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Peri Peri Chicken Thermomix Recipe
Peri Peri Chicken
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Peri Peri Chicken (Thermomix Recipe)

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The admin girls have been begging me to do a Peri Peri Chicken Thermomix recipe for years now, and the suggestion finally made itself to the top of my list!

I am so glad it did… I truly believe this is one of the best tasting recipes I have ever developed. It is perfect for those who are wanting to lose a little holiday season weight: its low carb, gluten free, preservative free, dairy free, sugar free – and with a hint of chilli it’ll get your metabolism working!

Peri Peri Chicken on the BBQ

We served it with some fresh lemon and a summer salad but it would also be amazing paired with my chipotle chips and aioli or even my Pita Bread Wraps.

Peri Peri Chicken Wraps

I hope everyone takes the time to marinate it for at least 8 hours, the piri piri flavour develops significantly !

This recipe could easily be made in a blender or food processor if you don’t own a Thermomix.

Love Nik xx 

Peri Peri Chicken

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Course: Chicken, Thermomix
Cuisine: BBQ, Portugese
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Marinating time: 8 hours
Total Time: 7 minutes
Servings: 6
Calories: 239kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 - 1.5 kg chicken thighs - or whatever chicken you want
  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 1 large brown onion - peeled, quartered
  • 50 g lemon juice
  • 20 g olive oil
  • 15 g sweet paprika
  • 10 g fresh ginger - cut into coins
  • 1/4 tsp chilli powder - this is mild, increase for spicer peri peri
  • 3/4 - 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 pinch pepper
  • fresh lemon & parsley for serving

Instructions

  • Please note - this recipe requires 8 hours marinating time.
  • Add all ingredients, except chicken, and blend for 1 min/speed 5/MC on.
  • Coat chicken well and marinate in the fridge for a recommended 8 hours.
  • You can then fry, grill, bake or BBQ your chicken until cooked. Garnish with chopped parsley and a squeeze of fresh lemon juice.

Notes

Perinaise Tip - Leave 1 Tbsp of marinade in the Thermomix mixer bowl and go on to make my Mayonaise recipe without washing the bowl. Let the Perinaise chill in the fridge while your chicken marinates.
Super Skinny Adaptation: Remove the oil, replacing with 15 g or 0.5 oz water. Use chicken breast.
FODMAP Friendly: Take out garlic and swap the plain oil with garlic-infused olive oil and use the green part of spring onions instead of 1 large onion.
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Nutrition

Serving: 150g | Calories: 239kcal | Carbohydrates: 2.5g | Protein: 30.2g | Fat: 11.6g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 992mg | Sugar: 1.8g

To Make Perinaise

Perinaise in the Thermomix

  1. Make the marinade & keep 1 Tbsp of peri peri marinade in the Thermomix mixer bowl.
  2. Without washing the bowl, make the Skinnymixers Mayonnaise recipe.
  3. Keep in the fridge for up to 3 days. The flavour should be developed when the chicken has finished marinating.

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110 Comments

  1. thanks for sharing I will try this ,this week.
    if you ever have recipes to use up lots of eggs. tomatoes besides the obvious quiche and tomatoe paste,sauce love to see your ideas thanks

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  5. made this tonight for a casual dinner……YUM…….can’t at much else. Adults and kids loved it. paired it with a green salad and thermobexta potato wedges.

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  11. Even though it’s a popular recipe, I wasn’t motivated to try it. Boy was I silly! I marinated for 24 hours and it was delicious. Will be on high rotation in our house. I served it with the Spanish rice from ALTOM.

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  12. I made this last night when friends came over and it was delicious! Everyone enjoyed it. I prepared it the night before so marinated for about 24 hours, cooked the drumsticks in the oven on 180 for 45 minutes, added the lemon and parsley upon serving. Incredible!

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  14. I think this is my all time fav skinnymixers recipe. I usually do mine on chicken breast but have also done thigh, wings, and drumsticks and it’s perfect every time. Sometimes I serve with salad, other times rice & occasionally I make perri perri burgers it’s so versatile. My kids also love taking the leftovers cold in their school lunchboxes.

