Homemade Peri Peri Sauce - Spatchcock Chicken On The Braai

peri peri sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade chili sauce

💰Cheaper: hot sauce

Homemade chili sauce can be lower in sodium and tailored to taste.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is often less expensive and has a neutral flavor.

Lightly cut up 2 red peppers, 1 fresh tomato, 1 red onion, garlic, and chilies for easy frying.

In a pan, lightly fry the chopped vegetables for about 5 minutes to let the juices combine.

Add salt, pepper, garlic powder, and Greek oregano to the frying vegetables.

Add the zest of 1 lemon and the juice of 1 lemon, catching the seeds.

Stir in 2 teaspoons of white sugar (or any sugar alternative) and mix well.

Add a little bit of red wine vinegar and paprika to the mixture.

Continue to lightly fry to prevent the vinegar from evaporating and to keep the juices together.

Transfer the mixture to a blender, adding extra virgin olive oil and a little bit of water to blend it smoothly.

Taste the peri peri sauce to ensure it's to your liking.

Prepare the chicken by spatchcocking it, removing the backbone and cutting through the cartilage to lay it flat.

Marinate the spatchcocked chicken with the peri peri sauce, rubbing it all over the chicken.

Let the marinated chicken sit in the fridge for about 1 hour.

Cook the chicken in the oven to ensure it is soft, tender, and juicy.

Cooking Techniques

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