To many Nando’s serve one of the best chicken burgers available – home of the hangover and lazy Sundays. But have you ever thought about making your own Nandos chicken burger at home?
These peri peri chicken burgers are simple and quick to cook – making them a go-to dinner in our house.
You can use any bun you wish of course, but Nandos tend to use a tougher Portuguese style bun. In all honesty, I don’t love the Nandos buns – and find the alternatives you can use at home nicer.
I either use ciabatta buns or garlic ciabatta buns.
Tesco sell a pack of 8 Garlic Ciabatta slices which I instantly thought would be great for this burger. The addition of garlic makes this burger AMAZING.
Nando’s have a range of sauces and marinates in supermarkets, which i use below to make the burger super saucy. You can choose from a range of spice levels (same as in the supermarket). Today i used the Medium Peri Peri Marinade (only £2 for a bottle – great!)
How to make a Nando’s Style burger at home:
Scroll down for printable recipe and ingredients
1. In a bowl, mix together the ‘chicken spice mix’ ingredients, set aside
2. Trim any fat or access from your chicken breasts, cover with foil (on a chopping board) or put into a sandwich bag, and bash until flatter and even with a rolling pin.
3. Add chicken to the spice rub, mix in and set aside for 30 minutes to marinate.
4. Whilst your chicken is marinating, cook the Tesco Garlic Ciabatta Slices as per packet instructions (8 minutes in pre-heated oven). Once cooked, remove from oven and set aside util ready to assemble the burgers later. If you’re using ciabatta or other buns – skip this step.
5. Mix the mayonnaise and Nando’s marinate (supermarket bottle marinate) together to make the perinaise. Set aside until ready to assemble burger later.
6. Once your chicken has ben marinated for 30 minutes, heat a frying pan to medium with some vegetable or sunflower oil in. Add the chicken breast pieces.
7. Cook until the chicken is cooked through and juicy; turning throughout cooking to ensure nothing sticks to the bottom of the pan or burns.
8. Once cooked, turn the hob off (your pan will remain hot for a while, don’t worry). Pour about 1 tbsp of Nando’s marinate on each chicken breast.
9. Rub the marinate into the chicken using a plastic pastry brush, or back of a spoon, whichever you have to hand.
10. Leave the chicken to sit in the pan whilst you begin to assemble the burger. (Remember, the heat should be turned OFF at this stage)
11. Rub the earlier prepared perinase onto 4 slices of ciabatta
12. Add cheese on top of perinase, then place chicken burger on top.
13. Top with lettuce (optional) and another ciabatta slice.
14. Serve with your favorite Nando’s style sides, tuck in and enjoy!
Recipe for a homemade Nando's style peri peri burger using supermarket Nando's sauces If you’d rather a hot bun with the burger, don’t put them in the oven until 8 minutes before the chicken is cooked.Nandos Burger
Ingredients
Chicken Spice Mix
Perinaise
Instructions
The burger
Assembling
Notes
Nutrition Information
Yield
4
Serving Size
1
Amount Per Serving
Calories 584Carbohydrates 23gFiber 4gSugar 3gProtein 55g
2 comments
This actually is better than Nando’s rice! Make this for me and my GF and we both love it
Delicious 😋