Oven-roasted peri-peri chicken

Name: Oven-roasted peri-peri chicken
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Braai
Ingredients: 8.00 chicken pieces, skinned; 30.00 ml fresh chillies 573; 20.00 ml sea salt coarse; 3.00 red chilli deseeded, crushed; 1.00 lemon zest only; 20.00 ml fresh basil chopped; 50.00 ml tomato paste

4 servings Prep: 15 mins, Cooking: 25 mins

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By Food24 November 03 2009

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Ingredients (7)

8.00	chicken — pieces, skinned
30.00 ml	fresh chillies — 573
20.00 ml	sea salt — coarse
3.00	red chilli — deseeded, crushed
1.00	lemon — zest only
20.00 ml	fresh basil — chopped
50.00 ml	tomato paste

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Method:

Cut thin slits in each piece of chicken.
Rub with some olive oil, then salt and lastly the chillies.
Mix the lemon zest, basil and tomato paste, and brush on the chicken.
Place in a roasting tin and bake in a preheated 180 °C oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until cooked.
Serve sprinkled with freshly chopped mint, grilled French bread and a tomato salad.

VARIATION
Use thinly sliced chicken breast fillets and serve the cooked strips in a flour tortilla wrap with fresh mint, basil and plain yoghurt.