- 1 Chickenabout 2kg
For the piri-piri marinade
- 2 Hot chilli pepperdried
- 100 ml Red wine vinegar
- 6 red Chili pepperchopped
- 6 cloves Garlic
- 2 tsp Smoked Paprika
- 1 tsp Dried oregano
- 1 tsp Dried thyme
- 1 tsp Caster sugar
- 2 Lemonjuiced
Piri-Piri Chicken
Piri-Piri Chicken is a spicy Portuguese chicken dish which is popular in all parts of the country. On my first day in Portugal, the receptionist at our hotel told us about a restaurant nearby which served the most legendary piri-piri chicken. We went along for dinner that night and the chicken was sensational! I asked for the recipe which the waiter provided and this chicken dish has been a firm favorite in my house since!
Start by making a spicy marinade from chilis, herbs and spices. Using a small knife, score the chicken all over with 1 cm deep cuts. Make sure you slice into the legs and the underside of the chicken. Rub in the marinade all over the chicken and leave to marinate for a minimum 4 hours. Roast in the oven and crank up the heat for the final 30 minutes or so. Enjoy the chicken with your favorite side dishes.Â
To make my version of Piri-Piri Chicken, you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Piri-Piri Chicken
1 | Cook chillies in vinegar | 2 |
Place 2 dried chilis and 100 milliliters of red wine vinegar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove the pan from the heat and leave the chilis soaking in the vinegar until cold. | ||
2 | Make marinade | 3 |
Place 6 red chilis, 6 cloves of garlic in a food processor with the soaked dried chilis and vinegar. Blitz until combined before adding 2 teaspoons of smoked paprika, 1 teaspoon each of oregano, thyme and sugar, a pinch of salt and the juice of two lemons. Blitz until you have a paste and set to one side. | ||
3 | Marinate chicken | 4h |
Place the chicken in a shallow roasting dish. Using a small sharp knife, score the meat all over with 1 cm deep cuts. Add the marinade to the chicken and rub it into each of the cuts. Cover and chill the meat for a minimum 4 hours. Ideally leave it overnight. | ||
4 | Heat oven | 5 |
Preheat the oven to 355 °F. | ||
5 | Roast chicken | 1h 35m |
Roast the chicken for one hour at 355 °F before turning the heat up to 425 °F to cook for the final 35 minutes. | ||
6 | Rest for 30 minutes | 30 |
Remove the cooked chicken from the oven and leave to rest for about 30 minutes. | ||
7 | Serve | |
Serve the Portuguese style chicken with some of your favorite side dishes such as homemade wedges or baked potatoes, coleslaw, some buttered corn or chili & mint peas. | ||
Recipe Reviews
So much going on in this recipe hope all will go well.
So much going on in this recipe hope all will go well.
Portuguese recipes are interesting ive never seen anything mixed with this many spicy stuffs.
Cool goes great with some sweet mashed potatos or even yellow rice.
I made this but instead of chicken I used pork and as a side dish I made some cheesy garlic bread from this site too.
Great piri piri chicken I've only had somehting like this once when visiting a friend from portugal but this brought back some good memories and now i can have it any day too thanks to you guys :)
Kinda expensive to make but it does taste really good and if you let the chicken sit for 2 hours in the spices it's even better.
Cool goes great with some sweet mashed potatos or even yellow rice.
Spicy deliciousness! Really happy with how these turned out.
Spicy deliciousness! Really happy with how these turned out.
I think it's wayy too spicy if you have any children i wouldn't make this for them.
Thank you Jelena for this creative dish,keep up the good work can't wait to see what else you make.
I think it's wayy too spicy if you have any children i wouldn't make this for them.
Man this was DELICIOUS! Already missing it and I just finished eating about two hours ago hahaha. Will for sure be making this chiciken again.
Man this was DELICIOUS! Already missing it and I just finished eating about two hours ago hahaha. Will for sure be making this chiciken again.
Thank you Jelena for this creative dish,keep up the good work can't wait to see what else you make.
I made this but instead of chicken I used pork and as a side dish I made some cheesy garlic bread from this site too.
Amazing!!! Had so much fun trying to perfect this for dinner and everyone was pleased to try out something new.
Would recommend it if you like your food to be hot and nearly burn your tongue off lol.
Kinda expensive to make but it does taste really good and if you let the chicken sit for 2 hours in the spices it's even better.
Really awesome! Very delicious!
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