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[peteRS]

Here is my interpretation of the Portuguese Chicken.
I used wings as they are cheap (even free range) and are, IMHO, the tastiest part of the bird.
They also cook fairly quickly and I cut the tips off for Elvis while I'm prepping the pieces.
I marinated the easy way...Dry pre-mixed spices (portuguese and piri piri and chilli flakes) zested a lemon and tossed it all in olive oil.




I served up with BBQ'd pineapple and Schultz smokehouse Bacon, a couple of cherry toms and a side of store-bought potato salad (local IGA, it's decent)
I made a little dressing out of lemon juice and a fresh red chilli (no seeds - am gay I know) with a pinch of Maldon smoked salt, raw sugar and olive oil then shook till it emulsified...i used that to glaze the cooked chook when plated!



Thanks to Gaz (G-Star) for the inspiration.
This really is a great forum full of great people

Elvis thought it smelt pretty awesome, but no cooked chook for my Dog.

[aekOne]

Yum!! That looks tasty!!

i need try something apart from sausages on the BBQ one of these days

[Liberty]

That looks epic man. A nice mix of different cuisines, but the wings look spot on. The wing and breast are my favourite part of a chicken. You did extremely well. How did it taste?

We must compare our recipes one day. Do a taste test for the rest of the guys that show up on our meet. We can call it the 'Portuguese BBQ Chicken Meet'.

[Adam]

SENSATIONAL!

[skillionaire]

Hi,

Nice one, PRS. GaryGlitter sure provides some inspiration... ;D

Cheers,
Nik

[Adam]

Needs some bread though

[skillionaire]

Hi,

Potato + bread? Damn son. Bit filling.

Cheers,
Nik

[aekOne]

i'm thinking we should do BBQ Meat & Great (yeah sorry) sometime. Get everyone to prepare something and fire up a BBQ somewhere and have an eat down

[skillionaire]

Hi,

That's what we used to do on GTRydaz. Worked out awesome. Harks back to the good old 'bring a plate' days of the 70's/80's.

Also gets the partners involved on some non car talk levels.

Don't forget I'm there in June, Aekklestone. We must start planning soon! Mr. "Any Updates".... Ha!

Cheers,
Nik

[aekOne]

Don't forget I'm there in June, Aekklestone. We must start planning soon! Mr. "Any Updates".... Ha!

pm me the deets homie

[peteRS]

Will make an effort to get involved in the East vs West bring a plate BBQ challenge

[aekOne]

we shall meet at Ularu two weeks from Saturday!







no but really i'll look into organising something soon

[Adam]

No you won't......

[aekOne]

well someone just talked themselves out of an invite

[Adam]

Oops!!!!!

[Liberty]

Hi,

Nice one, PRS. GaryGlitter sure provides some inspiration... ;D

Cheers,
Nik

I reckon! But I'm happy to accept any challenges to our home recipe.

i'm thinking we should do BBQ Meat & Great (yeah sorry) sometime. Get everyone to prepare something and fire up a BBQ somewhere and have an eat down

Sounds good man. I'm keen to help out with the organising if you need it Aek? It'll definitely be an awesome meet as well. Why would anyone say no to food?!

[Adam]

Hey Pete, when you said you marinated it, How long for? I'm gonna give it a crack tomorrow night! Gonna pick up some spices tonight

[peteRS]

I did mine more as a 'Rub'. Just those dry spices I mentioned, Lemon Zest and O/Oil...I probably only left it about 1/2 an hour before cooking (leave OUT of the fridge for this period), there was tonnes of flavour
I reckon the Lemon/chilli dressing is a 'must'...so simple but absolutely value added the dish.
Wings are honestly the way to go if just for You and Rach Adam

[Liberty]

We usually do it for a MINIMUM of about 2-3 hours... The longer the better.

[Adam]

inb4pete

thanks, Gaz!