Peri Peri/Peri Piri Chicken Dinner - cook with me tasty Nando's style chicken dinner

peri-peri sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade hot sauce

💰Cheaper: sriracha

Sriracha provides a similar heat and flavor at a lower cost.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is less expensive and works well for grilling.

butter

🥗Healthier: ghee

💰Cheaper: margarine

Margarine is a cost-effective alternative for basting.

whole chicken

🥗Healthier: chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: chicken drumsticks

Drumsticks are usually cheaper and still flavorful.

Clean chicken drumsticks with lemon juice and salt.

Score the chicken drumsticks to allow marinade to penetrate.

Prepare homemade peri-peri sauce by caramelizing garlic and chilies in olive oil.

Add onions and roasted red bell pepper to the peri-peri sauce mixture.

Blend the peri-peri sauce ingredients together, adding lemon zest, lemon juice, white pepper, oregano, and honey.

Coat the chicken drumsticks generously with peri-peri sauce and let marinate for at least an hour.

Wash basmati rice until the water is clear to remove starch.

Add washed rice to a rice cooker with one habanero chili, thyme, crushed garlic clove, sliced shallot, salt, coconut milk, and coconut oil.

Slice one white onion and one jalapeno chili into thick rings and place in a roasting pan.

Place marinated chicken on top of the onion and jalapeno bed in the roasting pan.

Broil the chicken on the top rack for 10 minutes to seal in moisture.

Flip the chicken and broil for another 10 minutes.

Reduce remaining peri-peri sauce in a skillet over low heat until oil resurfaces.

Pan-sear brussels sprouts in olive oil on medium-high heat until charred on the cut side.

Add shallots, all-purpose seasoning, crushed black pepper, chili flakes, and salt to the brussels sprouts.

Add sliced garlic and a little bit of honey to the brussels sprouts mixture.

Add chopped red bell pepper and cook for an additional minute.

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