Comments on: Spotlight on Peppers: Jamaican Meat Marinade

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 04:50:39 +0000

Renee,
I haven’t messed with it much, unfortunately. I think I tried something like this a while back…but I didn’t write it down! *slaps wrist*

Try extra virgin olive oil, vinegar of your choice (apple cider vinegar or white wine vinegar would be good, and extra crushed garlic, maybe Italian seasoning for a real food version that’s not processed and made with soybeans oil and HFCS.

I guarantee most of the flavor in the marinade comes from the homemade part with all those peppers! Katie

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:13:01 +0000

Did you ever come up with a suitable garlic/herb marinade? I came here today looking for a great marinade recipe, and want to try your Jamaican recipe, but I won’t buy store-bought marinade anymore.

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:11:50 +0000

Just don’t dehydrate hot peppers (jalapenos) in the house! We learned this the hard way (and it’s one reason why I stopped trying to dehydrate things I know I should just have changed WHAT I was trying to dehydrate, instead of giving up on it altogether.)

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[...] summer, I make one batch of Jamaican Meat Marinade, with four kinds of peppers, onions, and olive oil, and it lasts us most of the summer. Chicken [...]

By: Jeff @ Stovetop Smoker

Jeff @ Stovetop Smoker — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:57:14 +0000

I find that I can’t take too much heat from hot peppers, it really affects me negatively, but I do love the red,yellow and orange sweet peppers, and yes it’s too bad they are so much higher priced.

By: Lisa@BlessedwithGrace

Lisa@BlessedwithGrace — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:29:02 +0000

Thanks for all the great info about peppers. Lisa@BlessedwithGrace’s last blog post..Tempt My Tummy Tuesday...Zucchini Bread

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:17:35 +0000

Great question, Linda. It’s a store-bought item, Lawry’s is one brand, but my local store also carries an off-brand. I’m thinking this summer that I’m going to try making my own with lots of fresh garlic, olive oil and vinegar and see if there’s a big taste difference. I think the Jamaican marinade imparts most of the flavor, and I usually skimp on the bottled stuff anyway. I’ll let you know if it turns out in an update/comment at this post! Subscribe to comments if you want to make sure you get the update in your email box… Thanks for visiting!

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 20 May 2009 02:15:40 +0000

I fill the fridge-top freezer to falling-out-ness and we also have a small freezer in the basement, chest style but only about 2′x2′ or so. It is also full enough that I have to make sure the lid closes. I could use a full-size in the basement for sure! I can never buy a whole bushel of peppers in the summer b/c I worry that I’ll run out of space. I borrowed a friend’s dehydrator last month, though, and learned that you can dehydrate peppers. I have already asked her if I can borrow it again in August to dry chopped peppers for my soups and chilis all winter! I’ll still freeze some in strips for stir fry and fajitas though. Just a thought, if you can find a dehydrator at a garage sale or to borrow, that would be another option for peppers, at least, if not a few other things that you could freeze (berries, for one).

By: Carrie

Carrie — Tue, 19 May 2009 21:21:23 +0000

Your comment on stocking the freezer with peppers (along with everything else) made me finally ask: how big is your freezer? We have a fridge-top freezer and I’m almost always at capacity because I freeze so many things. Wish there was room for a garage deep-freeze!

By: Linda Powell

Linda Powell — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:37:00 +0000

Just found your site and I love it! Thanks for taking the time to share with us! What is the garlic and herb marinade?