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.
To make my version of Piri-Piri Chicken, you will need the following ingredients:
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.
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.
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.
Preheat the oven to 355 °F.
Roast the chicken for one hour at 355 °F before turning the heat up to 425 °F to cook for the final 35 minutes.
Remove the cooked chicken from the oven and leave to rest for about 30 minutes.
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.
My Piri-Piri Chicken is an authentic taste of Portugal. Hot and fiery from the chili marinade. Try it soon and come back to let me know how you get on.
This piri-piri chicken is superb. Reminds me of my trip to Portugal. Easy to make and packed with flavor. My kids loved it.
Best chicken ever!
Amazing
Chicken was amazing!
This chicken rocks!
Superb! This Piri-Piri Chicken recipe totally brought back memories of my trip to Portugal. It's so simple yet packed with flavor! My friends were blown away when I served it at my barbecue. Can't believe how easy it was to impress them!
Superb flavor! Kids couldn't get enough!
Made the Piri-Piri Chicken last weekend and wow, it was delish. I remember my first day in Portugal too, and how that chicken blew my mind. This recipe is so simple, yet it brings back all those great memories. Def a keeper for my family dinners.
Simply sensational chicken!
I had to try this after my trip to Portugal! The spicy marinade is just perfect. My kids love it, and it’s super easy to make. Even my husband, who usually hates spicy food, keep asking for more. Thanks for sharing this treasure!
Superb
Man, this Piri-Piri Chicken recipe is the bomb! Reminds me of my trip to Portugal when I first had it. So simple to make, yet tastes amazin'! My fam gobbles it up every time. Big thanks for sharing this gem!
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.
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 :)
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