This is a crazy good Jamaican Jerk Ketchup! Not only for Jerk Chicken, but with other meats or just over Rice & Peas or Beans. Maybe with a side of Johnny Cakes. Place it into a Squeeze bottle and drizzle that stuff. Adjust the heat as you see fit, to create a Sweet Heat Jerk Sauce. Don’t confuse this for a Jerk Marinade, that is something else entirely. This instead is a wonderful finishing sauce that is drizzled over Marinated & Cooked Jerk Chicken or used with other foods. Used the same as Cal’s or Grace’s Tomato Ketchup, but with a flavor profile of its own.

Cal’s Tomato Ketchup

Cal’s Ketchup is a very popular sauce that is used over Jerk Chicken. Sometimes along with a Hot Sauce for added heat. Grace Tomato Ketchup is another one & their Hot Pepper Sauce for the Heat. There are many versions of a Jerk Ketchup, including my version in this recipe. But the base ingredients are always Ketchup, Sugar, Salt and acidity with seasoning in some form. For most recipes, this will be the Jerk Marinade or Seasoning.

Cal’s Tomato Ketchup Ingredients

Water, Tomato Paste, Sugar, Stabilizer, Salt, Acetic Acid, Sodium Benzoate (Preservative), Spices, FD & C Red#40 (color).

Grace Tomato Ketchup Ingredients

Water, Tomato Paste, Vinegar, Sugar, Salt, Natural Flavoring, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder.

Jamaican Jerk Ketchup Ingredients

Water, Ketchup, Sugar, Ginger, Chicken Bouillon, Jerk Marinade or the substitute for it (Oil, Lemon Juice, Soy Sauce, Allspice, Nutmeg, Thyme, Black Pepper, Bay Leaf, Green Onion, a small amount of minced Scotch Bonnet for heat or Sriracha added for heat).

How to make Jamaican Jerk Ketchup

Just toss all the ingredients in together to mix and bring to a boil. Keep it at a good simmer for about 5 minutes. Set aside to cool down and place into a squeeze bottle.

This is usually made whenever making Jerk Chicken. Because of that, just 1–2 Tbl of the Jerk marinade can be added. But if you are making this separate from Jerk Chicken, in the recipe notes is what to add in place of the Jerk Marinade. For the Ginger, just thinly slice it and simmer with the sauce. The heat is just a small amount of minced Scotch Bonnet Pepper or Sriracha to taste. You could just go with Black Pepper or Cayenne to taste too.

Walkerswood Jamaican Jerk Ketchup

For a quick and simple, no fuss Jamaican Jerk Sauce, use Walkerswood Jerk Chicken Marinade to flavor the sauce and add heat. Add just a small amount, since this is hotter, or as much as you can handle.

Adjustments

Adjust as you see fit to shape the overall flavors.

• Salty: Add Salt to taste so that the Sauce has a saltiness to it. The main recipe includes chicken bouillon. Which contributes both Salt & Savoriness. Add more Sea Salt to taste, if desired.
• Spiciness: Add heat in the form of Jerk Marinade, minced Scotch Bonnet Pepper to taste, Black Pepper or Hot Sauce like Sriracha or a small amount of Chili Oil.
• Sourness: Add more Lemon Juice or White Vinegar to increase the sourness.
• Sweetness: Add more or use less sugar to adjust the sweetness.
• Savory: Add an extra Chicken Bouillon Cube, which will increase the savoriness and the salt level. More Garlic & Green Onions can be added too.

Places to use Jamaican Jerk Ketchup

This stuff is absolutely amazing with Jerk Chicken! But it can be used with other foods, just as well. Below are some places you can use this Jerk Ketchup.

I got a few plans on other dishes that could use this Jamaican Jerk Ketchup. Perhaps these will come next, I just gotta see and test them. I’m thinking Jerk Chicken Wings & Jamaican Jerk Chicken Sandwiches. OMG, that could be something else!