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peri peri chicken

Delicious Peri Peri Chicken Recipe

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Moist and tender chicken with spicy peri peri sauce
Course Main Course
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour

Equipment

  • 1 Whole Chicken spatchcocked and split in half

Ingredients

  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • ½ cup vinegar
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 5 pieces bird-eye chillis
  • 2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 piece lemon squeezed juice
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano
  • ½ tablespoon paprika
  • ½ tablespoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions

  • Using a pair of kitchen scissors, remove chickens' backbone. Turn the chicken and flatten its backbone to spread the meat as much as possible (You can leave it as a butterfly or cut chicken in half)
  • Blend together all of the ingredients for the peri peri sauce marinade in a food processor and use 75% of the sauce to spread over the chicken. Cover and put in the fridge overnight. Save the leftover sauce for basting.
  • Preheat oven to 375F.
  • Place the chicken in the oven and roast for about 45 minutes. 
  • Take out the chicken and baste the chicken with the left over peri peri sauce. Raise cooking temperture to 400F and roast for another 15 minutes.
  • Enjoy!