Ainsley Harriott served up tasty BBQ peri-peri chicken with charred chilli-lime corn on Ainsley’s Good Mood Food.

The ingredients are: 1–1.5kg bone-in, skin-on chicken leg quarters (about 6–8 pieces), 4–6 corn cobs, 80g butter, softened, 1 small red chilli, de-seeded and finely chopped, pinch of cayenne, zest and juice of 1 lime, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.

For the Marinade: 1 small red onion, peeled and cut into wedges, 2 large red peppers, de-seeded and quartered, 2–3 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling, ½ tsp paprika (unsmoked), 3–6 African bird’s-eye (piri piri) chillies, according to taste, 5 garlic cloves, peeled, 1 tsp sweet smoked paprika, ½ tsp ground allspice, 1 tsp dried oregano, 8–10 basil leaves, torn, 1 tbsp red wine vinegar or sherry vinegar, zest and juice of ½ lemon, 1 tbsp runny honey and a splash of whisky or bourbon (optional).

See recipes by Ainsley in his book titled: Ainsley’s Good Mood Food: 100 easy, comforting meals (including all the recipes from the major ITV series) available from Amazon now.