Chicken Peri Peri Recipe – Easy Chicken Recipe – പെരി പെരി ചിക്കൻ
2017-01-13- Cuisine: Continental
- Course: Side Dish
- Skill Level: Moderate
- Add to favorites
- Yield: 300 gm
- Servings: 2
- Prep Time: 3:00 h
- Cook Time: 10m
- Ready In: 3:10 h
Average Member Rating
(5 / 5)
1 People rated this recipe
Related Recipes:
Chicken Peri Peri Recipe – Easy Chicken Recipe – പെരി പെരി ചിക്കൻ
Chicken Peri Peri is a spicy dish with roots in both Africa and Portugal. The dish was created in Angola and Mozambique when Portuguese settlers arrived with chilly peppers.
To prepare Chicken Peri Peri, the chicken needs to be marinated for atleast four hours before being grilled. The peri peri sauce is traditionally made with a fiery pepper from Africa called ‘pili’.
The word Peri Peri comes from the Swahili word Pili Pili which stands for pepper/spicy chilly. So this dish is normally most enjoyable as spicy. But you can always adjust the amount of chilly to suit your personal taste.
Try this yummy chicken at home.
Click here for other chicken recipes
Ingredients
- Chicken - 300 gm
- Garlic clove - 2 nos
- Lime juice - 1 tsp
- Red chilly powder - 1/2 tsp
- Pepper powder - 3/4 tsp
- Garam masala - 1/4 tsp
- Sunflower oil - 5 tbsp
- Oregano - 1/4 tsp
- Salt to taste
Method
Step 1
Clean the chicken with water and cut it into medium size pieces.
Step 2
Take a blender, add sunflower oil, pepper powder, red chilly powder, garam masala, chopped garlic, oregano, salt and lime juice. Grind it to a fine paste.
Step 3
Marinate the chicken with the ground masala paste and set it aside for 3 hours.
Step 4
Take the marinated chicken and thread to the bamboo sticks
Step 5
Heat a pan and grill the chicken pieces on low flame.
Step 6
Chicken Peri Peri is ready to serve. Enjoy!