Roadside Grill · Piri-Piri Chicken
Frango da Guia (Piri-Piri Chicken)
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It's often called 'Frango da Guia' nationwide, after one small Algarve town that still holds an annual festival dedicated entirely to it.
A whole chicken is butterflied, marinated and basted with a fiery piri-piri chili sauce, then char-grilled over open coals until the skin blisters. Sold at roadside grills and market stands across the Algarve, especially around the town of Guia.
Why it's made this way: Portuguese settlers returning from Angola and Mozambique in the 1960s and after 1974 brought African bird's-eye chili and grilling techniques with them, and the Algarve town of Guia became the dish's unofficial capital, with a restaurant there claiming to have served it since 1964.
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