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You can order your chicken in different level of spiciness but they also have sauces on the table for you to add an extra kick! I ordered my chicken legs in extra-hot but it was quite mild so I kept pouring the EXTRA HOT Peri-Peri sauce. I went home that day and decided, that I could make a similar type of chicken for my braai the coming weekend. Ladies and Gents I present you an authentic copy of the world famous Nando’s Chicken.

For the Chicken Combine all the ingredients listed below and marinate for as long as possible (2Hrs+). I normally leave it to marinate overnight.

Chicken Marinade

For Hot Peri Peri Sauce:

I would recommend making the Peri Peri sauce before making the marinade for the chicken. If you cannot find the ‘peri peri‘ pepper, then you could substitute it with either the piquin pepper or habernero pepper available at your local farmers market.

African Devil

Once the sauce and the chicken are well marinated and ready to cook, be sure to have enough of the sauce to keep the chicken ‘wet’ with the marinade and baste it ever so often, while flipping it over and over again.

Once ready, you can serve it with pita bread, or make some home made fries, or maybe some wild rice. Now that I think about it, thats what I am going to write about next

Bon apetit!

Grill bone-in breast halves over Indirect Medium heat, bone-side down, for 30 to 40 minutes or until the juices run clear and the meat is no longer pink in the center. If you like a crispy skin, you can place the breasts skin-side down over Direct Medium heat during the last five minutes of grilling time.

Whole chicken and turkey is safely cooked when the juices run clear and it reaches an internal temperature of 170F in the breast and 180F in the thickest part of the thigh.

When taking the temperature of a whole bird, be careful not to let the thermometer probe contact bone. It could lead to a false reading.

Thats it, this should get you perfect bbqd chicken every time, guaranteed.

My version consists of pan-fried chicken breasts topped with a nandos sauce, romaine lettuce, several slices of provolone cheese and mayo.

The juicy chicken breasts are first  left to marinate for a few hours in a chili sauce consisting of dried habanero chilis, chili flakes, paprika, lemon juice, garlic, ginger and a little sugar. They are then lightly dipped in all purpose flour and then pan-fried.

This mouth-watering burger was born in Portugal but has spread throughout Europe and Africa, thanks to the fast food chain Nando’s. Follow this simple recipe to find out why!

Ingredients:

• 2-3 organic, free-range ‘organic’ chicken breasts
• 2 dried habanero chilis, chopped and seeds discarded *be careful its hot
• Juice of 2 lemons
• 2 tsp of crushed ginger
• 6 Tbsp of vegetable oil
• 2 tsp of paprika
• 4 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 1/2 tsp of white sugar
• 1 tsp of dried chili flakes
• 2-4 hamburger buns
• 6 slices of provolone/muenster cheese
• Romaine lettuce
• Mayonnaise
• 1 cup of flour for dredging/dipping
• 1 tsp of sea salt

Preparation:

1. Butterfly the chicken breasts to the desired thickness. I usually like the breasts pretty thin.
2. In a metal mixing bowl combine the chopped habanero chilies, lemon juice, crushed ginger, vegetable oil, paprika, garlic, sugar and chili flakes. Stir quickly to bind the oil and lemon juice.
3. Spoon half of the sauce into a separate bowl and set aside for later.
4. Add the chicken breasts to the remaining chili sauce and stir well to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
5. Mix together the flour and salt. Remove the chicken breasts from the chili oil and shake off any excess oil. Lightly dredge the breasts one by one.
6. Once you’re ready to cook the chicken, heat up a medium-sized non-stick pan with a little vegetable or canola oil. Pan-fry the chicken breasts for several minutes on each side.
7. Spread mayonnaise on the hamburger buns. Line the top of the bun with romaine lettuce, add the chicken breast, cheese and then spoon on some of the remaining chili sauce. Serve immediately.
8. Very Nice! Enjoy!

Bon Apetit my lovely readers!

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1 tray thin sliced chicken
OR
2 chicken breasts
1/4 cup plain yogurt
5-6 finger hot peppers
OR
3 Thai green chillies
8-10 fresh mint leaves
2 cloves of fresh garlic
1/2 inch by 1/2 inch piece of fresh ginger
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
1-2 tbsp jeera or cumin seeds
freshly ground black pepper
salt to taste
Oil for shallow frying

1. Put garlic, ginger, hot peppers, lemon juice, mint leaves, yogurt and salt to taste in the blender and blend into a chutney. This is your marinade. Taste it and adjust the tang and salt to suit your taste. Be prepared for a jolt of heat when you do this. It is quite concentrated!! Do this before you proceed to the next step. You don’t want to take a chance with E.coli!
2. Put the chicken in a shallow pan and pour this mixture over it. If you are using chicken breasts, take a steak knife and make random cuts in the meat so that the marinade can permeate into the meat as much as possible.
3. Allow the chicken to marinate for about half hour or so, preferably in the refrigerator. In the meanwhile, you could cook something else to go with this. Vegetable Pulao, maybe? Or just put your feet up and gain control of the TV remote!

