Peri+Peri+Sauce

Peri-Peri sauce is exactly what it says- a sauce! It's made from a very special chili pepper called the peri peri (which is translated to pepper pepper) pepper that grows in southern and central Africa. The soil in Africa makes the African Bird's Eye Chili taste the way it does to give the Peri-Peri sauce its unique flavor.

The pepper grows in Africa, but the sauce is common in Indian and Portuguese dishes, the recipe transported around the globe by Portuguese explorers and traders. In South Africa, the sauce, used as a marinade for chicken, pork, and other proteins, is made from peri peri peppers, citrus zest, onions, other peppers, salt, lemon, and a variety of spices and seasonings. Each cook's sauce may have it's own unique recipe and flavors.

Nando's, a popular restaurant chain in South Africa, which has spread to England and Ireland, serves peri-peri chicken with a variety of intense peri-peri sauces - lemon &herb, mild, and hot. Peri-peri sauce is so popular in South Africa, that variations can be found in many restaurants, and you can even find the sauce canned or jarred in any supermarket.