Easy Baked Peri Peri Chicken Wings- Nando's Copycat

These smoky sticky peri peri chicken wings are the perfect Nando's copycat! These wings are tossed with a homemade marinade then oven-baked and finished under the grill. That means perfectly crispy and smoky wings every time.

These chicken wings are simply marinated and baked. Brushed with a smoky sauce then grilled. Crispy oven-baked wings in less than 1 hour!

How to get the signature Nando's smoky flavour

Nando's is famous for its peri peri chicken recipe. It's defining characteristics are

1. The chargrilled flavour
2. The smoky/ spicy marinade

So with this wing recipe, we're doing both. The marinade is a few everyday ingredients that you blend up to a smooth paste. Toss with the wings and leave for an hour or overnight then bake the wings to crispy perfection.

Ingredients needed

• chicken wings
• lemons
• red chilli peppers
• onion salt/ onion powder
• smoked paprika
• fresh garlic cloves
• peri peri spice (optional)
• honey
• fresh parsley for serving

See the recipe card for quantities.

Step By Step Instructions

1 & 2

• Place the paprika, garlic, onion salt and red chilli peppers in the bowl of a food processor. Squeeze in the lemon juice.
• Blend the ingredients until you have a (mostly) smooth paste. It's completely fine if there are small pieces of pepper that haven't completely blended.

3 & 4

• Place the wings in a large bowl and toss them with the marinade. Leave the wings to marinate in the fridge for at least an hour or overnight. This is a very full flavoured sauce so even an hour will impart so much flavour.
• Line a baking tray with some foil (shiny side down) and spread the wings on the tray. Bake them in a very hot oven for about 25 minutes. Turn the oven onto the grill/ broil setting. Drizzle the wings with a teaspoon of honey and continue to cook until the wings have turned a very deep golden brown, the skin is crispy and starting to char in some places.
• Once the wings are cooked through place them on a tray and serve with your favourite dipping sauce and lots of extra lemon wedges.

Recipe: FAQ

Chicken wing pro tips

Chicken wings are easy to make, but there are a few key elements you need for success.

• Use some paper towel to dry off each wing before marinating. This helps the seasoning to stick to the wings and absorb more easily. It also is the key step in getting the crispiest skin possible.
• Line your baking tray with foil. But make sure the shiny side of the foil is facing down so it doesn't reflect the heat. Lining your tray will save you from a messy clean up job.
• You don't need to flip the wings while cooking. Baking in the oven is a dry heat cooking method which means the chicken skin gets crispy on both sides without the need to turn them over.

Equipment

• baking tray
• bowl for marinating
• food processor for making the marinade

Storage

Store the wings in an airtight container for up to 3 days in the fridge.

To reheat wings- Preheat the oven to 220c and place the cooked wings on a baking tray. Place in the oven for about 10 minutes until the wings are hot all the way through.

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Peri Peri Chicken Wings

Spicy, smoky and sticky these peri peri chicken wings are the perfect Nando's copycat. Chicken wings marinated in a homemade peri peri sauce and baked until crispy and slightly charred.

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Course: Appetizer

Cuisine: American/ British

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Resting TIme: 1 hour hour

Servings: 6

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Author: Deborah Rainford

Ingredients

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• 1 kg chicken wings

Marinade ingredients

• 2 large red chillies *see notes
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons smoked paprika
• 1 teaspoon peri peri seasoning, optional
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon honey

Instructions

• Roughly chop the chillies and remove the seeds if you prefer a more mild marinade. Place all the marinade ingredients in the bowl of a food processor and blend until you have a thick and smooth paste.
• In a large bowl toss the wings with the marinade and cover in the fridge for at least an hour or overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 200c and line a baking tray with foil. Bake the wings in the preheated oven for about 20-25 minutes. Turn the oven to the grill/ broil setting and continue to cook the chicken wings for a further 5-7 minutes until the skin is deep golden and starting to char in some areas and on the edges.

Notes

Note 1- If you are concerned about the marinade being too spicy, then you can scrape the seeds out of the chilli peppers and discard them.

Note 2- Preheating the the oven at 200c gets the chicken skin very crispy. If you are worried about the wings burning you can turn the oven down to 180c and bake a little bit longer.

Note 3- Lining the tray with foil helps cut down on the mess. You can skip this step and just put the wings straight onto the tray.

Nutrition

Calories: 255kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 6g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 69mg | Sodium: 68mg | Potassium: 206mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 1298IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg

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