Sheet Pan Piri Piri Chicken

5 from 3 votes

This piri piri chicken dinner is full of flavorful spices and cooked easily on just one sheet pan by using the spatchcock method.

Prep Time10

Cook Time35

Total Time45

Course: Main Dishes

Cuisine: African

Keyword: peri peri chicken, peri peri chicken recipe, piri piri chicken, piri piri chicken recipe, piri piri roasted chicken, sheet pan chicken, sheet pan piri piri chicken, sheet pan spatchcock chicken, spatchcock chicken

Servings: servings

Author: Gina Matsoukas

Ingredients

4 lb. whole chicken spatchcocked (*see note)
salt & pepper
2 tablespoons piri piri spice divided
2 tablespoons avocado oil divided
1 large sweet potato chopped
1 pound green beans trimmed

Instructions

Preheat oven to 450°F convection roast (**see note).
Season all sides of the spatchcocked chicken liberally with salt and pepper.
Place the chicken on a heavy duty baking sheet breast side up and drizzle with 1 tablespoon of the avocado oil.
Rub 1 1/2 tablespoons of the piri piri spice all over the chicken.
Arrange the chopped sweet potatoes around the chicken on the pan.
Place in the oven and roast for 5 minutes.
Reduce temperature to 425°F convection and roast for 25 minutes.
Remove from oven, add the green beans to the pan arranging around the chicken with the sweet potatoes. Drizzle the green beans and sweet potatoes with the remaining 1 tablespoon of avocado oil and 1/2 tablespoon piri piri spice. Toss to combine and return to oven to roast another 10 minutes.
Remove from oven and let rest for 5-10 minutes before carving the chicken and serving.

Video

Notes

*Spatchcocking is simply removing the backbone of the chicken with kitchen shears. Watch the video in the post above to see the method.

**If you don't have a convection setting on your oven you can use the same temperature settings but may need to cook a little longer or use the broiler at the end to get the skin of the chicken and vegetables crispy.

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