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Feeling Iry? Add some Jamaican spice to your weekend and top off your chicken with some warm and juicy grilled fruit!

JERK DRUMSTICKS AND GRILLED MANGO SALSA

• Prep: 20 minutes
• Grill: 25 minutes
• Serves: 4

Ingredients:

• 4 chicken drumsticks
• 2 tbs pickapeppa sauce
• 2 tbs Jamaican Jerk seasoning
• 1 mango, halved, seeded, peeled
• 1 2-inch thick slice of red onion
• 1 jalapenp pepper, halved, seeded
• 1 tbs snipped cilantro
• 1/2 tsp zest from lime peel
• 1 tbs lime juice
• 1 tsp honey
• 1/2 tsp ground coriander
• 1/4 tsp salt

Method:

• brush drumsticks in pickapeppa sauce
• sprinkle jerk seasoning evenly over chicken and rub it into the chicken with your fingers

For a charcoal grill

• Arrange medium-hot coals around a drip pan and test for medium heat above pan
• Place drumsticks, mango, onion, and jalapeno pepper on grill rack above the drip pan
• cover and grill for 25-30 minutes or until chicken is thoroughly cooked (180 degrees F) and until mango, onion, and jalapeno are tender and crisp, turning once throughout the 25-30 minutes

For a gas grill:

• preheat grill and reduce heat to medium
• place drumsticks in a roasting pan and place on rack over a burner that is turned off
• Place mango, onion, and jalapeno directly onto the same rack and over the burner that is turned off
• Cover and grill using instructions above

For Salsa:

• Once the mango, onion, and jalapeno have cooled, chop them and combine them in a medium bowl, adding cilantro, lime peel, lime juice, honey, coriander, and salt
• Serve as a side dish for your drumsticks