We have gone to Jamaica now several times and even before that I was a huge fan of jerk and Caribbean flavors. No Montego Bay this year so making it at home. All keto as usual.
Next is the cabbage. This warms up well so cooking it early prior to smoking the chops.
Ingredients
Cook the onions, green onion and peppers until they soften. Add they thyme , whole habanero and salt and simmer for a few minutes.
Add the cabbage and cook and cook until it begins to get tender, add additional oil as needed. Once it is pretty tender add the vinegar and sweetener. I cleared a little spot in the middle, punctured and crushed the peppers and bit and let the thyme and peppers infuse the liquid. Then I pulled them to dress up the bowl.
Here is its all finished up.
Time for something a little milder to help offset the spicy parts of the meal. I winged this recipe as I couldn't find any starting point online that appealed to me.
Ingredients
Mini Jamaican Beef patties are the last thing to make.
Ingredients - Filling
Ingredients - Pastry shell
Made a sauce to drizzle on these and the chops.
Ingredients
Here is the Jamaican meat patty plated up with some amazing jerk flavored cheese I found at Kroger and drizzled with a little of the bbq sauce. Not my most attractive appetizer but very tasty. The pic makes it look a bit over baked but from a texture standpoint it was on point.
Here is the meal all plated up. I have to say these chops are the most tender juicy chops I have ever had. They were smoked to 145 and rested about 10 minutes prior to serving. I will most definitely be buying local small farm hogs more often!! The creamy coconut curry cauliflower rice was a perfect compliment to the spicy meat, sauce and cabbage. Overall very happy with this meal. Next time I plan on using more of the marinade and at least doing half with the hot version.
That's another wrap for a weekend cooking day. As always thanks for stopping by and looking!
- Appetizer
- Jamaican Meat Patty
- Entree
- Jerk Pork Chop
- Sweet and Spicy Cabbage
- Coconut curry cauliflower rice
Next is the cabbage. This warms up well so cooking it early prior to smoking the chops.
Ingredients
- 1 head of cabbage chopped (two pictured but only ended up using one)
- 2 tbsp avocado oil (more or less as needed, can use alternate oils)
- 1 small onion cut into thin bite size pieces
- 4 green onions chopped
- 2 red bell peppers cut into bite size pieces
- 6 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 2 scotch bonnet or habanero peppers
- 2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 4-6 tbsp sweetener ( to taste , I used erythritol)
Cook the onions, green onion and peppers until they soften. Add they thyme , whole habanero and salt and simmer for a few minutes.
Add the cabbage and cook and cook until it begins to get tender, add additional oil as needed. Once it is pretty tender add the vinegar and sweetener. I cleared a little spot in the middle, punctured and crushed the peppers and bit and let the thyme and peppers infuse the liquid. Then I pulled them to dress up the bowl.
Here is its all finished up.
Time for something a little milder to help offset the spicy parts of the meal. I winged this recipe as I couldn't find any starting point online that appealed to me.
Ingredients
- 16 oz. riced cauliflower
- 1 cup hemp hearts
- 6 tbsp butter
- 14 oz. can of full fat coconut milk
- 4 oz. cream cheese
- 1 tbsp curry powder
- salt to taste
Mini Jamaican Beef patties are the last thing to make.
Ingredients - Filling
- 1 lbs. ground beef
- small onion diced
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 scotch bonnet or habanero
- 2 tsp curry
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 2 tsp coriander
- 2 tsp cumin
- 1/2 tsp allspice
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1/8 tsp ground clove
- 2 tbsp butter
Ingredients - Pastry shell
- 3 cups shredded mozzarella
- 2 oz. cream cheese
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups of almond flour
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- pinch of salt
- 1 1/2 tsp curry powder
- 1 tsp turmeric
Made a sauce to drizzle on these and the chops.
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups no sugar added ketchup
- 1/3 cup of tamari (can use soy)
- 1 tbsp smokey reserve El Yucateco habanero sauce
- 2 tbsp Walkers Woods Hot jerk wet rub
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 cup Brown Swerve
- 1/3 cup white vinegar
Here is the Jamaican meat patty plated up with some amazing jerk flavored cheese I found at Kroger and drizzled with a little of the bbq sauce. Not my most attractive appetizer but very tasty. The pic makes it look a bit over baked but from a texture standpoint it was on point.
Here is the meal all plated up. I have to say these chops are the most tender juicy chops I have ever had. They were smoked to 145 and rested about 10 minutes prior to serving. I will most definitely be buying local small farm hogs more often!! The creamy coconut curry cauliflower rice was a perfect compliment to the spicy meat, sauce and cabbage. Overall very happy with this meal. Next time I plan on using more of the marinade and at least doing half with the hot version.
That's another wrap for a weekend cooking day. As always thanks for stopping by and looking!