Piri Piri Chicken with Potato Rosti and Tomato Salsa

Piri Piri is a hot spice mixture suggestive of the famous sauce from Portugal with a rich and unique blend of warm earthy spices, lemon, lime, herbs and vegetables bringing a spicy, tangy character to chicken and fish dishes. So turn up the heat with this Piri Piri chicken with potato rosti and tomato salsa dish.

Ingredients

1 chicken breast

1 tbsp olive oil

1 tsp piri piri seasoning

3 potato rosti

1 tsp salt

Tomato salsa

Rocket salad

1 tbls chopped parsley

Method

Brush oil on the chicken breast and coat with the piri piri seasoning. Place the breast in a plastic bag and leave in the fridge for 30 minutes to marinate. Preheat oven to 160ºC normal bake. Make the rosti and salsa. Place 1 tablespoon butter in a ovenproof frying pan over medium heat and fry the chicken on both sides. Place the frying pan in the oven and cook for approx. 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow resting for 5 minutes before slicing. Serve on a plate with salad, rosti and salsa. Drizzle chopped parsley or coriander on top and cracked pepper.

Note: Make your own Piri Piri spice seasoning by mixing 1½ teaspoons smoked paprika, 1 teaspoon dried oregano, 1 teaspoon ground ginger, 1 teaspoon ground cardamom, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon onion powder, ½ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon ground piri piri pepper or cayenne pepper. Brush olive oil on the meat then sprinkle or rub on spice mix.