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  16. I used Ghost Chilli powder to give it a bit more of a kick. I fried off in a hot ridged grill pan to get the char lines and then popped it all in the oven on about 180-200 to cook it through. Whilst frying I basted with the extra marinade that was left in the bowl. The end result was a slightly wet peri-peri chicken that was super moist, rather than a dry marinaded chicken like a tandoori. Unfortunately I didn’t have any fresh lemons otherwise would have given a squeeze of fresh juice over the top – next time!

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  19. Im doing this today with breasts as that is all i have would u say to leave them whole or cut in half? Or strips ect thanku

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  20. Loved this one with chicken breast. Would this work marinated overnight on marylands or a whole chicken and then cooked in the slow cooker?? Has anyone tried 😊

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    1. Hi Rebecca, I did this with a whole chicken, marinated it overnight and it was absolutely gorgeous

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  22. Love this. Made it without chilli (coz of the kids) and it was still awesome. I used chicken ribs & froze for a couple of nights. Didn’t garnish with squeeze of lemon but found it quite tang already. Mixed the parsley in the marinade (because I only had frozen parsley, they don’t thaw pretty). Will be a regular ❤️

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  23. I was sceptical to try these, with such little ingredients, I thought the flavour would be bland and missing something! I surprised myself immensely! My partner loves them and requests I cook them weekly and he has leftovers all week! We are having them again tonight, and inviting friends over 🙂 thanks Nik

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  25. This was amazing, I increased the amount of chilli and it was perfect. I used chicken breast which can be on the dry side but the 8hr marinating obviously kept it moist. Thanks Nik for yet another brilliant recipe!!!!

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  26. is the marinade able to be frozen? I see another person asked but there was no reply yet.
    Appreciate your time, thank you in advance

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  28. This is so easy to prepare and absolutely delicious, it will definately become a regular on our menu. As good or probably better than a national brand!

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  29. Wow. So full of flavour a new favourite in our house. Tried it with Mexican Red rice. Thanks for another great recipe.

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  31. Big hit on our household, thank you. Would it be possible to make the marinade and store in the fridge before adding the chicken? If so, how long would the marinade keep for please? Many thanks.

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  32. Yum! I used chicken breast and it was so tender from being marinated over night! Fell apart after being cooked on the BBQ!!!

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  33. Another amazing recipe! Nik never fails to disappoint in her recipes! We doubled the marinade and then realised we only had half the sweet paprika so used smoked for the rest. It was DELICIOUS!
    Thanks again Nik!

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  35. Yum! I just chucked the chicken in the oven on 180 for 40 mins and created the easiest most delish dinner. Will definitely be chucking these bad boys on the bbq one day soon.

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  36. Thank you for an awesome recipe! I also cooked your Mexican Red Rice for the first time to go with this and the kids were actually hugging and kissing me for the best dinner they’ve ever had!!!! Now to give all your other recipes a try…

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  37. What a delicious recipe! I had been concerned that amount of meat would be too much for just my husband and I but there wasn’t any left overs lol. YUM.

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    1. “Piri-piri, peri-peri or peli-peli is the name used in Portuguese and a number of African languages to describe the African bird’s-eye chili. The variations in spelling derive from the various pronunciations of the word in parts of Africa, although ‘piri-piri’ is the correct spelling in Portuguese.”

      If it tastes half as good as everyone says, I wouldn’t worry about the spelling.

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    2. Quality salt should be used and it is very important for the flavour. 1 tablespoon across 1kg of chicken is not a lot. Using less it lacks the depth of flavour. Reduce or omit if you are unable to consume it.

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  40. Made this 2 nights ago! Didnt have time to take a photo! The famiky demolished it. Had with Mashed Potato and sweet corn. Yes did serve with Parsly and lemone slices. Its definately a keeper. Thanks Nik!

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  41. Made this 2 dsys ago, BBQ the chicken , served with salad, and had some left for dinner tonight. It had improved in flavour so much. Served tonight with sweet potato mash and steamed greens. Delicious. Thank you Nik, definitely a winner

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      1. My scales also dont do well on small weights. So reading this realised i used way too much paprika. How much of a problem will that be?

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  43. I made this last night for my tea. I marinated it from the night before and used tenderloins as that’s what I had in the freezer and it’s been way to hot to go out. Cooked as someone else did their’s in a frypan on the stove. Used about 600gm chicken so halved the ingredients. Had it with some flat breads with sour cream, avo, lettuce and cucumber. Delish and I couldn’t believe how juicy it was. Lucky it’s only me as I ate all but two pieces which I had cold for breakfast. Thought it would go perfectly in a lovely crusty French baquette with some Vietnamese pickled carrot and daikon to make a Portuguese Banh Mi. Off to find a pickle recipe.
    Thanks Nik, will be making this a lot and also plan to do it with Chipotle.

