How To Make Piri-Piri Sauce – Be Inspired

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Avocado oil offers a similar flavor with a higher smoke point.

piri piri peppers

🥗Healthier: jalapeños

💰Cheaper: red chili flakes

Jalapeños provide heat with a milder flavor.

garlic

🥗Healthier: garlic powder

💰Cheaper: onion powder

Garlic powder retains flavor while being shelf-stable.

lemon zest

🥗Healthier: lime zest

💰Cheaper: citric acid

Lime zest offers a similar brightness.

Chop garlic and ginger finely to make it easier for the food processor.

Cut off the stem end of the chilies and chop them into quarters, keeping the seeds.

Add chopped garlic, ginger, and chilies along with a good dose of salt into the food processor and blitz until fine, scraping down the sides as necessary.

In a saucepan, add about a third of the olive oil and scrape in the blitzed mixture of garlic, ginger, chilies, and salt.

Cook the mixture on low heat for about 15 minutes until it starts to smell toasty, stirring regularly.

As it cooks, sterilize a jar by simmering it in a large pot of water.

After about 5 minutes of cooking, ensure the mixture is bubbling gently on the lowest heat.

Once the garlic, ginger, and chilies have broken down and smell like garlic bread, add lemon juice off the heat.

Transfer the mixture into the sterilized jar along with the remaining olive oil.

Let the sauce cool down before storing it in the fridge.

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