Melinda’s Peri Peri Garlic Sauce

Not In My Neck Of The Woods

There is no Nandos restaurant franchise any where near where I live but I had the opportunity to try it on a recent visit to Ottawa and began to understand the addictive nature of peri peri sauce on flame grilled chicken.

As always happens in these cases, I determined to make my own version of the sauce, attempting to equal or better the flavour of Nandos famous chicken. I bought a couple of bottles of their sauce to take home as a way to compare my peri peri sauce version to theirs, side-by-side.

There are a LOT of recipes online for peri peri sauce and I read and tried several of them before tweaking my own recipe to get the flavour just right.

Peri Peri Sauce

Finding the right Peri Peri Sauce flavours

First of all, I had little hope of finding the authentic Birds Eye Chilis here in St. Johns, so I substituted small Thai red chilis which are more readily available most places. They are only about half as spicy as the peri peri chilis but I used a fair amount of them and it worked well.

Since I wanted to bottle my sauce after cooking it quickly, I used roasted red peppers as a base for the sauce along with grilled onions to boost the smoky flavour, add a little sweetness, and give the sauce more body so that it would be more brush-able.

Better than Nandos Chicken Wings

This also worked particularly well and I was absolutely delighted with the outcome of my experiment.

The result!

Better than Nandos Peri Peri Wings

Fresh, unwaxed lemons are best for zesting.

Melindas Peri Peri Garlic Sauce

In Melindas Kitchen, Peri Peri Garlic Hot Sauce is crafed by blending red hot chile peppers with aromatics like garlic, lemon, and herbs to craft a delicious sauce that is the perfect complement to grilled and roasted chicken.

Heat Level:

Ingredients: lemon juice, white vinegar, white onion, water, garlic, salt, canola vegetable oil, tabasco pepper mash, cayenne pepper mash, sugar, tomato paste, garlic powder, lemon powder, onion flakes, paprika, citric acid, peppermint, xanthan gum, achiote powder, parsley dried, onion powder, natural flavor , paprika oleoresin.

Uses: a versatile sauce that works as a marinade, basting sauce, and condiment. Perfect for grilled and roasted chicken, pork, fish, and vegetables.

Allergy information: May contain traces of tree nuts . This product is manufactured in a plant that processes: egg, soybeans, wheat.

What Youll Need

Once you have the sauce made, theres not much to this chicken recipe. To make this youll need:

Chicken We recommend bone in, skin on chicken quarters for this recipe but any chicken pieces will work including boneless and skinless pieces.

Peri Peri sauce For this sauce you need a red bell pepper, onion, garlic, spices and red chili peppers.

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How To Make It

Put the chicken into a freezer bag with 2 cups of peri peri sauce. Make sure the sauce evenly covers the chicken. Seal the bag and pop it in the fridge for 4 hours or up to overnight.

Cook the chicken. You can cook the chicken in the oven or grill it. Either way, remove the chicken from the bag and scrape off the excess marinade. If you are baking the chicken, put the chicken in a casserole dish or on a baking sheet and bake it in a 425 degree oven for 20 to 30 minutes or until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165.

If you are grilling the chicken, place the chicken on a grill thats preheated to 350-400 degrees F. Let it cook for 15 minutes before flipping and cooking for about 15 minutes more. The chicken is done when it reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.

What is Peri Peri chicken?

Peri peri chicken is a zesty chicken dish that has roots in both South Africa and Portugal. The dish coats chicken quarters in a zesty homemade peri peri sauce. This sauce consists of pureed chili peppers, garlic and spices. Check out our post on how to make this sauce here. The sauce gives this chicken bold flavor that we absolutely adore.

Is Peri Peri Chicken Hot?Do I Have to Use Chicken Quarters?

No, any chicken pieces will work. It doesnt matter if it is boneless or skinless. Use whatever chicken you have and like. We like chicken quarters because the dark meat stays juicier as it cooks, especially if youre grilling it.

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Garlic Sauce, Peri Peri

Condiment & marinade. Our philosophy is simple. Heat and flavor mean everything. In Melinda’s Kitchen, Peri Peri Garlic Hot Sauce is crafted by blending red hot chile peppers with aromatics like garlic lemon and herbs to craft a delicious sauce that is the perfect compliment to grilled and roasted chicken. Melinda’s Peri Peri Garlic Hot Sauce: a delicious blend of red hot peppers. Heat Level 1 out of 5: a touch of heat and spice paired with lemon, herbs and extra garlic, makes this sauce so addictive. melindas.com. Instagram: Facebook: Twitter: melindasfoods. Product of Colombia.

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Contains: Allergy Information: May contain traces of tree nuts . This product is manufactured in a plant that processes: egg, soybeans, wheat.

Uses: A versatile sauce that works as a marinade, basting sauce and condiment. Perfect for grilled and roasted chicken, pork, fish and vegetables.Perfect for grilled and roasted chicken, pork, fish and vegetables.

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Melindas: Peri Peri Garlic Sauce 12 Oz

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Our philosophy is simple. Heat and flavor mean everything. In Melindas Kitchen, Peri Peri Garlic Hot Sauce is crafted by blending red hot chile peppers with aromatics like garlic, lemon and herbs to craft a delicious sauce that is the perfect compliment to grilled and roasted chicken.

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Our philosophy is simple. Heat and flavor mean everything. In Melindas Kitchen, Peri Peri Garlic Hot Sauce is crafted by blending red hot chile peppers with aromatics like garlic, lemon and herbs to craft a delicious sauce that is the perfect compliment to grilled and roasted chicken.

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My confession is that I had never tried peri peri sauce before. It is a sauce that originated in Portugal and then went on a long trip to several parts of Africa where it also became incredibly popular.

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Peri Peri Sauce is at the centre of the incredible success of the Nandos restaurant franchisewhich has been an overwhelming success in many parts of the world and particularly in the UK where it is now ingrained into the modern day culinary culture there. People seem to be addicted to going for a Nandos, once or twice a week in many cases.

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