Peri peri chicken
Peri peri chicken is spicy chicken mernatied with peri peri sauce. We are sharing a unique recipe of peri peri sauce which enhances the chicken flavor.
Preparation time: 10 minutes+ Meritnation (overnight) or two hours in refrigerator
Servings - 4 to five
Ingredients for piri piri sauce
Onion - one medium
Red bell pepper - one
Salt - 2 tbsp
Tomato paste 1 tbsp
Lemon zest - 1 tbsp
Olive oil - 1/4 cup
White vinegar - 3/4 cup
Garlic powder - 2 tbsp
Oregano - 2 tbsp
Kashmir red chili powder - 1 tbsp
Paprika - 1.5 tbsp
Lemon juice - 3 tbsp
Coriander leaves - half cup
Ingredients for chicken
Chicken left - 1 kg
Salt 3/4 TSP
Chilli 3/4 TSP
Peri peri sauce - 1.5 cup
Method
Cut onion, bell pepper into big pieces and
add all dry ingredients like salt, lemon zest, garlic powder, chilli powder, peprika, coriander leaves, oregano, and tomato paste in a mixer jar to make paste .
Heat the pan add olive oil and cook this paste for five minutes. Add vinegar and cook for 1 more minute.
Remove the pan add let it cool down properly. Add lemon juice and mix it well. Peri peri sauce is ready.
Chicken Meritnation
Make a slanting cut into chicken pieces. Rub salt and red chili powder.
Take a shallow non metalic dish. Place chicken pieces in the dish and pour peri peri souce on it. Rub this piri piri sauce both sides of the chicken.
Refrigerate for at least 2 hours of if you needs good results Meritnate overnight.
Peri peri chicken in pan
Heat the pan with olive oil . Place chicken pieces in this. Flip it after every 1 minutes. Cook for five minutes or till it cooked.
Read more : Fried chicken recipe
Peri peri chicken in oven
Preheat the oven on 180 degree temperature.
Grease the oil on grill flat plate. Place chicken on it and cook for two minutes. Flip the chicken legs and cook for more three minutes . Grease the chicken with oil or peri peri sauce once. Serve hot.
Piri piri chicken serve with side dishes
Peri chicken can be eat alone or
Can be serve with plane salty rice.
Can be served with pasta.
Can be served with green salad etc.
NUTRITION PER SERVE
Protein 27 g;
Fat 30 g;
Carbohydrate 0.5 g;
Dietary Fibre 0.5 g,
Cholesterol 60 mg: (405 cal)
Nutritional information can be considered an estimate.
NOTE: Piri-piri is also excellent for barbecuing prawns. Seed the chillies for a milder tasting dish.
