Piri Piri Sauce

Name: Piri Piri Sauce
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H10M0.000S
Yield: About 1 1/2 cups
Cuisine: african
Ingredients: 10 red Fresno chiles, stemmed, seeded, and coarsely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 2 tablespoons minced ginger; 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice; 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil; 1 tablespoon granulated sugar, plus more as needed; 1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more as needed

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Level: Easy

Total: 10 min
Active: 10 min

Yield: About 1 1/2 cups

It’s hard to go a day in Mozambique without eating something that’s touched with piri piri sauce (sometimes written as peri peri). The sauce, made with chiles, citrus, and oil, is Portuguese in origin, but peri is actually the Swahili word for “chile” and refers to a specific type of chile pepper that is said to have been first cultivated in Africa. While the sauce is traditionally made with piri piri chiles, all different kinds of hot peppers work well. We found that red Fresno chiles, readily available in the United States and not quite as hot as jalapeños, work really well. However, if you can only find jalapeños, just use three fresh ones in place of the red Fresno chiles. Use the sauce anywhere you would use sriracha. Try it on grilled chicken, toss it with raw cashews and then roast them for a great snack with cocktails, stir it into a seafood stew, or use it for Prego Rolls (Steak and Piri Piri Sandwiches).

Level: Easy

Total: 10 min
Active: 10 min

Yield: About 1 1/2 cups

Ingredients

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10 red Fresno chiles, stemmed, seeded, and coarsely chopped

2 garlic cloves, minced

2 tablespoons minced ginger

1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice

1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil

1 tablespoon granulated sugar, plus more as needed

1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more as needed

Directions

In the jar of a blender, combine the chiles, garlic, ginger, lime juice, oil, sugar, and salt and puree until smooth. Season to taste with more salt or sugar if you’d like. Transfer to a jar and store, covered, in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.