Name: Piri-Piri sauce recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Makes:
Ingredients: 6 whole fresh red chillies; 2 whole cloves of garlic; 1 quartered and deseeded red pepper; 1 tsp salt flakes; ½ tsp fresh oregano; 2 tsp ground paprika; 3 tbs red wine vinegar; 6 tbs olive oil; 1 spatchcocked chicken; 8 chicken joints or 12 chicken wings

By Jessica Dady

published 20 August 2019

in Recipes

Learn how to make your own Piri-Piri sauce with this simple recipe. The refreshingly hot and spicy marinade is delicious with chicken or pork. It can be as hot or as mild as you wish and can also be use as a dipping sauce

Ingredients

6 whole fresh red chillies
2 whole cloves of garlic
1 quartered and deseeded red pepper
1 tsp salt flakes
½ tsp fresh oregano
2 tsp ground paprika
3 tbs red wine vinegar
6 tbs olive oil
1 spatchcocked chicken
8 chicken joints or 12 chicken wings

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Method

Set oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4. Put chillies, unpeeled cloves of garlic and red pepper in a roasting tin. Roast for 30 mins.
Put them all in a polybag and leave to cool for 10 mins. Squeeze the chillies out of their skins; remove seeds.
Remove skin from the garlic and pepper. Roughly chop them all and put in a pan with salt flakes, dried oregano or fresh oregano, ground paprika, red wine vinegar and olive oil. Simmer for 2-3 mins. Cool, then blend with a stick blender to make a smooth sauce.
Keep the Piri Piri in a jar in the fridge. Use within 1 month.
Use to make Piri Piri Chicken: Spread half the sauce over a spatchcocked chicken, chicken joints or chicken wings. Marinate for 1 hr. Cook on a griddle, a barbecue or in the oven.

Top Tip for making Piri-Piri sauce

Variation: Leave out the red pepper, and add more garlic and chillies for a really hot sauce.

Jessica Dady is Food Editor at GoodtoKnow and has over 12 years of experience as a digital editor, specialising in all things food, recipes, and SEO. From the must-buy seasonal food hampers and advent calendars for Christmas to the family-friendly air fryers that’ll make dinner time a breeze, Jessica loves trying and testing various food products to find the best of the best for the busy parents among us. Over the years of working with GoodtoKnow, Jessica has had the privilege of working alongside Future’s Test Kitchen to create exclusive videos - as well as writing, testing, and shooting her own recipes. When she’s not embracing the great outdoors with her family at the weekends, Jessica enjoys baking up a storm in the kitchen with her favourite bakes being chocolate chip cookies, cupcakes, and a tray of gooey chocolate brownies.