Yield: 15 people
Grilled Piri Piri Party Chicken
Grilled Piri Piri Party Chicken: The Ultimate BBQ Showstopper
Ingredients
- 4 kg bone in, skin on chicken legs and thighs, 8 lbs
Marinade
- 10-12 garlic cloves, crushed and sliced
- 8 fresh piri piri chiles, thinly sliced; use less chiles for mild spice and additional chiles for more spiciness.
- 6 bay leaf
- 1/4 cup white wine
- 20 black peppercorns
- 4 tbsp salt, diamond crystal works great
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 lemons, zested and juiced, sliced in half widthwise
Equipment
- 1 grill
- 1 extra large plastic bag or bowl for marinating
- 1 large bowl
- 1 tongs
- 1 meat thermometer
Instructions
Marinating the Piri Piri Party Chicken
- In a large bowl place all of the marinade ingredients, except the lemon halves.
Mix together with a fork or whisk.
In an extra large plastic bag add the chicken pieces. Pour in the marinade and press the to distribute the marinade over the chicken. Add the lemon halves.- Marinade for at least 8 hours and preferably overnight.
Grilling Piri Piri Party Chicken
- Start you gas grill on high heat, or prepare a charcoal grill to a high temperature.
- Once the grill is hot remove the chicken pieces from the marinade and place on the grill.
- Grill for 10 minutes with the lid down.
- Flip the chicken over and grill for another 10 minutes with the lid down.
Flip the chicken once again and grill for 5 minutes with the lid down. Take the temp of the chicken with the meat thermometer. Continue grilling the chicken, flipping for an even char until the chicken reaches an internal temp near the bone of 165F / 74C.- Once the chicken reaches this desired temperature remove from the grill and serve.
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