The Crispy, Smoky Chicken Recipe That Took 500 Years to Make

Piri Piri Chicken is Portuguese soul food with an African backbone. Those tiny bird's eye chillies made the trip from South America to Africa, got tangled up with Portuguese charcoal grilling, and came back home as one of the country's most iconic dishes.

This version skips the overnight marinade. Instead, the chicken gets a light salt cure, then builds its flavour on the grill, basted with a fresh piri piri sauce made from charred red pepper, chillies, garlic and lemon.
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