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Peri-Peri Chicken

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Peri-Peri chicken is the best Portuguese chicken recipe!

Spicy chicken recipe, try this Portuguese Peri Peri chicken made in the Crockpot and broiler. Spiced up with Peri Peri sauce.

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Everywhere you go in the Algarve you can find this Portuguese dish and when you try it you understand why. Soft chicken with fiery hot crispy skin. So are you ready to learn how to make Peri Peri chicken? Let’s get started!

Looking for a spicy chicken dinner? Try this Portuguese Peri Peri recipe. It is really easy to make in the slow cooker with Piri Piri seasoning and Peri Peri sauce.

What You Need For This Recipe

To make this peri-peri chicken recipe you need several ingredients. Put the following on your grocery shopping list:

  • Small chicken – the main ingredients
  • Cooking spray – to brush the chicken
  • Lemon – you need the juice
  • Seasoning – use Piri-Piri seasoning
  • Sauce – add Peri-Peri sauce

Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.

Portuguese Peri Peri chicken ingredients

How To Make Peri-Peri Chicken

  1. When you start with this recipe rub the skin with lemon juice to eliminate the odor of the chicken further it will help crisp up the skin later on.
  2. Spray the chicken with cooking spray before you rub the Piri-Piri seasoning on the chicken. The easiest way is to use your fingers to rub the seasoning on.
  3. Now prepare the Crockpot with two tablespoons of water before you put the rack in the Crockpot. Instead of water, you can also use chicken broth. Put the chicken on the rack.
  4. Close the lid of the Crockpot and turn it to slow cooker you can use High or low:
    • Slow cook on High for 3 to 4 hours
    • Slow cook on Low for 6 to 7 hours
  5. Check the chicken after 3 hours to see if the chicken is done.
  6. Take the chicken out of the Crockpot and put it on a baking tray. Baste the chicken with the Peri-Peri sauce and brush it on so you cover the whole chicken.
  7. Turn on the broiler. Put the chicken under the broiler for 5-10 minutes to crisp up the skin. Your chicken Peri-Peri is ready to serve.

Looking for a spicy chicken dinner? Try this Portuguese Peri Peri recipe. It is really easy to make in the slow cooker with Piri Piri seasoning and Peri Peri sauce.

Portuguese Chicken Recipe

We are making the chicken in the Crockpot to get that extra soft chicken. Of course, you can put the chicken in a pressure cooker, on a spit in the oven, or roast it in a Dutch oven but the Crockpot is the best.

This recipe needs fall-off-the-bone chicken and that is what you get when slow cook the chicken. It also needs great seasoning and hot sauce.

This is a really simple recipe to make as the Crockpot does all the heavy lifting. In the meantime, you can do other things, go to work and relax.

Looking for a spicy chicken dinner? Try this Portuguese Peri Peri recipe. It is really easy to make in the slow cooker with Piri Piri seasoning and Peri Peri sauce.

See How To Make Chicken Peri Peri

Want to see how to make Piri Piri chicken in the slow cooker? Take a look at the recipe video with step-by-step instructions in the recipe card below.

You can easily follow along and make this recipe at home.

Can You Make Peri-Peri Chicken Ahead Of Time?

This Peri-Peri dinner recipe is a great make-ahead or meal-prep dish. Make it on the weekend, cut the chicken up into portions, and freeze it.

You can also make it ahead, keep it in the fridge, and eat it the next day.

Preserve the juices in the Crockpot and either warm your chicken in the oven or let it simmer in a Dutch oven. If you want crispy skin finish the chicken under the broiler for a couple of minutes.

Looking for a spicy chicken dinner? Try this Portuguese Peri Peri recipe. It is really easy to make in the slow cooker with Piri Piri seasoning and Peri Peri sauce.

What To Serve With Chicken Peri Peri?

This chicken recipe is enough to eat on its own but you can serve it with lots of great side dishes:

Looking for a spicy chicken dinner? Try this Portuguese Peri Peri recipe. It is really easy to make in the slow cooker with Piri Piri seasoning and Peri Peri sauce.

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Peri-peri chicken

Peri Peri Chicken

Serves: 4 Prep Time: 5 minutes Cooking Time: 190 minutes

Spicy chicken recipe, try this Portuguese Peri Peri chicken made in the Crockpot and broiler. Spiced up with Peri Peri sauce.

Ingredients

  • 1 small chicken
  • 1/2 lemon
  • 2 tablespoons Piri-Piri seasoning
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 3 tablespoons Peri-Peri sauce
  • Cooking spray

Instructions

  1. Rub the chicken skin with lemon juice
  2. Spray the chicken with cooking spray before you rub the Piri-Piri seasoning on the chicken
  3. Add two tablespoons of water before you put the rack in the Crockpot
  4. Put the chicken on the rack. Close the lid of the Crockpot and turn it to slow cooker High for 3 to 4 hours or Low for 6 to 7 hours
  5. Check the chicken after 3 hours to see if the chicken is done
  6. Take the chicken out of the Crockpot and put it on a baking tray. Baste the chicken with the Peri-Peri sauce and brush it on so you cover the whole chicken
  7. Turn on the broiler. Put the chicken under the broiler for 5-10 minutes to crisp up the skin
  8. Ready to serve

Notes

Instead of water, you can also use chicken broth

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Nutrition facts

Calories: 326; Fat: 22g; Carbs: 0.9g; Protein: 19g;

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2 Comments

  • Reply

    Kelly

    07/29/2022 at 11:11 pm

    So I don’t have a rack for my slow cooker, wondering would it be a very different outcome without the rack? I’m going to give it a shot

    • Reply

      Mireille

      07/30/2022 at 8:43 am

      Hi Kelly,

      I use a rack in my Instant Pot or Crock Pot Express but if you have a slow cooker I think you can use it without a rack.

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