Nando's launches kits to create PERi-PERi dish at home

Make Nando’s at home: Chain launches £6 recipe boxes so customers can recreate PERi-PERi dishes in their own kitchens

  • Nando’s is launching recipe boxes so customers can recreate dishes at home
  • For just £6 per box, Nando’s fans will be sent everything they need for the meal
  • Two dishes: butterfly chicken with chips and slaw or a quarter chicken legs 

While people across the country patiently wait for the full reopening of Nando’s, the chicken restaurant has delighted customers by launching ‘at home’ kits to recreate the dishes at home.

The eatery has teamed up with recipe box brand Mindful Chef to launch a limited edition range of recipe boxes.

For just £6 per person, shoppers will be sent everything they need to recreate one of the chain’s signature dishes. Customers can choose between butterfly chicken, chips and fino slaw or a quarter chicken legs, macho peas and sweet mash.  

The South African eatery has partnered with recipe box brand Mindful Chef on the launch of its limited-edition box, allowing fans nationwide the unique opportunity to recreate their favourite PERi-PERi meals at home. Pictured: Butterfly chicken, chips & fino slaw

Each box contains pre-portioned ingredients, step-by-step recipes and a bottle of Nando’s Medium PERi-PERi sauce.

Giles Humphries, co-founder of Mindful Chef told FEMAIL: ‘We have seen a massive 400 per cent increase in demand for our recipe box service in the last two months. 

‘Experimenting with new ingredients and recipes has been a big trend during lockdown. So it seemed like the perfect time to work with one of the UK’s most loved restaurants and give the UK a chance to cook up some of Nando’s famous PERi-PERi dishes at home.’

How to make Nando’s ¼ chicken legs, macho peas and sweet mash 

INGREDIENTS (delivered in the box)

  • 100g fresh peas
  • 125g nandos medium peri-peri
  • 1/2 tsp red chilli flakes
  • 1 corn on the cob
  • 1 tbsp oil
  • 200g sweet potato
  • 2 x 200g free-range chicken leg
  • Small handful of flat-leaf parsley
  • Small handful of fresh minT

Each box contains pre-portioned ingredients, step-by-step recipes and, a bottle of Nando’s Medium PERi-PERi sauce, so customers can whip up a dish from the comfort of their own kitchen.

METHOD 

    1. Preheat the oven to 220C / fan 200C / gas mark 7 and boil a kettle.

    2. Peel the potatoes and cut into slices about 1cm thick, then cut into chips. Place a baking tray in the oven to preheat. Heat a saucepan of boiling water and blanch the potato chips for 3-4 mins. Drain in a colander and place on a clean tea-towel to dry. Drizzle 1/2 tbsp oil onto the baking tray and leave to heat in the oven for 1 minute. Place the chips in a single layer on the hot tray, sprinkle over a pinch of sea salt and black pepper, the smoked paprika and dried oregano and coat the chips in the oil. Cook for 25-30 mins, turning halfway through, until golden.

    3. To butterfly the chicken, carefully slice through one side of each breast from the thickest part to the thinnest, being careful not to cut right through to the end. Open out the chicken breasts to resemble a butterfly. Place in a bowl with half of the Peri-Peri sauce (this is spicy, so add to your taste) and ½ tbsp oil. Leave to marinate.

    4. Meanwhile, to make the slaw; on a separate chopping board, thinly slice the red cabbage and the radishes. Peel the carrots and grate. Thinly slice the spring onions and roughly chop the coriander and parsley leaves. Place all these ingredients into a mixing bowl and add the coconut yoghurt, a squeeze of lemon juice (to taste) and season with sea salt and black pepper. Set aside.

    5. Heat a griddle pan (BBQ or frying pan) on a medium-high heat, then add the butterflied chicken breasts and cook for 5-10 mins each side or until the chicken is cooked through.

    6. Serve the Nando’s butterfly chicken on two warm plates, alongside the chips and slaw. Drizzle the chicken with the remaining Peri Peri sauce (to taste) and serve with the remaining lemon, cut into wedges.

    The Nando’s x Mindful Chef recipe boxes will be available for delivery nationwide from June 14 to 27, from £6 per person.  

    Last month Nando’s opened 94 of its restaurants for takeaway and delivering, after initially closing amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

    In March, the Government told restaurants to shut their doors as part of the lockdown but have continued to allow restaurants to serve takeaway and collection services, in line with health and safety guidelines.

    The company said that all click and collect orders must be placed online via Nandos.co.uk to avoid queues and keep customers and staff safe.

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