Piri Piri Chicken & Spicy Peas

So an absolute rip off of the well known high street chain #cheekynandos. Mine is pretty accurate - I may or may not have visited the factory that makes the sauce for the restaurant and supermarket. The peas recipe is just my take on what's at the restaurant. Enjoy!

 

Ingredients for 2

For the chicken;

4 skin on bone in chicken thighs (loads of flavour)

1 red pepper

Half bunch basil

Half bunch coriander

3g sea salt

1g coarse black pepper

100ml olive oil

100ml water

4 cloves garlic peeled

2 red onions peeled and roughly chopped

10ml white wine vinegar 

3g smoked paprika

Juice of 1 lemon

For the peas

250g petit pois

20g salted butter 

Pinch sea salt

Pinch pepper

3g mint leaves (off stalk)

1 red chilli deseeded

Juice of half lemon

Method 

For the chicken:

1. Put all the ingredients for (everything apart from chicken and thyme) chicken in a blender - blend until smooth

2. Sear (brown) the chicken in an oven tray on the hob, on both sides with the thyme and seasoning. Ensure chicken has the skin facing upwards

3. Pour marinade around the chicken and place in a pre heated oven at 200c for 30-35 min

For the peas;

1. Microwave the peas for 2 min, give it a stir then pop it back in a further 2 min

2. Add the chopped mint, chilli, salt, pepper, lemon juice and butter - give some peas a quick bash 

To serve;

Take chicken out of tray and plate on top of the lovely sauce with peas voila - piece of piss