Roasted chicken, with a kick

HARTSDALE (WABC) -- In this edition of Neighborhood Eats, we sampled a delicious Portuguese dish.

The kick comes from African peppers and the recipe is from Portugal. It's really quite traditional, and it's served up at a restaurant called Oporto, which is the name of a Portuguese town. Oporto is located at 191 East Hartsdale Avenue in Hartsdale.

We talked to Rui Correia about Frango, the Portuguese name for a young chicken. And in Portugal, the bird is cooked over charcoal...

"The charcoal is key," he said. "It's the biggest part of this cooking."

That's blended and olive oil is added to emulsify the sauce.

That is used to baste the chicken several times as it spins and cooks. The end result is chicken you can't stop eating.

It's the biggest seller at Oporto. The homemade sangria is also pretty big. The restaurant opened four and a half years ago in Hartsdale.

The setting is warm, the food, hot, and the portions, filling.

By the way, the chef's name is Rui, the owner's name is Rui and one of the main servers is Rui. So if you go there, ask for Rui!

Recipe for Frango Chicken from Oporto

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