Smokey Porta Strips (portuguese Chicken)

INGREDIENTS

1kg chicken fillet stripped OR 1 chicken 2 cloves fresh garlic, minced1 sachet Robertsons Portuguese seasoning (about 3 teaspoons) 2 teaspoons Italian herbs1 teaspoon chilli powder ¼ teaspoon arad (Turmeric)½ teaspoon dhana jeera powder 1 level teaspoon salt 1 level teaspoon sugar ⅓ cup Spur garlic peri peri⅓ cup Nandos peri peri (medium or hot)
2 small tomatoes liquidised well with ½ cup water
Butter, to cookGreens, to garnish Coal and ghee (Clarified butter) (to cold smoke)

METHOD

Marinade chicken in all the spices for at least an hour.Heat a few tablespoons of butter until melted, then add your chicken. Keep heat on high and cook until chicken changes colour. Then add the liquidised tomatoes and drop heat to low. Leave to simmer for about 20 minutes until the sauce is well blended.
Now cold smoke:Place a small metal bowl (like the ones you get in the spice dabba!) or make a bowl with heavy-duty foil and place in pot. Heat a coal on the gas stove until red hot. Carefully transfer to the bowl. Pour 1 tablespoon of ghee (Clarified butter) or butter onto the coal and quickly close pot lid. Wait for 15 minutes before opening. This gives a lovely flame grilled taste and is worth the few extra minutes it takes.
Garnish with fresh parsley/chives. This dish has quite a bit of gravy so is best served with savoury rice and chips. Enjoy!

INFO & TIPS

We used Nandos hot and it was nicely spiced. If you do not like strong, use the Nandos medium/mild.

*All our recipes use fine pink Himalayan salt. Normal table salt contains iodine so it may make the food taste metallic when used in large quantities.
*we prefer using fresh garlic and fresh lemon. The flavour is better and a little goes a long way.

POSTED ON

27 May 2023

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