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Creamy Peri Peri Grilled Chicken

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  • Author: EsmeSalon
  • Prep Time: 40 minutes
  • Marinate Time: 2 hours
  • Cook Time: 50 minutes
  • Total Time: 3 hours 30 minutes
  • Yield: 6 servings depending on size 1x
  • Category: Dinner
  • Method: Easy

Description

A timeless recipe for modern tastes, Creamy Peri Peri Grilled Chicken.


Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 1 chicken cut into 8 pieces
  • 1kg chicken fillets

Marinade

  • 1 Tbsp. Garlic
  • 1 tsp green chilies
  • 1 Tbsp. Ginger garlic masala
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp Portuguese peri-peri spice
  • 1 tsp Amina’s Rombo Rossi spice
  • 1 tsp Southern grill spice
  • 1/2 tsp Cajun spice
  • Some paprika
  • Some crushed red chilies
  • Some Aromat
  • 1 Tbsp. Soy sauce
  • 2 Tbsp. Mexican chili sauce
  • 2 Tbsp. Spar brand peri-peri sauce
  • 2 Tbsp. Nando’s Mozambique paprika sauce
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 3 Tbsp. Oil

Creamy Sauce

  • 250ml fresh cream
  • 2 Tbsp. Mayonnaise
  • 1/2 bottle Nando’s mild or garlic peri-peri sauce
  • 1/4 bottle Nando’s Mozambique paprika sauce

Vagaar

  • Small onion
  • Butter or ghee
  • 1/2 grated carrot
  • 1/4 of each green, red & yellow pepper
  • Sliced mushrooms
  • 1 Tbsp. Garlic
  • 2 tsp spice for rice
  • 4 tsp Aromat
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper

Instructions

  1. Wash & drain the chicken
  2. Mix the ingredients for the marinade, add the chicken, and let it sit for a few hours.
  3. Pack in an oven tray & add a few blobs of butter or ghee
  4. Bake in a hot 220°C/430°F oven for 20 minutes
  5. Turn the chicken over & bake for another 20 minutes
  6. Mix the sauce well & pour it over the chicken. Cover every inch
  7. Bake another 10 minutes

Spice Rice

  1. Parboil 3 cups of basmati in salted water till a bit soft but firm.

Vagaar

  1. Braise onion in Butter or ghee until transparent.
  2. Add carrot, green, red & yellow peppers cubed & some sliced mushrooms.
  3. Stir fry until the water evaporates.
  4. Add Garlic, rice spice, Aromat, and Black pepper 
  5. Braise for a minute, then add
  6. Add the rice mix well, then add enough water to cover it.
  7. Bring to a boil, then lower it to low heat and steam until done but not too dry that the rice sticks to the pot, there must still be some moisture left.


Notes

Created, prepared, tried, and tested by Monowara Nouri Mohamed Bhamjee from SA Tasty Recipes – Saffas Daily Recipes

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 serving
  • Calories: 597
  • Sugar: 3.8 g
  • Sodium: 714.4 mg
  • Fat: 27.1 g
  • Saturated Fat: 8.3 g
  • Trans Fat: 0.3 g
  • Carbohydrates: 11.7 g
  • Fiber: 1.9 g
  • Protein: 75 g
  • Cholesterol: 260.1 mg
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