasoning doubles as a meat tenderizer due to the natural enzymes in the various vegetables and herbs that help to break down meat protein, making it tender. Marinating the meat gives these enzymes time to work and reduces your cooking time.
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Jamaican Green Seasoning Recipe
Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Rinse then add all the ingredients to a high-powered blender and process until smooth.You may have to stop during the process to push the contents down towards the blade.
- Transfer to an air-tight container and store in refrigerator for up to 10 days or freeze portions for as desired later use.
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Notes
- Use fresh produce and herbs. The natural water content makes blending easier and fresh produce has enzymes that help to tenderize meat when the green seasoning is used as a marinade.
- Make a double batch. I love making tons of the marinade since I use it so often. It freezes really well, and you can pre-portion them in ziploc bags, ice cube trays, or silicone freezer molds.
This is the best green seasoning I’ve tried so far! It makes my curry taste just like my grandma’s!!