HOW to COOK the most DELICIOUS Portuguese PIRI PIRI CHICKEN from Scratch! (PORTUGUESE RECIPE Easy)

piri piri sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade chili sauce

💰Cheaper: hot sauce

Homemade chili sauce can control heat levels and ingredients.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point and is healthier.

butter

🥗Healthier: margarine

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Margarine can reduce saturated fat.

fresh parsley

🥗Healthier: cilantro

💰Cheaper: dried parsley

Cilantro offers a fresh flavor at a lower cost.

Prepare the peri-peri sauce by blending parsley, garlic, 2 Birds Eye Chilis, 1 finger chili, 1 scotch bonnet chili, oregano, smoked paprika, coarse salt, white wine vinegar or cider vinegar, olive oil, and concentrated hot sauce.

Melt butter in a pan and add lemon juice to the peri-peri sauce.

Spatchcock the chicken by cutting it down the middle and opening it up.

Make incisions into the legs, thighs, and breast of the chicken.

Season the chicken with rock salt, ensuring to get it into the incisions.

Preheat the barbecue and place the chicken skin-side down for 4-5 minutes.

Add the peri-peri sauce to the chicken while grilling, turning it occasionally for 40-45 minutes until cooked through.

Let the chicken rest for 5-10 minutes before cutting it into pieces for serving.

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