Nando's Peri-Peri Salt, 70g

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This is a spicy, rather than a herby dish. My testers don’t think the oregano used by Henry, Phipps, Stein and Kiros adds that much once the heat is ramped up, and the same goes for Kiros’s bay leaf. Both would get lost in my fiery sauce, but may prove more welcome in milder versions. The most popular recipes on the Tortilla Channel are all the seasoning recipes. We have a ton so if you like this spice blend go try some others as well. The following are just a few places to try frango piri-piri in Portugal. You’ll also find it on most menus in the Algarve(sometimes calledfrango piri-piri, frango assado com piri-piri, frango no churrasco, or frango na brasa) but, to really experience proper piri-piri, it’s worth going to a restaurant that specialises in it. Stir in the paprika and oregano then cook the mixture for 3 minutes before adding the lemon juice, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper. Turn the heat down low and cook the sauce for a further 25 minutes.

I’m using only 1 leaf in our recipe for just a hint of aroma, leaving the chillies and lemon juice to do their thing. Optional Ingredients Peel the cucumber, slice in half lengthways, remove the inside with a spoon and dice into 1cm cubes. Peri Peri seasoning is a dry rub spice mix, so it keeps quite well for months. Store this recipe in a sealable jar or air-tight container in a cool, dry place. If you enjoy spicy food, add as much pepper as you want to it. Add just a little pepper if you're not a fan of it. The choice is completely up to you! Tandoori Masala Spice Mix: You’ll find so many uses for this blend, from morning eggs to a fresh green salad.The amount I’ve given below adds just a hint of smokiness and earthiness to our peri peri sauce. You can double up on this if you like smoky. You can also use hot smoked paprika, if you like it hot. Bay Leaf Other Herbs – you can also add oregano or perhaps even parsley. Something that’s not going to change the aroma and flavour, but rather enhance it. If you are planning to use a strongly flavoured herb like basil or rosemary, use it sparingly. These Nando’s style peri peri fries are at their best eaten fresh from the oven and I don’t recommend storing them. Piri Piri is used predominately in Portugal whereas Peri Peri and pili pili are various ways this seasoning is pronounced in parts of Africa. Here is my own version of this delicious sauce, I use this hot sauce all the time. You can also go wild with what you use the sauce with. As mentioned earlier this hot sauce is not only versatile but delicious too. you might just find yourself adding it to anything and everything. Well, I did and that includes sandwiches too.

To make the piri-piri sauce, preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Put the chillies on a roasting tray and roast for 10 minutes. This will impact the color and flavor of the seasoning as it will turn hard in the sun. Keep it in a dark and dry place like your kitchen cabinet or kitchen pantry. Label your pili pili seasoning blend container with the date and name to help you easily identify it. Optional step: pour into a frying pan and cook over medium-low heat for 10 minutes. This deepens the flavour slightly and makes our piri piri sauce perfect to be served as a condiment. Mendes and Kiros both use large amounts of butter in their sauce, giving the finished dish a richness, but also tempering the heat. This prompts me to use olive oil instead, though you may prefer to go down their route. Some recipes also include whisky or brandy for preservation purposes, but unless you’re planning on keeping the sauce for a while, it doesn’t add much to the flavour. The cooking methodTraditionally, the recipe calls for piri piri pepper, but you can substitute it with cayenne pepper or red chilli powder.

The bird’s diet matters as well. Ideally it should be free range, and also it should be raised on a good diet of cereals and vegetables. The charcoal grill This works very well if you are making this seasoning in bulk. When done spoon the seasoning into a glass jar and store it in a dark cabinet.If you are going to make your own dip, you can mix this up while the peri peri fries are cooking in the oven. The name piri piri comes from the variety of chilli used, a cultivar of Capsicum frutescens, which also includes tabasco chillies, probably taken by the Portuguese from their colonies in South America to those in Africa and, from there, to Europe. In Swahili, pili pili apparently means pepper-pepper – prompting the witticism “the chilli so hot they named it twice” – and it lives up to that reputation. The fruit registers 50,000-175,000 Scoville units ( a measurement based on the amount of sugared water necessary to neutralise its fire), qualifying it for the “very hot” category in Kay Plunkett-Hogge’s book Heat, one below pure capsaicin (16m units, and “explosive!”). Add the chopped bird’s-eye chillies to the food processor. Pulse to blend the peppers and chillies together coarsely. Alternatively, you can chop them all by hand. Piri piri sauce is Portuguese in origin and it is a versatile tangy (marinade) hot sauce made from piri piri pepper. The hot pepper is the major ingredient in making the sauce with other common ingredients like red pepper, lemon etc The authentic piri piri sauce would call for paprika, oregano, onions, garlic, bay leaves, salt and lemon juice. The ingredients used for this sauce these days allows for flexibility. If you are wondering what Peri Peri seasoning is made of then take a look at this list of ingredients. Most likely you have the majority in your kitchen cabinet.