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How to prepare Ghanaian Chicken peri peri

Pulse daily DIY recipe teaches prospective chefs how to prepare healthy, Ghanaian dishes in a simple way.

Chicken peri peri

Ingredients

  • Full chicken
  • Garlic cloves, crushed
  • Grated fresh ginger
  • 1 tsp ground peri peri chillies or cayenne pepper
  • 3 tbsp peri peri oil
  • Coconut milk
  • The juice of ripe lemons
  • Freshly ground white pepper

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Method

1. Place the chicken, breast side down, on a clean, flat, work surface.

2. Starting at bottom end of the chicken, cut along one side of backbone with sharp kitchen scissors, then do the same on the other side of the back bone.

3. Turn the chicken over and open it up, press your hands down hard on the breast bone to flatten the chicken.

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4. Now mix together the garlic, ginger, ground chillies, coconut milk, peri peri oil and lemon juice and zest and white pepper.

5. Place the chicken in a shallow glass dish and pour over the marinade and rub it all over the chicken.

6. Set the chicken aside for at least 30 minutes to marinade. (Can be overnight in the fridge too for added flavour)

7. Preheat the oven to 200°C.

8. Place the chickens with the left over marinade into a roasting tray and spoon over any leftover marinade.

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9. Place the chicken into the oven and roast for 10 minutes and decrease to 180°C.

10. Roast at 200°C for the first 10 minutes, then decrease the oven temperature to 180°C and cook till golden and moist.

11. Serve on a board/platter with cumin potato wedges and a large green salad.

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