Nando's Inspired Chicken

⏱️ 1h 5m 👥 6 servings 📊 Hard
Portuguese main course
Nando's Inspired Chicken
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This chicken is so good you will make it over and over again. It's finger-licking good

📝 Ingredients

  • 12 pieces chicken (thighs and drumsticks)
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • 1 tablespoon Portuguese chicken spice (see note 5)
  • 2 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 4 large cloves garlic (minced)
  • 3 birds eye chilli
  • 1/2 bottle Nando's hot sauce (125 gram to be exact)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 bottle nando's sauce (125 gram to be exact)
  • 1/2 cup fresh cream
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 onion ((chopped into chunks))

👨‍🍳 Instructions

  1. 1--- Marinating the Chicken ---
  2. 2Make a few slits in the each chicken piece. Place the chicken in a large bowl. Add all the other ingredients and mix it into the chicken.
  3. 3Place the chicken in the refrigerator to marinate overnight or you can marinate for just an hour
  4. 4Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius. Drizzle 2 tablespoons olive oil in a roasting pan. Shake off the excess marinade from the chicken and place them in a single layer in the pan
  5. 5Cut the onion into 8 petal like shapes and toss it with the chicken. Bake at 180 degrees celsius for 35 minutes. Baste the chicken with the excess marinade in between baking time
  6. 6After 35 minutes mix the remaining half bottle Nando's sauce and the fresh cream together and pour it over the chicken. Bake for a further 15 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked. If you pierce a piece of chicken the juices should run clear once cooked

About the Chef & Original Recipe

This recipe was published by Lorraine on tamarindnthyme.com. Visit the original source for step-by-step photos, chef notes and additional details.