Nanas Portuguese Roast Chicken And Potatoes Food

PORTUGUESE PERI PERI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425F
• Rehydrate dried chilies in a small pot of simmering water on the stove for 20 minutes. Remove stem and seeds.
• Butterfly the chicken: Rinse inside and out, removing innards. Pat dry. Place on a cutting board, breast down. Using sharp kitchen scissors, cut along both sides of the spine, remove and discard. Turn the chicken over, and placing your hand on the breast bone, press down hard with the palm of your hand, to flatten.
• Make the marinade by blending the marinade ingredients into a paste with a blender or food processor. Brush a layer of the marinade on the bottom of your large sheet pan.
• Place the thinly sliced potatoes on top of the marinade and sprinkle with a generous pinch of kosher salt, overlapping slightly but not too much.
• Brush all sides and crevasses of the chicken with the marinade, coating fairly heavily. (You will add more marinade during cooking, so be sure to save the remaining.) Place chicken, skin side down on the potatoes and place in the hot oven.
• Turn chicken over after 15 minutes, and place back in the oven. After 15 minutes, brush more marinade all over the chicken on the skin side, really lathering it up. Return to the oven and bake until cooked through another 15-30 minutes, or until leg/ thigh reaches an internal temperature of 165 F. The bigger the chicken, the longer this will take. ( A large, 5-6 pound chicken may take an additional 20 minutes!) To crisp the skin and get it deeply brown, broil for a few minutes. A little char is good here!!! Remove chicken when done and let rest 5-10 minutes before serving. You can continue to cook the potatoes or crisp them up ( with broiler) while resting the chicken and cutting it into pieces.
• While chicken is roasting, combine Cilantro Sauce ingredients together, either in a bowl- mixing by hand, or in a food processor. Serve cilantro sauce on the side.

CRISPY SMOOSHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Add the potatoes to a large pot of heavily salted water (about 1/4 cup salt) and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until a fork slides easily into a potato, about 15 minutes. Drain.
• Generously oil a baking sheet with about 1/4 cup oil, making sure to cover the whole sheet. Arrange the potatoes on the baking sheet and gently smoosh them with a potato masher or cup -- not so much that it breaks the bottom skin or crumbles the potatoes, just enough to break open the top.
• Drizzle each potato with olive oil or a tablespoon of melted butter, if you prefer. Season generously with salt and pepper.
• Bake until golden brown, about 30 minutes.
• Serve with roasted garlic aioli or a bit of sour cream and fresh herbs.
• Combine the egg yolks, roasted garlic, lemon juice, mustard, paprika and salt in a blender. Blend on high to emulsify. With the motor running, slowly drizzle in the olive oil; the mixture will lighten and become thick and smooth. Taste and adjust the seasoning as needed.
• Serve right away, or refrigerate for up to 1 day.

PORTUGUESE ONE POT CHICKEN AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken liberally with salt and pepper. Combine the flour and paprika in a large bowl, and then toss the chicken in the mixture to coat, shaking off the excess. Heat 3 tablespoons EVOO in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Brown the chicken, then remove to a large plate and add the remaining 1 tablespoon EVOO to the pot. Add the chorizo and cook until browned; remove with the slotted spoon and add to the plate with the chicken. Add the potatoes, thyme, garlic, celery, bay leaf, chile peppers and onions to the pot, partially cover and cook until softened, 7 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally. Deglaze with the sherry, stirring and scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot with a wooden spoon. Stir in the stock, lemon and orange zests and tomatoes. Slide the chorizo and chicken back into the pot and simmer until the chicken is cooked through, about 10 minutes. Ladle the stew into shallow bowls. Sprinkle with the parsley and serve with the rolls for mopping up the sauce. Cook's Note: The stew can be covered and refrigerated for a make-ahead meal. Reheat over medium heat.

PORTUGUESE POTATOES

Steps:

• Wash, peel and slice potatoes. Boil potatoes, onion and salt until just done, but not too soft; drain.
• Place potato mixture in a greased 9 x 9 casserole dish. Sprinkle garlic salt, parsley flakes, pimentoes, shredded cheese and herbed stuffing on top. Drizzle with melted butter.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until bubbly.

PORTUGUESE ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place chicken on cutting board, breast-side down. Use a pair of poultry shears or heavy-duty kitchen scissors to cut along either side of the bird's backbone; remove. Turn the chicken over; use palms to press on breast bones to flatten the chicken. Using a sharp, heavy knife, cut the chicken between breast halves. The chicken will be in 2, flat pieces.
• Place an ovenproof cooling rack on a large rimmed baking sheet. In a small bowl, mix together the lemon juice, garlic, 1/4 cup olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt, pepper, and pimento paste, then rub over the chicken. Transfer the chicken to a rack, then pour 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1/2 cup wine over the chicken. Roast 30 minutes; turn the chicken over and pour the remaining 2 tablespoons oil and 1/2 cup wine over the chicken. Roast the chicken until golden, moist, and opaque throughout, about 30 minutes.

PORTUGUESE POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 240°C or 220°C if using a fan-forced oven.
• Toss the chopped potatoes in half of the oil in a shallow baking dish.
• Roast the potatoes, uncovered for about 30 minutes, or until they are lightly browned.
• Meanwhile heat the remaining 4 teaspoons of oil in a large frying pan. Cook the garlic and onion , stir, until the onion softens. A few minutes.
• Add the tomatoes, paprika and thyme to the onions. Cook about a minute, until the tomato softens.
• Add the stock and piri piri sauce to the tomatoes. Bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for about 10 minutes. stir occassionally. You want the sauce to thicken slightly.
• Remove the potato from the oven. Reduce the oven temperature to 180°C or160°C if using fan-forced.
• Pout the sauce over the potatoes.
• Return the pototoes to the oven and bake, uncovered for another 20 minutes.
• Serve the potatoes sprinkled with the chopped parsley.

NANAS PORTUGUESE POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°.
• Pour water into roasting pan; add vinegar (the water should have a vinegary taste).
• Sprinkle paprika over the water and mix, removing the lumps.
• Add salt, pepper, onion, tomato, parsley and potatoes; add sausage. and chicken pieces if you wish
• Bake for 2 hours.
• Do not cover potatoes because they will steam, not roast.
• The potatoes will have a nice a red color.

NANA'S PORTUGUESE ROAST CHICKEN AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Pour water into a roasting pan. Add vinegar to taste. The water should have just a hint of vinegary taste. Sprinkle paprika over the water and mix, removing the lumps. Add salt, pepper, onion, tomato, parsley and potatoes. Before cooking add chorizo. Bake for 2 hours. Do not cover potatoes because they will steam and not roast. The potatoes will have a nice red color when they are done.
• Note: Both recipes can be cooked simultaneously in the same oven.
• (all measurements are approximate) .
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. This recipe is made in a ceramic cooker. To prepare the cooker, soak the cover for 15 minutes, and spray the bottom with any non-stick coating. Mix first 5 ingredients, set aside. Wash the chicken and pat it dry. Put chicken in cooker and pour salad dressing mixture on top, then use hands to rub it all over the chicken skin. Lightly sprinkle entire chicken with paprika (a pinch or so), then sprinkle a pinch or so of the dry Italian seasoning on top as well. Cover and cook at 375 degrees for 2 hours. About 1 to 1 1/2 hours into the cooking time, check the chicken. If there is liquid half-way up the chicken or more, drain all of the liquid so that the chicken is dry enough to roast, then continue cooking. If it's not halfway up the chicken, just leave whatever juices are in there and continue cooking.