Nando's is a South African fast casual restaurant chain that specializes in Portuguese flame-grilled, peri-peri style chicken.

"Many centuries ago Portuguese explorers added a squeeze of lemon and a kick of garlic to Mozambique’s African Bird’s Eye Chilli to create a legendary spice: PERi-PERi! Along with a hint of paprika there, a dash of onion here, PERi-PERi is most popularly used to baste tasty, tender (if it’s from Nando’s) chicken. Handed down generations, fiery family recipes for PERi-PERi eventually made their way across to the braai grills of South Africa where Nando’s story began," reads the website.



I ordered the Boneless Butterflied Chicken Breast - Flame-grilled, skin-on, basted in your choice of PERi-PERi sauce. I did plain so it wasn't super spicy, but I was able to try lots of different flavors for dipping sauces. Also, I had sides of macho peas & spiced grains with feta.



This meal was really tasty. There was a good bit of spice, but not necessarily spicy. The chicken was moist and full of flavor, and the sides weren't bad. I enjoyed the garlic Peri Peri sauce, which definitely added some heat.



Grade: A