How To Make Chicken Peri Peri | African Barbeque Chicken Recipe | The Bombay Chef - Varun Inamdar

peri peri sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade chili sauce

💰Cheaper: hot sauce

Homemade chili sauce can control spice levels and reduce costs.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point and is healthier.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is dairy-free and adds a unique flavor.

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Tofu offers a plant-based option, while thighs are more economical than breasts.

Cut African devil chilies and Mexican ripe Sano chilies roughly and place them in a grinder.

Add dried bay leaves to the grinder.

Add fresh garlic cloves, a sprinkle of sea salt, and extra virgin olive oil to the grinder.

Add smoked paprika and lemon juice to the grinder, ensuring to catch the seeds.

Grind the mixture into a super fine paste and transfer it to a bowl.

Cut the chicken into eight big pieces, removing all fat and sinew, and make a few gashes in the meat.

Place the chicken pieces in a large bowl and add the peri spice mix.

Mix the chicken and spice mix thoroughly using tongs or gloves.

Place a few pieces of wood charcoal on the burner until they turn red, then place the bowl of marinated chicken over the charcoal to infuse smoke.

Cover the bowl with a lid and let it smoke for 30 minutes.

After smoking, check the chicken after roughly an hour.

Heat a grill pan on moderate heat and mix the chicken again.

Carefully place the marinated chicken pieces in the heated grill pan without adding oil.

Increase the flame and ensure the chicken gets nice brown marks on both sides, avoiding overcrowding the pan.

Use a bundle of fresh parsley as a brush to baste the chicken pieces with the marinade.

Turn the chicken pieces once or twice to ensure they are browned on all sides.

Add a few sprigs of fresh parsley just before finishing cooking and turn off the flame.

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