Easy Peri Peri Chicken Strips
Welcome to my Easy Peri Peri Chicken Strips recipe, which I’ve served with Egg Fried Rice!
I’m so happy with my lovely new recipe. It’s full of flavour, spicy, quick and so easy.
Yum! – I cannot begin to tell you!
The other evening I was craving something tasty with a little spice and chicken is always my go to. ALWAYS
AND I’m also trying to be really good and a little healthier. Here that certainly doesn’t mean less flavour!
Well trust me it doesn’t!!
Try it for yourself
Healthy Easy Peri Peri Chicken Strips
It fits so perfectly to the ‘healthy style’ recipes I’m writing at the moment and happens to fit perfect and specifically into the Slimming Style 🙂
Syns are 2.5 for the whole thing (the honey) – so just over 1 Syn per portion?!
Come on, how amazing is that!!
This dish has spicy sweet chicken strips sat on a bed of soft moist egg fried rice.
So very good! And so very filling!
Top Tips for this Easy Peri Peri Chicken recipe
- I’ve used Chicken Breasts here, but there is nothing to say you couldn’t try thighs if that’s your preference? Thighs are really lovely and super tender – they work just as well
- Also if you are trying to cut down some of the carbs, simply serve less rice and maybe add spinach or a tin sweetcorn?
- Watch the chicken as the honey will make it brown super quick, you need the colour for the flavour, make sure you cook the chicken through though!
Look at them – so good and packed with flavour
The Peri Peri Spices
- I used a blend of Piri Piri spice from Schwartz (also known as Peri Peri) (you don’t have too) but it was something I had in my cupboard
- I used 1 teaspoon as I think it give a little kick without too much heat (kid friendly). However you can easily increase this level if you like a really spicy dish with a kick
So what exactly is Peri Peri?
Peri Peri chicken is a spicy dish with roots in both Africa and Portugal.
The dish was created apparently in Angola and Mozambique when the Portuguese settlers arrived with chile peppers (known as piri–piri in Swahili).
Lots of people say you should marinate your chicken for at least 4 hours before you grill it but you don’t with my recipe (who has time for that?)
This recipe can be ready in under 45 minutes.
It makes it perfect for a mid week meal.
But it’s special enough for that Saturday ‘takeaway’ also so much cheaper and healthier – fakeaway!!
With this one you simply add the seasoning as you add the chicken strips to the pan with the Fry light, garlic & ginger, so simple.
Serving Suggestions for this Easy Peri Peri Chicken
I made the full portion even though there was only me.
Once cooled I popped in the fridge and had it for lunch the next day with tomatoes and cucumber!!
Perfect quick lunch – almost a salad
Also maybe you could use the chicken in wraps with lots of lettuce!
Or in burger buns? with tomato, lettuce and mayo?
Wow I’m making my own mouth water…
I’ll try this soon and post a picture!
Other tasty Chicken dinners!
One of the very popular Chicken dinners is my Easy Sticky Chicken – I thin k you’d love it!
If you like this recipe for Peri Peri Chicken Strips I also think you’ll love my Easy Chicken Curry, it’s a real winner.
Again simple to cook and again it fits the Slimming programme
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Thanks
Big Love Clare x
Peri Peri Chicken Strips
Ingredients
- Fry Light Salt & Black Pepper
- 1 Clove garlic peeled and finely chopped
- 2 cm Ginger peeled and grated
- 1 level Teaspoon Piri Piri seasoning - I use Schwartz if you like it really spicy you can increase
- 1 level Tablespoon Honey
- 2 Chicken breasts medium size - cut into large strips (or chicken thighs)
- 120 g Basmati Rice cooked according to instructions
- 75 g Frozen Garden Peas
- 2 Eggs beaten
Instructions
- Pop your rice on and cook according to the on pack instructions
- Firstly find yourself a large non stick frying pan and stray with Fry Light
- Add garlic, ginger and chicken breast strips, sprinkle with the Peri Peri seasoning
- Fry over a medium heat for 5 minutes. This will give it colour
- Next drizzle the honey over the chicken strips and turn
- Continue to fry for 15 minutes(turning frequently) until the pieces are cooked right through and a nice golden brown (careful they don't burn)
- Once looked remove from the pan and keep warm
- Do not wash the pan but respray with Fry Light Then over a high heat add the frozen garden peas, fry for 2 minutes Next tip in the cooked rice and heat through until piping hot
- Finally add the beaten eggs to the rice mix and stir over the heat until cooked. Remember the eggs will continue to cook even after you've switched the heat off.
- Pop the chicken back onto of the rice and serve
- Enjoy
Vic
Yum yum!!
Sally Pringle
Looks lovely. Must try
Anonymous
This recipe looks amazing myself and my husband are definitely going to try it…thank you very much…x❤️
Maree
Sounds delicious
Dawn C
Made this tonight and it was flippin lovely ❤️❤️
Clare x
Fab to hear! I had it tonight too xx
Ali Taylor
Absolutely delicious. My husband said it was better than any takeaway he’s had and my son, who can sometimes be fussy with food loved it. It was a winner in our house!
Clare x
oh lovely to hear x
Thank you
Pamela Allen
My husband and I have tried peri peri chicken tonight we thought it sounded nice for a change.We were not disappointed as it was very tasty.I also sent my sister the recipe as we had been talking dinner time recipes and I think she would enjoy too.I will definitely make this again.
Clare x
super to hear Pamela – glad you enjoyed it x
Linda Holt
So tasty