As a Capetonian Saffa, not only do I know quite a few Portuguese people (300,000 people in SA claim Portuguese descent) but worship at the shrine of the Peri peri!
Peri Peri sauce is an African-Portuguese (esp. Angola and Mozambique) sauce made from the African Birds Eye Chili. It is great with chicken and fish but also chips. Most people in South Africa and England have had Nandos sauces and this is the surprisingly good commercially face of Peri Peri.
However, if you travel around South Africa, you will find a variety of different interpretations of the sauce. One of the best we had was in Knysna at Catembe Bar which incidentally do really good cocktails to wash the food down with.
But what exactly does Peri Peri sauce taste like? Well, it has chili (obviously), it also has lemon juice which gives it a nice tart note and then garlic. Nothing too complex but really quite hard to replicate but I think I will give it a go.
Not doing much next weekend so mmm, lets see if I can make some.
L xxx
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