Peri Peri Sauce Recipe | Homemade Piri Piri Sauce

Spicy, zesty, and downright addictive, my recipe for Peri-Peri Sauce from scratch signifies that a plateful of taste is rarely removed from attain. Created from dry crimson chili peppers, this pleasant, do-it-yourself Portuguese condiment is a favourite at our home.

What’s Peri Peri?

Peri-Peri (additionally spelled Piri-Piri) is each the identify of a vivid crimson Portuguese sauce, in addition to the eponymous African Fowl’s Eye chili pepper that the condiment is known as after.

Legend has it that the Piri-Piri chilies arrived in Portugal through the Portuguese who cultivated them within the colonized South African territories. The Piri-Piri chilies discovered their approach right into a sauce developed by the Portuguese which has now turn out to be a staple in Portugal.

I truthfully have no idea the true story… Who developed the sauce and the place did the chilis come from? I’m unsure. All I do know is that the sauce is REALLY AWESOME and REALLY SPICY.

Peri-Peri chiles are fairly spicy, with a typical vary of between 50,000-125,000 Scoville Warmth Models (SHUs). For reference, jalapeño peppers are about 3,500 SHUs. Like I stated, these little chiles are fiery, and the sauce they’re utilized in shares the identical spicy traits.

About Peri Peri Sauce Recipe

If scorching and spicy are two adjectives you want in your meals, you’ll love this scrumptious peri-peri sauce! As an added bonus, the recipe takes simply 10 minutes to make, begin to end. You merely can’t beat that!

My sister truly launched me to peri-peri sauce (11 years again) and I couldn’t resist developing with this recipe. When she advised me the identify peri-peri, I had one thing of a deja vu.

Because it seems, the South African chain restaurant referred to as Nando’s truly had a number of branches in Bangalore then. Thriller solved!

The peri-peri sauce is tremendous scrumptious, so now we have it with all the pieces from greens and rice to salads and bread. It brings zest and spice to any dish it touches, which is a part of why we like it so.

You may also serve it with snacks like French Fries, Veg Momos, Spring Rolls, Aloo Tikki, or anything that would use a superb dipping sauce.

Sometimes talking, piri-piri sauce may also be used to marinate meats or seafood; as vegetarians, we favor to make use of it as a marinade for paneer or tofu, or as extra of a dipping sauce with different ready meals.

Elements, Substitutions, & Variations

Being a worldwide citizen, I’m conscious that preferences and ingredient availability will fluctuate by location. As such, I need to just be sure you know which substitutions you should utilize to customise this peri-peri sauce recipe to your liking. Listed below are a number of concepts:

• Use the crimson chillies which might be accessible to you. However take into consideration their taste profile – whether or not smoky, spicy, pungent or scorching. I’ve made the sauce with a wide range of Indian crimson chili referred to as Kashmiri crimson chillies. These chillies have a deep crimson shade and should not spicy. However when mixed in a sauce, they have been scorching sufficient for all of us. The remainder of the elements are all the time simply accessible within the kitchen pantry.
• A mix of various crimson chilies may also be used relying on their hotness. For dry chilies, make sure you soak them in cool water for two to three hours or 15 to twenty minutes in scorching water earlier than mixing them.
• As a substitute of lemon juice, one may use vinegar/cider vinegar or a 50/50 break up of lemon juice and vinegar. I didn’t add vinegar to the sauce. I solely used lemon juice.
• If you need a skinny sauce, the quantity of olive oil may be elevated. 
• Additionally, please be aware that the extra the sauce ages, the higher it turns into. This makes it a superb candidate in your meal prep day.

Step-by-Step Information

Find out how to make Peri Peri Sauce

1. Take 11 to 12 dry crimson Kashmiri chilies, or any contemporary or dried crimson chili selection. Take away the stems and seeds.

To take away the seeds, break the chillies or halve them or you’ll be able to slit them on one facet. Shake them and the seeds will fall. You may also decide to take away the seeds utilizing a small spoon.

You should utilize any number of dry crimson chilies with low to medium SHUs. If utilizing tremendous scorching fowl’s eye chilis, then you’ll be able to add 4 to five of them together with the milder dry crimson chilies.

2. Rinse the dry crimson chilies in water. Soak them in scorching water for 10 to fifteen minutes earlier than mixing them. If you’re utilizing contemporary crimson chilies then skip this step.

3. Peel and chop 7 to eight medium-sized garlic cloves. Measure and hold all of the elements prepared for making the peri-peri sauce.

4. In a blender or meals processor, add ¼ cup chopped coriander leaves (a.ok.a. cilantro leaves, or sub in parsley leaves) and the soaked dry crimson Kashmiri chilies.

5. Subsequent add 7 to eight chopped garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon crimson chili flakes (non-obligatory) and salt as required.

You would use ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper or crimson chilli powder as a substitute of crimson chilli flakes.

6. Pour ¼ cup olive oil or vegetable oil. The quantity of olive oil may be elevated in order for you a skinny sauce with an extended shelf life.

7. Lastly add the juice of 1 medium-sized lemon (or roughly 1 tablespoon lemon juice). You should utilize ½ tablespoon vinegar as a substitute of lemon juice in the event you favor.

8. Grind in a blender or meals processor and mix to a superb and easy consistency.

9. Cowl and retailer the Peri Peri sauce in a container within the fridge for as much as 2 weeks.

Serving Ideas

This scrumptious sauce is a must-try for individuals who like scorching and spicy meals. Listed below are a number of methods to make use of it:

• As a dipping sauce with any snacks like French Fries, Potato Wedges, or Veg Cutlet or vegetable crudités.
• As marination for tofu, paneer (Indian cottage cheese), veggies like cauliflower, potatoes, mushrooms, capsicum, aubergines after which grilled, roasted, sautéed or fried.
• Added to easy dishes like Fried Rice or Veg Noodles. 1 or 2 teaspoons of the peri-peri sauce will make the rice spicy and flavorful.
• As a topping on Pizza, Pita Bread sandwiches, wraps or rolls.

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This Peri Peri Sauce recipe from the archives first printed in September 2011 has been republished and up to date on November 2022.