Easy Peri Peri Chicken Recipe [Copycat]
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4.2
15 reviews
Good
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Total Time
50 mins
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Servings
2 Chicken legs
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Calories
326 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
African
Easy Peri Peri Chicken Recipe [Copycat]
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Peri Peri Chicken is chicken marinated in a hot spicy peri peri sauce, which is a sauce based on bird's eye chilis. Marinate the Chicken hours before you plan on roasting and grilling the chicken for dinner.
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Ingredients
- 2 chicken legs
- 5 Tablespoons Peri Peri Sauce
- Juice of one lime
- ½ Teaspoon salt
- ½ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
- olive oil to baste the Chicken
Instructions
- Start by creating a few random cuts into your chicken, through the skin.
- Then add the peri peri sauce, lime juice, salt and black pepper to the chicken and use your hands to marinate and massage the sauce into the chicken.
- Leave the Chicken to marinate for as long as possible. If you are in a hurry, keep minimum 2-3 hours to marinate. Best is to keep over night and day.
- When you are ready to cook the chicken, preheat your oven to 180 Celsius/ 350 Fahrenheit.
- Place the meat into a ceramic baking dish and cover the chicken with the marination. Then sprinkle some olive oil over the chicken.
- Roast your chicken for about 30-35 minutes or until the thermometer shows 75 Celsius/ about 170 Fahrenheit. While the chicken is roasting, make sure to baste the meat with olive oil frequently, so that the meat remains nice and juice. I usually like to use the oil and marination mixture which turns into a sauce at the foot of the chicken, to cover my chicken with moisture.
- After you have roasted the chicken, keep the peri peri chicken for another 5-8 minutes in the grilled mode in your oven. That way you will get a lovely crust on top of your chicken.
Notes
- You can use a Full Chicken, Chicken quarters, or Drumsticks too if you prefer instead of the Chicken legs. Best result with A grade quality chicken.
- The chicken cuts are important so that the sauce gets a chance to take over all the meat with gorgeous hot flavors.
- The longer you keep your chicken to marinate the more flavor your chicken will get.
- Use a meat thermometer to cook your chicken perfectly on the inside and outside.
- Roast the chicken first and use the grill option in your oven only to grill the chicken skin for another 5-8 mins.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
250g
Calories
326kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
10g
(3%)
Protein
21g
(42%)
Fat
20g
(31%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Cholesterol
119mg
(40%)
Sodium
2777mg
(116%)
Potassium
261mg
(7%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
7g
(14%)
Vitamin A
120IU
(2%)
Calcium
12mg
(1%)
Iron
0.9mg
(5%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2Chicken legs
Amount Per Serving
Calories 326 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 250g | |
| Calories | 326kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 10g | 3% |
| Protein | 21g | 42% |
| Fat | 20g | 31% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 119mg | 40% |
| Sodium | 2777mg | 116% |
| Potassium | 261mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 7g | 14% |
| Vitamin A | 120IU | 2% |
| Calcium | 12mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.9mg | 5% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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