Peri Peri Chicken (Nando’s Copycat)

Name: Peri Peri Chicken (Nando’s Copycat)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6, 6 people
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 teaspoons chilli flakes ((or to taste)); 4 cloves garlic (crushed or grated); Juice of 2 limes; 2 teaspoons smoked paprika; 2 teaspoons oregano; ½ teaspoon salt ((or to taste)); Black pepper to taste; 8 chicken legs (or thighs or a mixture); 4 small corn on the cobs ((cobettes)); 300 g basmati or long grain rice; 400 ml tin coconut milk; 200 ml water; ½ teaspoon salt; 400 g tin black eyed peas ((or black beans or kidney beans, drained)); Juice of 1 lime; 4 spring onions (sliced); Sliced spring onions and lime wedges

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A Nando's-style peri peri chicken with a spiced marinade of lime, garlic, and chili. Baked with sides like coconut rice and corn for a restaurant-quality meal that comes together quickly.

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Ingredients

6 SERVINGS

Peri Peri Chicken & Corn

2 tbspolive oil
2 tspchilli flakes
4garlic — crushed or grated
2limes — fresh
2 tspsmoked paprika
2 tsporegano
½ tspsalt
Black pepper — to taste
8chicken legs — or chicken thighs
4small corn on the cobs (cobettes)

Coconut Lime Rice

300 gbasmati rice — or long grain rice
400 mlcoconut milk — canned
200 mlwater
½ tspsalt
400 gblack eyed peas — drained, or black beans or kidney beans
1lime
4spring onions — sliced

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Sliced spring onions and lime wedges

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Method

50m total

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