Peri-peri Chicken
Nigerian dish with red bell peppers, bird's eye chillies, medium-size garlic cloves.

- prep 9 min
- cook 21 min
- total 30 min
- serves 4
- intermediate
- Nigeria
Ingredients
- 2 small red bell peppers
- 5 small bird's eye chillies
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1 onion
- 2 tablespoons thyme
- 2 tablespoons black pepper
- 3 tablespoons paprika
- ½ cup vinegar
- 1 lemon
- ¾ cup olive oil
- 2 chicken bouillon cubes
- 2½ lbs chicken quarters
Steps
- Combine the red bell pepper, bird's eye chillies, garlic cloves, onion, thyme, and black pepper in a blender.
- Add the paprika, vinegar, lemon juice, olive oil, and bouillon cubes.
- Season with salt to taste and blend to make a marinade.
- Pour the marinade over the chicken in a large bowl.
- Use your hands to massage the marinade into the chicken.
- Then cover the bowl and leave in the fridge for at least 1 hour and up to overnight.
- Note that the longer it marinates, the better the flavor.
- Arrange the chicken in a baking pan.
- Pour the marinade over it.
- Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 30 minutes, basting the chicken periodically.
- Flip the chicken over.
- Bake for another 30 minutes.
- Turn on the broiler of your oven.
- Broil the chicken for about 3–5 minutes to char it.
- Serve hot.
Adapted from “Peri-Peri Chicken”, Wikibooks Cookbook, CC BY-SA 4.0. This adaptation is shared under the same licence.