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Love Nando's hot sauce? Then you need to make our easy Peri Peri Sauce recipe! It's simple, flavorful, and perfect for pairing with dishes of all kinds, like chicken, beef, and seafood, or even as a dip for fries and veggies. Easy ingredients and ready in less than 10 minutes!
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Better than Nando's Sauce
I know - that's a bold claim. But let me tell you... it's true! I love our homemade peri peri sauce recipe. It's so flavorful, and the best part is that it's incredibly easy to make using simple, common ingredients.
My family loves this piri piri sauce recipe on everything from chicken, to beef, and seafood. I like to use it to spice up veggie dishes, too. Homemade sauce has so much more flavor than the kind you buy in a bottle, and it's easy.
This simple take on Nando's peri peri sauce recipe will take you less than 10 minutes to make, and you'll want to use it on everything. Trust me - you will not be able to get enough of this incredible Portuguese sauce!
Everything You Need to Know
It's a blended sauce recipe made using peri peri (or piri piri) peppers.
These little peppers (they're only about 1 inch long!) are also known as the African Bird's Eye Chili. They're hot peppers from Africa and are used in both African and Portuguese cuisine.
In our recipe, we use a blend of Thai red chilis (which are the same as piri piri chili peppers) and fire-roasted peppers. This gives our peri peri recipe a bold depth of flavor with a nice kick.
Yes, they are! You'll hear this sauce referred to as both "peri peri" and "piri piri". They are the same and can be used interchangeably.
Peri peri sauce is garlicky, spicy, tangy, and so fresh!
It's nice and spicy! We remove the seeds from our chili peppers before blending the sauce, which cuts down on the spice level a little bit. If you want it spicier, leave them in.
Chicken wings, baked chicken, chicken strips... everything chicken goes well with a nice peri peri drizzle! Nando's sauce recipe is typically paired with chicken, and we love it for the same thing. You might even hear people call it "peri peri chicken sauce". However, it pairs deliciously with beef, seafood, and vegetables, too!
Yes, you should refrigerate your homemade sauce. You can store it in any air-tight container, or if you like to can sauces, you can store it in cans for even longer storage.
Yes, our peri peri spice sauce recipe is 100% gluten-free.
How to Make Peri Peri Sauce
Here are some tips to make the best peri peri sauce:
- Adjust the heat to your taste using more or less chili peppers. Our sauce is medium-spicy.
- If you're using jarred fire roasted peppers, discard the liquid.
- Smoked paprika can be used instead of sweet.
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📖 Recipe
Easy Peri Peri Sauce (Homemade Nando's)
Equipment
- Skillet
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 4 cloves garlic crushed
- ½ medium red onion diced
- 2 tablespoons sweet paprika
- 2 large fire roasted peppers
- 6-7 Thai red chilis seeds removed and finely chopped
- ¼ cup sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 2 teaspoons brown sugar
- 4 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oil, then saute the onions, garlic and paprika about 5 minutes until softened.
- Add all ingredients to a blender, including the onion mixture, and blend until nearly smooth.
- Enjoy with your favorite peri peri recipes!
Notes
- Adjust the heat to your taste using more or less chili peppers. Our sauce is medium-spicy.
- If you're using jarred fire roasted peppers, discard the liquid.
- Smoked paprika can be used instead of sweet.
Azra Imran says
Superab
Isabel Laessig says
Thanks very much, Azra!
Don Bosco says
How to make chimichurri sauce.
Isabel Laessig says
Hi Don! We currently don't have a recipe for chimichurri on the site, but we will add that to our list! Thanks so much for the suggestion!
Fiona says
Hi. How long does this keeep?
Isabel Laessig says
Hi Fiona! This sauce should keep well in the refrigerator in an airtight container for about 5-7 days. Thank you for your question!