Simple Peri Peri Chicken

i am always looking for quick and easy recipes to make during the week that doesn’t take too much time and effort, but also still keeping it healthyish.

recipe from https://www.everylastbite.com/2017/08/21/peri-peri-chicken/

Prep Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

  • 4 skin on bone in chicken breasts

  • 4 cloves garlic

  • 1 tsp oregano

  • 1 1/2 tsp paprika

  • 3 birds eye chillies or more depending on desired spiciness

  • 1/2 onion

  • 2 tbsp lemon juice

  • 1/4 cup olive oil

  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar

  • 1/2 tsp chilli powder

  • 1 onion cut into chunks

  • 1 yellow pepper

  • 1 red pepper

  • 2 tbsp fresh parsley

Method:

  1. In a food processor or blender combine the garlic clove, oregano, paprika, chillies, half an onion, lemon juice, olive oil, red wine vinegar and chilli powder. Blend until the chillies have broken down. Taste the sauce and add more chilli powder or chillies until the sauce reaches your desired spiciness.

  2. Place the chicken breasts in a ziploc bag and pour in 2/3 of the marinade. Allow to marinate for a minimum of 4 hours and preferably overnight.

  3. Preheat the oven to 175c/ 350F.

  4. Wash the peppers and remove the stem and seeds. Cut them into chunks and place the slices in a baking dish along with the chunks of onion.

  5. Place the chicken breasts on top of the vegetables (I had quickly browned them a bit in the pan) and bake in the oven for 35 to 45 minutes or until the juices run clear. Half way through cooking brush the chicken with some of the remaining peri-peri marinade.

  6. Before serving warm the remaining marinade and serve on the side and sprinkle the chicken with chopped parsley. Enjoy!

This is also another simple recipe to make you just have to remember to leave enough time to marinate. you could prep it the day before, leave it overnight then its ready to use the next day. i did not do that but i did have a chance to marinate for a couple of hours, it was still super tasty and spicy, however i had forgot to season my meat so although the marinate was quite good it was missing a bit of seasoning. so i would season the meat after you take it out of the marinate and before cooking. the roasted peppers at the bottom were ok, i could have done without them. i served the chicken with some roasted potatoes and a simple side salad but you could also serve this with rice or some roasted vegetables. an easy weekday meal if you just remember to marinate the chicken beforehand.

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