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!
You Can Buy The Hottest Nandos Sauce In Supermarkets Now
Time to start adding Vusa sauce to literally everything
That regular battle of wits with your pals over who can manage the spiciest Nandos order is great fun, but we realise that sometimes leaving the house is difficult.
Everything is really exhausting all the time, and also youll sometimes find yourself wanting spicy chicken at 2am, or first thing in the morning i.e. outside Nandos opening hours.
The restaurant chain knows this, which is why it has bowed to public demand and released its spiciest ever peri-peri sauce in supermarkets.
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The PERi-PERi Vusa sauce has the main selling point of containing more chillies than even the extra-hot. Put simply its not one for your pal who finds black pepper a bit spicy for my tastes.
It has been so popular since its launch in 2017 that the folks at Nandos have decided you need to be able to get your hands on it at all times – therefore, following on from the supermarket release of hummus with peri-peri drizzle, theyre putting Vusa on the shelves of your local Tesco.
Heres what Nandos has to say about it: Meaning excitement and fire in Zulu, Nandos PERi-PERi Vusa combines more PERi-PERi chillies than any other sauce with Nandos distinctive ingredients including citrus, garlic and onion for an intense, full-bodied taste.
Vusa sauce is available in Tesco stores from today .
Everything You Need To Know
What is peri peri sauce?
It’s a blended sauce recipe made using peri peri peppers.These little peppers 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 and fire-roasted peppers. This gives our peri peri recipe a bold depth of flavor with a nice kick.
Are peri peri and piri piri the same?
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.
What does it taste like?
Peri peri sauce is garlicky, spicy, tangy, and so fresh!
How spicy is it?
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.
What is it good on?
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!
Does it need to be refrigerated?
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.
Is it gluten free?
Yes, our peri peri spice sauce recipe is 100% gluten-free.
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