Recipe: Appetizing Piri Piri Roast Chicken

Piri Piri Roast Chicken.

You can cook Piri Piri Roast Chicken using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Piri Piri Roast Chicken

1. You need 1 of chicken, around 1.5 kg.
2. It's 2 of red peppers, halved and deseeded.
3. It's 5 tbsp of olive oil, plus extra to drizzle.
4. You need 1 tbsp of chilli flakes.
5. It's 2 tsp of sweet paprika.
6. You need 1 tsp of grated fresh ginger.
7. You need 3 of garlic cloves, roughly chopped.
8. It's 1 tsp of sugar.
9. Prepare 1 tbsp of dried oregano.
10. You need 2 tbsp of balsamic vinegar.
11. You need 1/2 tsp of nutmeg.
12. Prepare 1 tsp of cayenne pepper.

Piri Piri Roast Chicken step by step

1. Heat the oven to 200°C fan. Put the peppers in a roasting tin, drizzle with olive oil and season. Roast for 20-25 minutes until it started to char and soften. Remove from oven. Turn the oven temp down to 180c.
2. Put the roasted peppers into a food processor with the rest of the paste ingredients and whizz to a pulp. Put the chicken into a large mixing bowl. Rub the chicken with the paste. Drizzle with some olive oil and roast for 1 hour or until the chicken is cooked through..
3. To serve, carve the chicken then scatter with fresh mint, squeeze over lemon wedges and serve with roast potatoes and vegetables...