Roasted Peri Peri Chicken (Nando's copycat)

All of sudden I crave Nando's peri peri chicken and of course we don't have Nando's in the country. To satisfy this craving I simply followed this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3LLD5R995s) and boy, it turned out so good!

Roasted Peri Peri Chicken

Chicken - either whole, drumsticks, wings or thigh, your choice

Blend together and marinate :-
Red sweet pepper
Red onion
Garlic, a lot
Lemon juice
Bird's eye chilli , to taste (I used dried)
Smoked paprika powder
Oregano
Salt and pepper, to taste
Sugar
Red wine vinegar (I used apple cider vinegar)
Olive oil

Please watch the link given above for detailed instructions.

Oven roasted five spice Peking chicken

As I search for a Chinese-style roast chicken last minute, I didn't have very high hope for the results as the recipe says marinate chicken for minimum 4 hours and I didn't have time for that.

What I did differently to counter the lack of marinating time was put the chicken in the pre-heated oven together with the marinate liquid. It tasted acceptable to me. I am going to make sure I have time to marinate the next time.

Recipe from https://pupswithchopsticks.com/oven-roasted-five-spice-peking-chicken/?fbclid=IwAR0RfAKOYsKCIhwetT_xcPdoRKRfIvPofwIo6Xn3RUKBItrQwi8AgzXPGGc

Baked Malaysian Satay

On Sunday at the last minute I decided to try out this satay recipe that I've seen the night before. I have to say I did not follow the recipe completely due to lack of ingredients. Despite this, the meat turned out satisfying especially it was done in the oven and not bbq.

Chicken satay
Recipe by : Lauren's Kitchen

Ingredients A For Chicken satay :
Makes: 25-30 skewers
5 shallots
3 cloves garlic
4 stalks lemongrass ( white part only)

15g ginger
25g galangal
15g turmeric

600g chicken meat
1 tsp salt
2tbsp sugar
1 stick lemon grass (to spread oil on satay while bbq)

Method:
1. Blend all the ingredients (A) . Mix the blended ingredients with chicken , add salt and sugar , combine well . Cover with cling paper and marinate in the fridge for at least 1 hours or even over night if you want.
2.Soak Skewers in water while you are marinating chicken to prevent them to burning.
3. Thread the marinated chicken onto the skewers .
4.Grill it until cook using bbq method / grill in oven (180°c ,10-15min both side) , brush oil on top (both sides) using lemon grass stick .

served with peanut sauce and fresh vegetables

Using the stove to add some smoke flavour

Baked Honey mustard chicken wings

One of my go-to chicken wings flavours is honey mustard. It's quick and perfect as finger/party food.

Baked Honey Mustard Chicken Wings


Ingredients
Chicken wings
Honey
Mustard
Ketchup
Soy sauce
Garlic powder
Salt
Pepper

Method
1) Pre-heat oven at 190-200˙c
2) In a zip-lock bag, place chicken wings, sprinkle salt, pepper and garlic powder all over chicken wings or to taste. Next drizzle honey, ketchup, mustard and soy sauce all over. Close the bag, massage the bag to combine the wings with seasoning and spices. Let it sit in the fridge for min. 30 mins.
3) After 30 mins. line a baking tray with baking sheet, place chicken wings one by one on to tray sans marinade. Bake for 20 mins. brush each wings with marinade, sprinkle on the sesame seeds and bake for another 15 mins. or until fully cooked.
4) Serve immediately.

Baked turmeric and curry chicken wings

I had defrosted some chicken wings but has absolutely no inspiration what to do with them. Based on the main gravy going with it (carrot and parsnip sauce) I've decided to pair the sauce with turmeric as carrot and turmeric have been proven to pair well from experience. This turned out Good!

Baked Turmeric and Curry chicken wings

Ingredients
Chicken wings, cleaned

Marinate, quantity not exact, sprinkle the spices all over making sure each wing will be well coated
ground cumin
turmeric
curry powder
chilli powder
garlic powder
salt
black or white pepper
yoghurt, just enough to coat the wings

1) Marinate chicken wings in the fridge for minimum 30 minutes
2) After 30 mins. remove chicken wings from fridge and start to pre-heat oven at 200°c/400°F/Gas mark 6.
3) Let oven heat for 20 mins. while wings sit in room temperature.
4) Once oven is hot enough, place chicken wings on greased baking tray in one layer.
5) First bake for 25 mins. and remove from oven. Increase to gas mark 7 and flip wings over and bake for another 20 mins. until skin is browned and crispy and you're ready.