Airfried Peri Peri Chicken

[BeezeeBee]

The chicken was quite tasty, and my boys gave it thumbs up. Give it a go

1 chicken, skin removed and cut into 8 pcs then make 2-3 slits on each piece

Sauce:

2 to 6 birds-eye red chillies
1 big red capsicum
1 lemon, cut into quarters
2 tbsp paprika powder
2 tsp salt
1 tbsp oregano
2 tsp red chilli powder
1/2 cup oil
5 cloves of garlic
2 tbsp vinegar
1 tsp black pepper

1 . Blend ingredients for sauce. Speed 8-10, 10 secs. Repeat till fine.
2 . Add sauce to chicken pieces. Marinade overnight.
3 . Spray airfryer basket with oil. Add chicken pieces into drawer. Start at 200C for approx 8 mins. Flip, baste with marinade sauce. Lower temp to 160C, 4 mins. Flip, if necessary. Continue at 160C or higher, for another 4 mins.

Tips:
I cooked in 2 batches to ensure that the pieces were laid in a layer, rather than overlapping.
Breast was quite dry, and required a shorter cooking time. I just removed those pieces first, and continued with the rest.



If you use chicken wings, 1/3 of the marinade is sufficient. Freeze the rest. Air fry nibbles (middle section of wings) at 200° 12 mins, flip midway.
Drummets. 200° 6 mins, flip then 160° 10 mins. 180° 5 mins. I would add 2 more mins 200° if they are not brown enough.



Adapted from http://www.fauziaskitchenfun.com/peri-peri-chicken

[courton]

Yum! Am seriously considering Air fryer. Is it ok to use cooking spray on non stick basket?

[Halex]

Looks fantastic, on my to do list, thank you

[BeezeeBee]

Yum! Am seriously considering Air fryer. Is it ok to use cooking spray on non stick basket?

Yes, no problem. The base is normal metal. Not coated with non-stick.

[obbie]

Yum, have printed to make.

[JulieO]

Bee is the oregano fresh or dried please? 

[BeezeeBee]

Julie, I used dried oregano

[JulieO]

Thanks Bee 

[courton]

Made this tonight. It was delicious! Thanks BZB for sharing the recipe.

[BeezeeBee]

Glad you enjoyed the Peri Peri Chicken, Courton

[BeezeeBee]

Made this again for dinner. This time with a longer marinade time - 3 days in the freezer. And it came out even better! The whole family said it was like Nando's

Woohoooooooo!

[BeezeeBee]

Sounds interesting Jose. If you add, hope you update us

[cookie1]

This is the AF now. DH has just cooked a batch of his special chilli chicken wings. Boy did it smoke. Not quite enough to set the alarm off though. I reduced the amount of chilli in the chicken. It will be interesting to see how it goes.

[BeezeeBee]

How did it go, cookie?

[fundj&e]

BZB do u add the lemons to the sauce ?