Peri Peri Chicken on Skewers
Ingredients
- Boneless chicken 1 kg, cut into thin chunks
- Dried red chilies 4-6
- Salt 2 tsp
- Red chili powder 1/2 tsp
- Black pepper powder 1 tsp
- Oregano 1 tbsp
- Paprika powder 1.5 tbsp
- Apple cider vinegar 4 tbsp (or white vinegar 2 tbsp)
- Red food colour 1/4 tsp
- Oil 1/2 cup
- Juice of 1 lemon
- Garlic cloves 5
- Red bell pepper 1 big sized
Preparation
- To start off, let’s prepare the peri peri sauce. In a grinder add all the ingredients mentioned above except chicken.
- Grind all the ingredients into a fine paste, taste the sauce before adding chicken and adjust accordingly.
- Cut chicken into thin pieces and add to the marinade.
- Mix thoroughly, cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Next day, thread the chicken pieces on to the skewers.
- Shallow fry the skewers in a pan or a grill.
- When the skewers are ready, smoke it with a lit coal.
- Serve hot with roti or naan.
- Note:If any marinade is left you can cook it to make a peri peri sauce for the chicken.
- Serve hot and enjoy
Peri Peri Chicken on Skewers
Ingredients
- Boneless chicken 1 kg, cut into thin chunks
- Dried red chilies 4-6
- Salt 2 tsp
- Red chili powder 1/2 tsp
- Black pepper powder 1 tsp
- Oregano 1 tbsp
- Paprika powder 1.5 tbsp
- Apple cider vinegar 4 tbsp (or white vinegar 2 tbsp)
- Red food colour 1/4 tsp
- Oil 1/2 cup
Instructions
- To start off, let’s prepare the peri peri sauce. In a grinder add all the ingredients mentioned above except chicken.
- Grind all the ingredients into a fine paste, taste the sauce before adding chicken and adjust accordingly.
- Cut chicken into thin pieces and add to the marinade.
- Mix thoroughly, cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Next day, thread the chicken pieces on to the skewers.
- Shallow fry the skewers in a pan or a grill.
- When the skewers are ready, smoke it with a lit coal.
- Serve hot with roti or naan.
- Note: If any marinade is left you can cook it to make a peri peri sauce for the chicken.
- Serve hot and enjoy
