Baked chicken Suya
Are you ready to make the best chicken suya ever? Like are you ready? If you are not, oya go away and come back some other time. lol. Just kidding, I know you are ready. Guess when I actually created this recipe? March of 2015, yes, it takes that long for recipes to get posted on the website at times. I created the recipe around the same time as this Baked spicy chicken recipe, if you haven’t experienced it yet, I will definitely recommend it. It’s extremely moist and flavorful.
The secret to what makes the recipe so great is the use of suya spice at two different stages. First in the marinade, then as a finisher. You will honestly never make chicken suya any other way again. This recipe also works well on the grill.
Oven Grilled Chicken Suya
Recipe Type: Main
Cuisine: African
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Serves: 12
Get ready to experience a party in your mouth. The yogurt plus suya spice mix make for a juicy and perfectly spiced chicken.
Ingredients
- Chicken Leg quarters – 12
- Thyme – 1 Tbspn
- 2 Tbspn suya spice – divided
- Curry powder- 1 tspn
- Black, white or Cameroon pepper – To taste
- Salt – to taste
- Maggi – 3 cubes
- ½ cup Plain Yogurt
Instructions
- Thoroughly combine chicken with all ingredients including one half of the suya spice. Set in the fridge to marinate for 2 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350F and line an oven tray with foil or parchment
- Arrange marinated chicken skin side up on oven tray. Place in the oven and bake for 40 minutes.
- Remove tray from the oven and make 3 to 4 incisions all along each piece of chicken. Sprinkle on the leftover suya spice.
- Change oven setting to broil /grill and increase to 400F.
- Return chicken to oven and cook for another 5-8 minutes.
- Enjoy with a side of something cold!
You nailed it . This is great stuff,thanks for posting this,it’s beautiful.God bless you.
WOW!,can this be done with turkey, and must it be turkey leg?,I really wanna do this for this year’s christmas
Hi Ronke: if I make this with boneless, skinless chicken thighs, about how many should I use? Thanks!
24. However you can halve the recipe.
You’re the best: thanks!
Made this for my family with my wife’s Jollof rice. It’s a bang. Thanks for this. Now we have a new recipe for our chicken.
My stomach is rumbling and craving for this ?
Am definitely going to try this yummy yummy delicacy but in the absence of an oven which other method can I use.Thanks
you can pan fry it.
Please Ma, can I make use of hard chicken parts? Will it come out nice? Thank you Ma
Hard chicken requires much longer cook time, you should try this recipe version instead
Please can I use any Yogurt of my choice ?
Yes you can, as long as it’s unflavored
My chicken is currently marinating! Thanks for the recipe, if it comes out this good it might be the hit of the day at the picnic I am taking it to! @YB what she said, the oil on chicken skin is enuff for me anytime or anyhow I make chicken never need extra oil basting for juiciness…..
Where can I get sugar mix?
Mine is homemade. Here is the recipe : https://www.9jafoodie.com/nigerian-suya-spice-mix-recipe-yaji/
Can I pls ask wat suya mix u use the ones I find are never right. Thanks
I make mine using this recipe I have here : https://www.9jafoodie.com/nigerian-suya-spice-mix-recipe-yaji/
Don’t know how u can bake a chicken suya without glazing oil on it n its going to appear juicy.
“Oil glaze” doesn’t have anything to do with actual juiciness of meat. Adding oil to meat will only make it shinny. By adding yoghurt to the meat as indicated in the recipe, we are able to keep all the moisture in the chicken as it cooks, this is what makes it juicy. also the step of putting incisions on the chicken opens it up and release some of the juice inside it to encapsulate the added suya spice, this is what makes it shinny. There is no need to baste the chicken with extra oil.
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Looks really yummy, can’t wait to try this out
do let us know how it turns out