
Chicken piri piri, baby potatoes, carrots and corn
Butterflied piri piri chicken, with vegetables and potato garnish from the Braaimaster.The whole chicken is butterflied, generously coated with piri piri sauce, and slowly cooked on the Braaimaster for a juicy and spicy result. The side dish of baby potatoes, mushrooms, carrots, and corn is prepared in the wok over the fire. Recipe for 4 people.Ingredients
2Brown soft sugar
2units.itemsShallots
1Honey
4units.itemsGarlic cloves
2units.itemsRed chilies
1Red wine vinegar
1Olive oil
2units.itemsBay leaves
4Tomato passata
1units.itemsGrated zest and juice of lime
1units.itemsWhole chicken
Sea salt
Coriander
Black pepper
1units.itemsSmoked paprika powder
25gButter
3units.itemsShallots
250gMushrooms
2units.itemsCorn cobs
500gMini baby potatoes
Rosemary
Flat-leaf parsley
1units.itemsbunch of carrots
Braaimaster
Churrasco frame
Skillet / cast iron pan
Churrasco skewers
Wok pan
Preparation
- Light the Braaimaster and slide the coals (once formed) under the left grill grate. Let the Braaimaster heat up for about 30 to 45 minutes. Keep this in mind when preparing the recipe.
- Remove the chicken from the refrigerator and let it come to room temperature.
- Zest the lime and squeeze out the juice.
- Clean the garlic and shallots and cut them, along with the red chili, into coarse pieces.
- Melt the butter in a skillet (cast iron pan) and sauté the shallot. Halfway through, add the garlic and red chili and briefly sauté. Add the brown sugar, bay leaves, and smoked paprika, deglaze with the lime juice, honey, and wine vinegar. Finally, add the tomato passata and let the sauce reduce by one third. Use a hand blender to blend in the olive oil and coriander at the end. Season with sea salt and pepper if desired.
- Place the chicken breast-side down and use kitchen scissors to cut along both sides of the backbone to remove it.
- You now have two options. You can choose to open the chicken slightly, turn it over onto its back, and press it flat with some force, breaking the breastbone. Or you can remove the breastbone by leaving the chicken breast-side down, locating the white triangular tip inside the neck, and cutting through it with a knife. Then push the breastbone up from the breast side. If the breastbone protrudes, you can slip your fingers underneath and remove it. The chicken can now be easily opened up.
- Then coat the chicken with the Piri Piri sauce. The chicken is now ready to cook on the Braaimaster. We do this on the right side (indirect) until a core temperature of 75°C is reached.
- Wash the baby potatoes and cover them with cold water. When the potatoes boil, let them cook for 3-5 minutes, then drain. Let cool.
- Peel the carrots and cut into desired slices.
- Cut the corn into several thick slices.
- Briefly cook the carrots and corn, then drain.
- Peel and slice the shallot, halve the mushrooms, and slice the potatoes.
- Heat the wok on the Braaimaster.
- Heat some oil in the wok and fry the shallot and mushrooms until golden brown. Then add the potatoes, carrots, and corn in succession.
- Meanwhile, pick some sprigs of rosemary and parsley. Stir-fry these for the last few minutes. Season with sea salt and pepper.


