Main course

Portuguese Piri-Piri Chicken

A spatchcocked bird marinated with lemon, garlic, hot chile, and paprika, then grilled or roasted until the skin is crisp.

What you’ll need

• chicken: 1800 g
• piri-piri chiles: 25 g
• lemon juice: 80 ml
• garlic: 25 g
• olive oil: 70 ml
• paprika: 8 g
• dried oregano: 4 g
• fine salt: 13 g
• black pepper: 3 g

How to make it

1. Wearing gloves, remove the piri-piri stems and some seeds if desired. Blend the chiles, lemon juice, garlic, oil, paprika, oregano, salt, and black pepper into a textured sauce.

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