4. Pour oil in a flat large saucepan, just enough to coat the bottom. Heat the oil and when warm (not smoking) sprinkle the jeera (cumin seeds) all over.
5. Gently put the chicken into the oil and pour the marinade over it. You could cover the pan as the chicken cooks. It’s up to you. I like to have the flavors waft into every corner of my home!!

6. Sprinkle the chicken slices with freshly ground pepper so that they are nicely coated with it.

7. Turn the chicken over to the other side, do the fresh ground pepper thing and cook until almost done.

8. Then turn the heat up and dry up all the extra sauce. You need to keep turning the chicken over to ensure that it does not burn and to prevent the sauce from sticking to the bottom of the pan. As the sauce dries up, keep pasting it onto the chicken using the turner. It splutters all over the stove but, believe me, the mess is worth it as the chicken is delicious!!

9. Once there is next to no sauce in the pan, drain the chicken of excess oil by placing it on paper towels, making sure to take as much of the dried out sauce as you can. Enjoy the tangy sauce draped all over the chicken and the zesty crunch of the jeera with every bite!!

Bon Apetit my fellow readers, and once again check out http://indianfoodrocks.blogspot.com whenever you get the chance

Today the 23rd of May 2008 i perfected it. So with all that excitement. I got straight to the computer and blogged it. So that hopefully by tomorrow or even today, you will all be enjoying this recipe.

This recipe is a version of one of the most popular chicken dishes available in Indian restaurants, commonly referred to as Makahanwala Chicken or Butter Chicken. However it has been difficult to replicate the traditional style of cooking the prawns in the butter chicken sauce and so a little bit of marination needs to go on and more garlic needs to be added to balance the palate.

Serves:
4-6

Preparation Time:
25 minutes plus time to marinade.

Cooking Time:
20 minutes.
Ingredients:

10 Cloves Garlic (grounded fine to paste)
4 Thai Red Chilis2 tbsp-olive oil
1kg large prawns or 500g shelled shrimps
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 tablespoon tomato paste
Kosher Salt or sea salt to taste
1 tablespoon ‘Rajah’ Brand Tandoori Powder (if you dont have access to Rajah, then you can use any other brand however it might make a difference in taste)Half medium onion chopped very finely.
2 tablespoon turmeric powder2 teaspoon cumin powder
1 teaspoon cumin-coriander powder
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 Cup chopped cilantro
4 tablespoons yoghurt
4 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
1 teaspoon sugar.

direcciones…

1. Shell and de-vein prawns. Wash and marinate with salt, vinegar, turmeric and half of the garlic paste.
2. Heat oil. Add remainder garlic paste, onions, and finely chopped chilis and cook till garlic smells cooked
3. Add tomato paste and simmer for 5 more minutes. I personally use a wok so that i have enough room
4. Now add the prawns, tandoori masala, cumin and coriander powder, cayenne pepper and cover for about 15 minutes so that prawns soak in all the spices and masala. Opening to stir every few minutes.
4. Once prawns look a bit done, you will know this because they have released a considerable amount of water and so you will need to put it on high heat to burn off some water.

5. Add the yogurt and stir some more on high and burn off most of the water to get a consistent paste. This will probably take 10 mins or more to burn
6. Once the all the liquid looks gone, and the bottom starts to stick, stir around a few times and add the heavy whipping cream and .Stir it in till you get a consistent creamy looking gravy. Add more cream if need be. The prawns should be medium dry, so it should have some gravy but not much.
7. Garnish with finely chopped cilantro and decorate with spring onion flowers.

Serving ideas: Serve with Garlic Naan bread or Garlic loaf (New York style). Some people have even eaten it with Jeera Rice.

There you go, you have just made the world premier of Garlic Butter Prawns (tandoori bbq style). I said it right here this is my recipe, and hopefully i’ll get Famous with it , not that i want to but hey its a bonus innit?

Ciao and happy foodin’

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I like the way he does it although what i do is add some mozzarella cheese or even cheddar to complete the equation and fold it in right before you take it off the stove.
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Heres one more for the road.

Fast Food Ramsey Style (15min)

This recipe reminds me of IFRs Maple Glazed Salmon with Black Pepper and Ginger, however when I made it, I had used butterfly chicken breasts instead of the salmon. Mmm mmm mmm good

Alrighty then merry breakfasting and happy fast foodin!

Ciao