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This one pot oven roasted Portuguese Beer Chicken is marinade in either a plastic bag or pot with beer overnight along with with cooking oil, fresh garlic, garlic salt, cracked black pepper balls and cayenne pepper. And boost so many flavors that you are to make for the most tasty chicken meal.

Wanting another popular Portuguese chicken recipe? Try this Peri Peri Chicken

BEER CAN CHICKEN

BEER CAN CHICKEN IN THE OVEN

You may be more failure with these type of recipe, where a whole can of beer is placed inside the cavity of a chicken and the chicken is sat upright and grilled over a grill till cooked. Or the same method is done but in the oven instead.

If you like those 2 types of recipe, trust me this recipe is better. Since the chicken is actually marinated in the beer and the recipes produces a beer broth that serves so well with potatoes.

Who doesn’t like beer and chicken? Merge the two together and you will have a delicious dinner that your sure to want to make time and time again. The beer creates a tasty sauce and creates a very moist chicken.

I like to bake my Portuguese Beer Chicken with diced mini potatoes as well.

MARINATING CHICKEN IN BEER OVERNIGHT

Is the key to this recipe and you do not want to use a light beer. A full flavored beer is best!

Also you want to use LOTS I mean lots of garlic! 10 is perfect as it becomes roasted and sweet.

BEER MARINADE FOR CHICKEN

Consists of 1 can full flavor beer – the larger the can the more liquid / sauce for the potatoes!
1 bay leaf

BEER CAN CHICKEN RUB

10 sliced garlic cloves
Black pepper balls
Garlic salt
Cayenne pepper

BEER CHICKEN MARINADE

Marinade over night in a bag then simply place in a Dutch oven the next day, alongside mini potatoes to make it a meal.
You can use garlic powder instead of the garlic salt if you prefer.

You defiantly want to marinade this chicken overnight, and prior to doing so.
Be sure to cut the chicken directly in half, this helps the marinade to really soak in and also allows the chicken to crispy up perfectly on all sides when cooking.
Marinating the chicken in beer is the highlight, however do not skimp on the cooking oil either. This helps it to crispy up to perfection during the cooking process

HOW TO MAKE PORTUGUESE BEER CHICKEN

I will place those mini potatoes on the bottom of the Dutch oven pot and then pour the liquid from the marinaded chicken overtop before placing the spatcock chicken overtop to cook.

Be sure to not place a lid on this chicken, you want the crust of the chicken to be crispy!!

WHERE IS BEER CAN CHICKEN FROM

Most Beer Chicken recipes come from the States where people season a whole chicken then place a can of beer inside and grill it on an open grill.

This recipe is even better if you ask me, as instead of grilling we are baking it in the oven along with potatoes that soak up all the chicken and marinade flavors.

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Want a little spice in your life? This “Portuguese Peri Peri Chicken” is sure to hit the spot. It’s not only super simple to make it’s also one of my favorite chicken recipes of all time!! ARIBA PORTUGAL!

Wanting another tasty portuguese recipe? Try this Portuguese Beer Chicken it is AMAZING!

IS PERI PERI CHICKEN SPICY

Yes, so if your not a fan of spicy foods then you probably want to skip this meal because it uses Bird’s eye chilies.

These types of chilies are very similar to the African red chillies that are sometimes also used in this dish.

With the combination of lemon and garlic among some other spices you are sure to have a taste of the best piri piri chicken to serve tonight.

WHAT’S PERI PERI CHICKEN

Well it’s a special marinade used alot in Portuguese and South African cooking, and now of course now Worldwide.

It contains a mixture of hot chili spices that work so well with this chicken.

If you want just a plain chicken with some paprika, lemon and garlic, which is good too, I guess. Then you can omit the bird’s eye chilies, but then it won’t be Peri Peri anymore.

Otherwise you can also buy a pre made peri peri sauce, like the one in the picture below and use that alone to make this recipe.

Also if you like the thought of having dinner served on the table in under one hour, then you’re going to be a fan of this recipe.

WHERE IS PERI PERI CHICKEN FROM

Originally it comes from Angola and Mozambique when Portuguese settlers arrived with chile peppers (known as piri-piri.

HOW TO MAKE PERI PERI CHICKEN AT HOME

You want to start by maranding the whole chicken in a large ziplock bag for 24 hours in advance to help with infusing the flavors more.
Peri peri chicken can be made in the oven or on a grill or bbq

I hope you give it a try, and let me know how you like it in the comments below. Serve with a side salad and you will have yourself a great meal for 2. Till next time see you in the kitchen!

IS PERI PERI CHICKEN HEALTHY

Yes, it contains a lot of protein and the heat from the sauce can aide in weight loss.

This chicken is super tasty and takes less than an hour to prepare!

Note: You can find these chilies at any Asian market or you can use any fresh red serrano chilies as a replacement. Please don’t mistake jalapeños for serrano peppers they are very different. Also you can buy a premade peri peri sauce and marinate your chicken in that.

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