Peri Peri Chicken, Peri Peri Fries & Rice

Grilled peri peri chicken and fries with rice  was lunch yesterday as I was craving for it for so long.

I know everybody have their own recipe for peri peri chicken, here is how I made mine.

Ingredients:

For Chicken:

Chicken 1 kg with skin 4 pieces

Soya Sauce 2 tblsp

Black pepper 3/4 tsp

Garlic paste 2 tsp 

Wooster Sauce 2 tblsp 

Oil1/4 cup

Lemon juices 1/4 cup

Salt 1 tsp

Paprika 1 1/2 tsp 

Peri Peri sauce 3 tbsp

Meat tenderiser 1 tsp

For Peri Peri Fries:

medium potatoes 2

Peri peri sauce 4 tblsp

Corn flour 1/2 cup

Salt 1/2 tsp

Black pepper 1 tsp 

Water for boiling

Oil for frying

For Rice:

Oil 1/2 cup

Rice half kg

Salt 1 tblsp

Turmeric 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds 1/2 tsp

Cloves 2 to 3

Bay leaf 1

Black pepper 8 to 10

Garlic paste 1 tsp 

Ginger paste 1 tsp 

Green chilies 3 to 4 pieces

Onion 1 medium

Tomatoe 1 big

Water for boiling

Method:

For chicken

Prick chicken pieces well, marinate chicken with soy sauce, black pepper, garlic paste, Wooster sauce, oil, lemon juice, paprika, peri peri sauce and meat tenderiser for 2 hrs. Grill chicken pieces  in pre heated oven for 20 mins. Remove in frying pan and fry for 10 mins until golden. Place on serving platter and serve with peri peri fries and rice.

For Rice:  

Soak rice for 1/2 n hour, in a cooking pot take oil, add cumin and fry till it crackles add onion, add black pepper, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf fry Untill onion becomes light brown. Add tomatoes, turmeric , salt and cook further for 5 mins, when masala leaves oil on sides add water add rice and cook on high flame. The tip here is after adding rice water should be 1 inch above rice in pot. Cook for 10 to 15 mins. Now take a flat pan and keep the pot on it and on low flame keep the rice on dum for 5 mins. Serve garnished with your choice of nuts.

For fries: 

Cut potatoes in thick juliennes and boil for 5 mins. Dry the potatoes on kitchen towel coat in corn flour and deep fry it till golden brown. Drain on kitchen towel. Add salt, blackpepper and peri peri sauce. Serve with chicken and rice.