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Love Nando's hot sauce? Then you need to make my 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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Peri Peri Sauce Recipe
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. The 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!
Nando's Sauce Recipe Ingredients
- vegetable oil or olive oil
- garlic
- red onion diced
- sweet paprika
- fire roasted peppers
- Thai red chilis seeds removed and finely chopped
- sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar
- lemon juice
- zest of lemon
- brown sugar
- dried oregano
- salt
- cracked black pepper
How to Make Peri Peri Sauce
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Saute onions, garlic, and paprika until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add fire roasted peppers, Thai red chilis, sherry vinegar, lemon juice, lemon zest, brown sugar, dried oregano, salt, black pepper, and the sauteed onions and garlic to a blender. Blend until nearly smooth.
- Serve immediately, or store and enjoy later!
My favorite recipes to make using this amazing sauce are Ground Beef Lettuce Cups and Peri Peri Chicken! It is also an amazing sauce for your favorite chicken wings recipe.
Peri Peri Sauce Recipes Tips
- Adjust the heat to your taste using more or fewer chili peppers. My sauce is medium-spicy.
- If you're using jarred fire-roasted peppers, discard the liquid.
- Smoked paprika can be used instead of sweet.
What is Peri Peri Sauce?
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 my recipe, I use a blend of Thai red chilis (which are the same as piri piri chili peppers) and fire-roasted peppers. This gives my peri peri recipe a bold depth of flavor with a nice kick.
Peri Peri Sauce FAQs
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 the chili peppers before blending the sauce, which cuts down the spice level a little bit. If you want it spicier, leave them in.
Yes, you should refrigerate your homemade sauce. You can store it in an air-tight container, or if you like to can sauce, you can store it in cans for even longer storage.
Yes, piri piri spice sauce recipe is 100% gluten-free.
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Peri Peri Sauce
Equipment
- Skillet
- Blender
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 oil in a skillet over medium heat. Saute onions, garlic, and paprika until softened, about 5 minutes.2 tablespoons vegetable oil, 4 cloves garlic, ½ medium red onion, 2 tablespoons sweet paprika
- Add fire roasted peppers, Thai red chilis, sherry vinegar, lemon juice, lemon zest, brown sugar, dried oregano, salt, black pepper, and the sauteed onions and garlic to a blender. Blend until nearly smooth.2 large fire roasted peppers, 6-7 Thai red chilis, ¼ cup sherry 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
- Serve immediately, or store and enjoy later!
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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.
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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!
Alex says
If you cook ie. Bring the sauce to a boil and fill it (still hot)in a glass airtight or sealed bottle you can keep it in a cool and Dark place for up to 6 months.
Alex says
HI Fiona, I Substituted 2 tbsp Cayenne Pepper and 2 tbsp sweet Paprika for the 4 tbsp Paprika. Instead of 6 tbsp Lemon juice I used 4tbsp and the juice of 1 squeezed lime. Half the Oregano and Half Rosemary.(original Nandos Ingredient lists Rosemary Extract).