Best Molho De Piri Piri Portuguese Hot Red Pepper Sauce Recipes

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PORTUGUESE PIRI-PIRI HOT SAUCE



Portuguese Piri-Piri Hot Sauce image

This Portuguese piri-piri hot sauce is made with bird's eye chiles, which can be used on chicken, shrimp, pork, or just about any dish in Portugal.

Provided by David Leite

Categories     Condiments

Time 5m

Number Of Ingredients 5

4 to 8 fresh hot chilis (depending on the heat (see LC Note above))
2 garlic cloves (minced)
Juice of 1 lemon
Pinch of salt
1/2 to 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil

Steps:

  • Coarsely chop the peppers and discard stems.
  • Place the chilis and their seeds, the garlic, lemon juice, salt, and as much of the oil as you wish in a food processor fitted with a metal blade and purée. Pour the mixture into a small glass jar and let steep for several days in the fridge.
  • You can strain the mixture and return it to jar, but I like mine with a bit of texture. Sauce will keep in the refrigerator for 1 month.

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 tablespoon, Calories 66 kcal, Carbohydrate 1 g, Protein 0.3 g, Fat 7 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Sodium 4 mg, Fiber 0.3 g, Sugar 1 g, UnsaturatedFat 6 g

TRADITIONAL PORTUGUESE PIRI PIRI SAUCE FOR CHICKEN



Traditional Portuguese Piri Piri Sauce for Chicken image

I love churrasqueira chicken and have been looking for a recipe to make it myself. I found this on Breakfast Television Toronto's web site. They got the recipe from Roasty Chicken Churrasqueira which is in the town of Maple just north of Toronto. A friend told me that she's used this sauce for fish and shrimp, too. I've tried it on shrimp and it's wonderful. Simply marinate the shrimp for an hour and then drain the shrimp, discard the sauce and grill the shrimp on the barbie.

Provided by Dreamer in Ontario

Categories     Sauces

Time 1h20m

Yield 1 cup

Number Of Ingredients 8

4 tablespoons lemon juice
5 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup vinegar (balsamic gives an excellent flavour)
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
1 tablespoon garlic, minced
1 tablespoon paprika
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon chili flakes

Steps:

  • Add all ingredients to a bowl and whisk together.
  • Brush on chicken before barbecuing (or baking in oven @ 350 °F for 1.25 hours WITHOUT opening the door during during entire cooking process.) It helps the flavour if you marinate the chicken for a few hours prior to cooking!

PIRI PIRI SAUCE



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     condiment

Yield 3 cups

Number Of Ingredients 7

8 turns freshly ground pepper
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 1/4 cups olive oil
4 fresh jalapeno peppers, coarsely chopped, stems, seeds and all
2 fresh poblano peppers, coarsely chopped, stems, seeds and all
1 tablespoon crushed red pepper
1 teaspoon salt

Steps:

  • Combine all of the ingredients except the garlic in a saucepan over high heat. Cook, stirring, for 4 minutes. Stir in the garlic, remove from heat, and allow to cool to room temperature. When the mixture is cool, pour into the bowl of a food processor and pulse several times until smooth. Strain the sauce through a fine mesh strainer. Pour the sauce into a glass container and cover. Let sit for 7 days before using.

HOMEMADE RED HOT SAUCE



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     condiment

Time 35m

Yield 2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 7

20 tabasco or serrano chiles, stemmed and cut crosswise into 1/8-inch slices, or 12 very ripe red jalapenos (about 10 ounces)
1 1/2 tablespoons minced garlic
3/4 cup thinly sliced onions
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
2 cups water
1 cup distilled white vinegar

Steps:

  • Combine the peppers, garlic, onions, salt and oil in a non-reactive saucepan over high heat. Saute for 3 minutes. Add the water and continue to cook, stirring occasionally, for about 20 minutes, or until peppers are very soft and almost all of the liquid has evaporated. (Note: this should be done in a very well-ventilated area!) Remove from the heat and allow to steep until mixture comes to room temperature. In a food processor, puree the mixture for 15 seconds, or until smooth. With the food processor running, add the vinegar through the feed tube in a steady stream.
  • Taste and season with more salt, if necessary. (This will depend on the heat level of the peppers you use as well as the brand of vinegar used.) Strain the mixture through a fine mesh sieve and then transfer to a sterilized pint jar or bottle and secure with an airtight lid. Refrigerate. Let age at least 2 weeks before using. Can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 6 months.

PIRI PIRI SAUCE



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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).

Provided by Food Network

Categories     condiment

Time 10m

Yield About 1 1/2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 7

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

Steps:

  • 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.

