Peri Peri Sauce should be garlicy, spicy, lemony, tangy and utterly addictive. This bright, fresh, fully-flavoured version hits all the right notes.
Course
Dinner
Prep Time30minutes
Cook Time30minutes
Total Time1hour
Servings16servings. About 3 cups sauce
Calories74kcal
AuthorBarry C. Parsons
Ingredients
2large red bell pepperschar grilled
1large red onionchar grilled
4clovesgarlicminced
1/2cuplemon juice
1/4cupred wine vinegaror apple cider vinegar
zest of one lemonfinely grated
10small red Thai chilisroughly chopped (more to taste for hotter sauce)
1 1/2tspsmoked paprikaor plain paprika
1 1/2tspdried oregano
1 1/2tspkosher salt
1tspblack pepper
2leavesbay
To finish the sauce (when cooked)
1/4cuplemon juice
zest of one lemonfinely minced
1/4cupred wine vinegaror apple cider vinegar
1/2cupextra virgin olive oil
Instructions
Start by roasting the red peppers and onions. This can be done on a gas grill, under the broiler or on a cast iron grill pan. You want to get good char marks on the outside of the peppers and onions. Don't worry if they are not fully cooked, they will get fully cooked in the sauce.
Chop the peppers and onions and add them to a food processor or blender. You can us an immersion blender if that is all you have on hand, just take the time to get the ingredients well pureed.
Add the garlic, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, lemon zest, red Thai chilis, smoked paprika, oregano, salt and pepper to the food processor with the grilled onions and peppers and puree until smooth.
Transfer the sauce to a medium saucepan, add the bay leaves and simmer slowly for 20-30 minutes.
Let the sauce cool to warm. Remove the bay leaves then return the sauce to the food processor again.
Add the additional lemon juice, red wine vinegar and lemon zest. Puree for another few minutes until very smooth. Slowly add in the olive oil in a thin stream as the processor is running.
Recipe Notes
To make Peri Peri Chicken, brush a little of the sauce onto all sides of the chicken you are using. You can use bone in, skin on chicken or boneless skinless chicken. Place the chicken pieces in a glass dish and cover with plastic wrap.Let the chicken marinate for several hours or overnight. Grill over low heat on a glass grill until fully cooked, brushing on additional sauce in the last five to ten minutes of cook time. Serve with extra sauce for dipping at the table.
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.