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Piri piri chicken

Spatchcocked, charred, and basted with more chilli than is sensible.

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How to make piri piri chicken

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Spatchcocked and basted

70 minutes · serves 4 · Medium

What you need

  • 1 chicken, spatchcocked
  • 8 birds eye chillies
  • 6 garlic cloves
  • 2 red peppers, roasted
  • 100ml red wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp smoked paprika
  • 1 lemon
  • 100ml olive oil
  • 1 tsp oregano

What you do

  1. 1Blitz everything but the chicken into a loose sauce. Keep back a third for the table — basting sauce that has touched raw chicken does not come back.
  2. 2Slash the chicken through the thickest parts and marinate in the rest, at least 4 hours.
  3. 3Roast at 200C for 40 minutes, then finish under a hot grill or on coals for 10, basting twice.
  4. 4Rest 10 minutes, cut through the joints, and put the reserved sauce on the table.

Thighs, on a weeknight

40 minutes · serves 4 · Easy

What you need

  • 8 chicken thighs
  • Piri piri sauce
  • Lemon
  • Olive oil

What you do

  1. 1Marinate the thighs 30 minutes in sauce, oil and lemon.
  2. 2Roast at 220C for 30 minutes, basting once.
  3. 3Lemon squeezed over at the end.