Nando's Inspired Chicken

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. 2

   Make 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. 3

   Place the chicken in the refrigerator to marinate overnight or you can marinate for just an hour

4. 4

   Preheat 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. 5

   Cut 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. 6

   After 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