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  45. I made this tonight and everyone loved it! Marinated for 8 hours and served with Skinnymixers Mexican red rice and braised banana capsicums. So good!

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  47. I really enjoyed this recipe tonight. I used thigh fillets and bbq’d them. I also upped the chilli powder to 1/2 tsp and added a whole long red chilli with seeds. Very nice and one I will be making again. Thanks Nik you are a star!

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  49. There was a time that I would try thermomix recipes from the web and they were either bland or mushy ! But every dish you make is just beautiful and this is amazing so glad I found skinnymixers 😊.
    I loved this chicken hot but it is also so yummy cold. Thanks Nic you are a legend

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  50. Just made this on a whim, just subbed fresh ginger for powder. Was a huge hit with fussy hubby and I absolutely loved the fresh flavours and zing! Served with sweet potato fries and fresh greens along with the parsley and squeeze of lemon, new weekly fav, thanks Nik!

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  52. Hi there! I’ve always heard that marinating in lemon starts to cook the meat. I tried it once and the chicken consistency was wierd, almost gelatinous Has everyone used the exact amount of lemon in the recipe and had no issues with chicken texture?

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    1. I have made it 5 times with no issues with the texture… I have made it with thighs, breast and drumsticks…. Thighs were the best and breast is still good, the chicken remains moist

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  53. I baked the chicken in the oven last night and it was a pleasant meal but I wasn’t wowed. I had some left overs so decided to pop them in the frypan for lunch today. I don’t say awesome very much but WOW …That was AWESOME!!! The oven baking made the thighs tender and the frying added that much needed crispness (I don’t own a bbq). A new favorite for sure.

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    1. I am going to try crisping my leftovers in a frypan tomorrow! I oven baked them tonight & also found they were pretty lack luster. I think this might be one for BBQ!

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    1. The normal one usually classifies as the sweet variety 🙂 Otherwise you could always add a pinch of sugar but it’s probably not necessary!

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  55. Absolutely delilsh. Haven’t found a SM recipe we haven’t loved! I cooked mine in butter in a cast iron pan, so just subbed the oil for water as I knew there would be plenty of fats in my cooking. Had in wraps with sour cream, avo, lettuce, cheese, cucumber and tomato! Amazing. 10/10 would eat again.

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  57. Super easy to make and soooooooo yummy! This will become a regular meal for us. I increased the chilli powder to 1tsp as we like spicy food.

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  58. Hey everyone

    Do you think this could be cooked in slow cooker?

    Also when baking in oven, is 180* for 20mins okay?

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  60. Another super tasty, yet in so simple recipe.
    I served breast pieces with salad in wraps with parsley & lemon juice. Divine.

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  62. Delish!! Mine marinated for about 16 hours and cooked on the bbq. Everyone loved them. I can’t wait to use the leftovers in a salad!

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  64. I’m very excited, made the marinade and have chicken thigh drumsticks marinating for tomorrow nights dinner, but kept a little back and have some whole raw prawns in their shells steeping in it for tonights dinner OMG its going to be amazing!

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  65. So awesome! I marinated chicken breast for 28 hours and oven baked them! Love love love this recipe, it’s going to be a regular for sure xx

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  67. We loved this. I marinated chicken breast, eggplant and zucchini and BBQ’d it. Definitely one of our favourites so far.

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  70. Yummy, another great recipe Nik. I did some in the frying pan (dry fried) & some in the oven. I omitted the oil in the recipe. Marinated overnight as well, so it got about 22 hours.. I could probably keep on eating it as its so nice , have to find the will power to stop

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  71. Just put a batch in the fridge to marinate … will be prob about 20hours before cooking but I seriously can’t wait! It smells Devine. Thank you so much Nik x

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  72. As soon as I saw this I knew I had to make it. It did not disappoint. I had this for lunch today. Beautifully flavoured. I’ll be jazzing this up to impress the husband one night for dinner.
    Thanks Nikalene!

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  80. So tasty!! Marinated for about 20hrs, used 1kg of thigh and cooked on the BBQ! A true taste sensation!

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