Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, portuguese chicken. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Enjoy this chicken meal on the BBQ or baked in the oven. It may seem like a lot of work but if you get your herbs and spices ready, it's quick to make. The bell peppers are optional but well worth it as they go so well together.
Portuguese Chicken is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Portuguese Chicken is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have portuguese chicken using 2 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Portuguese Chicken:
- Prepare 3 pound whole chicken
- Prepare Peri Peri sauce (We use Nando's hot sauce)
A new take on roasted chicken. Place the chicken in a large glass dish. Transfer the remaining sauce to an airtight container. Place flat on the unheated section of the grill, skin side down.
Steps to make Portuguese Chicken:
- Cut along one side of backbone and split open chicken.
- Flatten chicken legs and thighs by pushing down on them and insert metal skewers crosswise from one breast to the other at the top and one thigh to the other at the bottom.
- Grease grill with Pam and then heat grill to 550 degrees.
- Turn off 1 burner and put the other 2 burners on medium heat. Cook chicken on indirect heat (burner that has been turned off) for 20 minutes with breast side down.
- Continue to cook on indirect heat for 20 minutes with breast side up.
- Brush chicken with Peri Peri sauce and cook for 5 more minutes on each side (10 minutes total) on indirect heat. Then brush on more sauce and cook for 5 more minutes on each side (10 minutes total) on direct heat (burners that are on). Inner temperature of meat should be 165 degrees Fahrenheit when done.
- Serve with more Peri Peri sauce for dipping and your favourite side dishes.
- Enjoy!
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