Portuguese chicken feast with Claire Allen

piri-piri sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade chili sauce

💰Cheaper: hot sauce

Homemade chili sauce can control heat and ingredients.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point.

whole chicken

🥗Healthier: skinless chicken breasts

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Thighs are often more affordable and flavorful.

red wine vinegar

🥗Healthier: apple cider vinegar

💰Cheaper: white vinegar

Apple cider vinegar offers a milder flavor.

Marinate the chicken with lots of good quality olive oil, lemon juice, salt, black pepper, and portuguese spice mix, ensuring to coat the chicken well.

Allow the chicken to marinate for about 1 to 2 hours.

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

Roast the marinated chicken in the oven for 40 minutes.

Prepare the sides: blanch sweet corn and finish it on the grill for char.

Make the roti: mix 1 kilogram of flour with water and yeast, knead it, and allow it to rise.

Dust the surface lightly with flour, shape the dough into equal sizes, and let it proof again.

In a pan, add chopped tomatoes, garlic, fresh herbs, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper, and fry until cooked through.

Add baby spinach to the pan and allow it to wilt down.

Once the chicken is cooked, check for tenderness and juiciness, and ensure it has a nice char from the grill.

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