MOLHO DE PIRI-PIRI (PORTUGUESE PERI-PERI MARINADE SAUCE)



Molho De Piri-Piri (Portuguese Peri-Peri Marinade Sauce) image

This spicy hot marinade can be used on any meat you grill - chicken, beef, shrimp or prawns (I've even tried it with fish!).. 'Aging' the marinade by storing it in an airtight container and refrigerated for a few days allows the flavour to intensify. A word of caution: habanero chillies are HOT, so please handle them with care! Use gloves or oil your hands before touching them so that the chilli 'oil' does not penetrate into the pores of your skin. The serving size is a guess-timate - this 1 batch of marinade is enough to marinate 6-8 chicken drumsticks or about 30 shrimps or prawns.

Provided by AaliyahsAaronsMum

Categories     < 15 Mins

Time 2m

Yield 1/4 cup, 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 6

4 -5 fresh red habanero peppers (stemmed and deseeded)
2 -3 garlic cloves
4 tablespoons lemon juice or 4 tablespoons lime juice
1 teaspoon sea salt (to taste)
1 teaspoon dried oregano
4 -5 tablespoons olive oil

Steps:

  • If using a grinder, combine all ingredients, grind and mix the ingredients into a smooth paste.
  • If you are using a mortar and pestle, start off with the chillies and garlic - grind them into a smooth paste.
  • Then add in the dried oregano and grind it in for another minute.
  • Add in the rest of the ingredients and give it a thorough mix.
  • You may leave the marinade refrigerated to infuse or use it up straight away.
  • Rub marinade onto meat and allow to marinate in a bowl for at least thirty minutes (or overnight if possible) before cooking.

SHRIMP WITH HOT RED PEPPERS: CAMAROES PIRI-PIRI



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Piri-piri are incendiary little red peppers from Angola. The Porutguese can't get enough of them, so they keep bottles of Molho de Piri-piri (a sauce somewhat like Tabasco on the table alongside the salt and pepper, then sprinkle this liquid fire over virtually everything ? French fries, steamed greens, shellfish. Although I am not as much a fan of piri-piri sauce as the Portuguese, I must admit that Molho de Piri-piri, is the perfect dunk for shrimp prepared this way, a dish that has recently become a great specialty at a number of Lisbon's top restaurants. Note: Because piri-piri peppers are unobtainable here, I've substituted the more widely available long, slender, twisted cayenne pods. You can also use the scarlet New Mexico chiles, the tiny but explosive chile pequins, even the green jalapeno peppers. Just add them in stages, tasting as you go, so that the shrimp aren't so torrid they bring tears to your eyes.

Provided by Food Network

Categories     appetizer

Time P1DT1h20m

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 pounds raw jumbo shrimp, shelled and deveined
1 large garlic clove, peeled and crushed
2 medium bright-red cayenne peppers, cored and minced (leave the seeds in if you can take the heat ¿ they're where the peppers' heat is concentrated)
3/4 cup Molho de Piri-piri, recipe follows, or mix 3/4 cup olive oil with 1 to 2 teaspoons liquid hot red pepper seasoning (depending on how hot you can stand things)
2 to 6 cayenne chili peppers (or dried chili pequins), depending upon their hotness
1 teaspoon kosher or coarse salt
1 cup olive oil
1/3 cup cider vinegar

Steps:

  • Place the shrimp, garlic, cayenne, and olive oil in a 9 by 9 by 2-inch baking dish and toss well; cover and marinate at least 24 hours in the refrigerator. When ready to cook, preheat the broiler. Lay the shrimp on a well-oiled broiler pan and brush generously with the marinade, and broil 2 minutes longer. Serve sizzling hot with little bowls of the dipping sauce (1 for each person). To cool the fire, accompany with a crisp green salad, chunks of good Portuguese bread and well-chilled vinho verde.
  • Variation: Camaroes Grelhados Piri-piri (Grilled Shrimp with Hot Red Peppers): Marinate the shrimp as directed. When ready to cook, build a hot charcoal fire and when the flames have died down, leaving white-hot coals, arrange the shrimp, not quite touching one another, on 4 to 6 well-oiled long metal skewers. Adjust the height of the grill so that it is about 6 inches above the coals, lay the skewers on the grill and cook about 6 minutes, turning often, and brushing with additional marinade. Serve with little bowls of Molho de Piri-piri.
  • Stem the peppers and coarsely chop (include the seeds); place in a 1-pint shaker jar along with the salt, olive oil, and vinegar. Cover tight, shake well, then store at room temperature. The sauce will keep well for about a month. Shake the sauce every time you use it.

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