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Nando's Inspired Chicken

This chicken is so good you will make it over and over again. It's finger-licking good
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Portuguese
Keyword: easy chicken recipes, nando's inspired chicken, spicy portuguese chicken
Servings: 6

Ingredients

Chicken Marinade

  • 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

Sauce

  • 1/2 bottle nando's sauce 125 gram to be exact
  • 1/2 cup fresh cream

Extras

  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 onion (chopped into chunks)

Instructions

Marinating the Chicken

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

Notes

  1. If you prefer a more creamy chicken you can increase the amount of cream to a cup
  2. I know not everyone may have access to Nando's sauce so any Portuguese sauce or even some hot sauce could work. You will have to use your discretion as to how much you will require
  3. You can leave the skin on the chicken if you prefer. To crisp up the skin turn on the oven to 200 degrees celsius and bake the chicken for 20 minutes. Then reduce to 180 degrees celsius and bake further until cooked
  4. I used chicken thighs and drumsticks for this dish, however I added 2 chicken breasts as my fussy 20-year-old doesn't eat chicken on the bone. It cooked fine so therefore a whole chicken cut into pieces will work fine
  5. If you do not have portuguese spice you can omit it. I promise the dish will still turn out delicious.