Peri Peri Chicken In Oven | African Barbeque Chicken Recipe By Ready Steady Eat

piri piri sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade chili sauce

💰Cheaper: hot sauce

Homemade chili sauce can control spice levels and ingredients.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point and is healthier.

fresh parsley

🥗Healthier: cilantro

💰Cheaper: dried herbs

Cilantro provides a fresh flavor while dried herbs are more economical.

chicken

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Turkey is leaner, while thighs are more affordable than breasts.

Make gashes in the chicken leg.

In a mortar and pestle, add sugar, citric acid, red chili flakes, and mixed herbs; crush until coarse.

In a bowl, combine red chili powder, onion powder, garlic powder, ginger powder, black salt, salt, and crushed spices; mix well.

Add lemon juice and olive oil to the spice mixture and mix well to create the peri peri sauce.

Marinate the chicken legs with the peri peri sauce, ensuring to apply it all over and inside the gashes; let it sit for 30 minutes.

In a baking tray, add olive oil and spread it across.

Place the marinated chicken legs in the baking tray.

Bake at 160 degrees Celsius for 40 to 45 minutes.

If no oven is available, cook the chicken in a pan on both sides until cooked through.

Serve and garnish with coriander sprig and lemon.

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