Jamaican Jerk Chicken Loaf

Title:
Jamaican Jerk Chicken Loaf

Yield:
6 Servings

Categories:
Morning,
America




Ingredients:





 1 1/2 lb Ground chicken


     1 c  Cooked white rice


     1 c  Rinsed and drained canned


          -black beans


     1 c  Thinly sliced scallions


   1/2 c  Firm white bread crumbs


     2 tb Lime juice


     1 tb Seeded and minced fresh or


          -pickled jalape?o peppers;


          -up to 2


     3    Cloves garlic; minced


     2 ts Grated lime peel


     2 tb Chopped fresh thyme; or 2


          -teaspoons dried


     2 tb Chopped fresh sage; or 1 1/2


          -teaspoons dried


     1 ts Salt


   3/4 ts Ground allspice


   1/2 ts Cayenne


   1/2 ts Ground cinnamon


     1    Egg


     3 tb Jalape?o jelly






 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl, use your


 hands to gently but thoroughly combine the ground chicken, rice, beans,


 scallions, bread crumbs, lime juice, jalape?os, garlic, lime peel, thyme,


 sage, allspice, cayenne, cinnamon and egg.


 


 2. In a 13-by-9-inch baking pan, shape the mixture into a 9-by-5-inch loaf,


 or pat it into a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan, smoothing the top. In a small


 saucepan or in a microwave oven, heat the jelly until melted, then spread


 it over the top of the loaf.


 


 3. Bake until the loaf is firm, the top is richly browned and a meat


 thermometer inserted into the center of the loaf registers 160 degrees F,


 about 1 hour. Let the meatloaf stand in the pan for 10 minutes before


 slicing to serve.


 


 Leftovers Make sandwiches on Italian bread spread with mayonnaise mixed


 with a little jalape?o jelly. Add shredded lettuce or sprouts.


 


 NOTES : The hot and spicy mix of seasonings that comprises a traditional


 jerk marinade or rub enhance meatloaf, too. The starchy rice and beans


 temper the peppery heat, but you can also vary the amount of jalape?os and


 cayenne according to your taste, then team the meatloaf with a cooling


 salad that highlights tropical fruits. The Author said on Good Morning


 America this morning that you could subsutite lean ground beef or pork in


 this recipe.


 Recipe by: ?Everybody Loves Meatloaf? by Melanie Barnard


 


 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by "abprice@wf.net" 
on Feb 26,


 1998