Nando’s Peri Peri Rooster Burger

October 25, 2024

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That is my copycat of the FAMOUS Nando’s Peri Peri Rooster Burger! A do-it-yourself Peri Peri Sauce does double responsibility because the marinade for the Portuguese type grilled hen and to make a tingly creamy Peri Peri “Perinaise” pink sauce. Wonderful for summer time BBQs!

Nando’s copycat Peri Peri Rooster Burgers

Nando’s is a worldwide chain that’s recognized for the Portuguese type flame grilled hen cooked with their well-known Peri Peri sauce. Right here in Australia, it has a cult following!

Since I created this copycat model, it’s been a favorite for out of doors BBQ gatherings, and for a lot of a number of years it was one among my most requested recipes in my circles (till they tasted the Subsequent Huge Factor!). The Peri Peri sauce is a chilli based mostly sauce which is available in quite a lot of spice ranges, from very gentle to very popular. It’s full flavoured but recent, and I describe it as “a celebration in your mouth”.

It does triple responsibility as a marinade for the hen and two sauces for the burger: a creamy tingly pink Perinaise sauce (additionally a shameless Nando’s copycat) and utilizing it as a sauce as is. The mix of the creamy sauce with the recent Peri Peri sauce within the burger is a killer!

Concerning the copycat Nando’s Peri Peri Sauce

The do-it-yourself Nando’s Peri Peri sauce is a copycat that tastes remarkably much like the shop purchased model. However higher, as a result of it’s produced from actual components!

It’s a mix of recent pink chillies, capsicum/bell pepper, garlic, vinegar, oil plus herbs and spices (paprika, oregano, onion, sugar, salt, pepper). A concoction I cobbled collectively after an inspection of the Nando’s bottle – minus components and different thriller components. 🙂

As for the making half? Simply blitz every part collectively. It actually takes seconds!

Components in Nando’s Peri Peri Sauce recipe

Right here’s what goes into my copy-cat Nando’s Peri Peri Sauce. For those who examine my recipe to the ingredient label of Nando’s Peri Peri sauce, you’ll discover that I don’t use precisely the identical components as a result of it is a home-version copycat, supposed to realize an identical flavour utilizing readily accessible components.

For instance, Nando’s makes use of quite a lot of chillies (cayenne pepper, serrano and African Birds Eye chillis). I can’t think about making this sauce with out making it insanely spicy utilizing solely recent chillis, so I’ve used capsicum (bell pepper) as an alternative for spice-free pepper flavour, and added spiciness utilizing Birds Eye chillis. Don’t fear in case you can’t get these, it’s simple to substitute – see under.

Birds Eye chillis – These are widespread right here in Australia and are pretty spicy. Use 3 for a light Peri Peri sauce (that is what I take advantage of), 1 for barely noticeable, and 5 for additional spicy. Be aware: Keep in mind that the spiciness is diluted ultimately consequence by means of the cooking course of, addition of mayonnaise and bitter cream into the Perinaise Sauce. So I prefer to make my sauce a bit spicier than supreme as a result of I do know it’s not that spicy as soon as used within the burger.

Substitute with different recent chillies of alternative or dried chilli flakes (pink pepper flakes). Begin with much less, blitz, then you possibly can add extra later and blitz once more.
Capsicum / bell pepper – As famous above, this provides good recent pepper flavour into the Peri Peri sauce with out spiciness. Use a medium one – if it’s too large, your sauce could find yourself too thick.
Garlic – It’s not Peri Peri Sauce and not using a good quantity of garlic in it!
Malt vinegar – This brown vinegar is produced from ale, is much less sharp and has a hotter flavour than common white vinegar. Substitute with pink wine vinegar, white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar.
Oil – Any plain impartial flavoured oil is okay right here, like canola or vegetable oil, and even an olive oil.
Spices – Simply common on a regular basis spices! Onion, paprika and dried oregano. I like to make use of smoked paprika after I’ve acquired it for a contact of free additional smokey flavour. Nevertheless, I take advantage of common paprika in a pinch if I don’t have it.
Pink meals colouring (elective) – To provide it a pink color enhance! Completely elective. I take advantage of pure pink meals colouring so I don’t maintain again utilizing colouring in meals. 🙂

Components for Peri Peri Rooster Burgers

And right here’s what you have to make the burgers.

Rooster breast or thigh fillets

Thigh fillets is the better choice as a result of you possibly can simply use them with out pounding as they’re a juicier reduce of meat. For breast, I prefer to pound them so they’re extra even thickness so that they prepare dinner by means of evenly. Makes a distinction for this lean reduce!

Peri-naise (pink sauce!)

That is my copycat of the Nando’s Peri-Naise which is a Peri Peri creamy mayonnaise sauce. I feel Nando’s simply makes use of mayonnaise however I choose to lighten it up a bit through the use of a mixture of bitter cream and mayonnaise, that approach I may be beneficiant with the quantity I take advantage of on my burgers and never really feel as responsible! (And belief me, you’ll want to be beneficiant with this sauce, it’s a necessary a part of the Peri Peri Burger expertise!).

The opposite burger issues

And lastly, to finish our Peri Peri Burgers, we simply want some tender white rolls, lettuce and tomato. Any lettuce you’ve / can get is okay right here. I take advantage of butter lettuce (the stunning tender form). Rocket and child spinach shall be nice too, although I’d most likely keep away from utilizing chicory or different bitter lettuce varieties. If utilizing cos (romaine) or iceberg lettuce, contemplate shredding it.

Find out how to make Nando’s Peri Peri Rooster Burgers

I pound hen breast to make it even thickness so it cooks evenly, and it makes the meat extra tender. This makes an actual distinction right here as a result of breast is such a lean reduce and liable to drying out (although the marinade additionally helps lure juices).

As a result of thigh fillets are a juicier reduce, I don’t pound them except they’re extraordinarily thick (ie make them a bit thinner) or if they don’t seem to be giant sufficient (pound to make a bigger footprint so they’re a bit bigger than the buns).

1. Pound and trim breast

Cowl the hen breast with go-between, a freezer bag or double layer of cling wrap, to guard it from tearing if you pound.
Pound to 1cm / 0.4″ thickness utilizing a meat mallet or rollling pin.

Reduce the hen into burger-size items which are a bit bigger than the buns. Think about 20% shrinkage!
Comparability or bun to hen piece. 🙂

2. MAKING THE BURGERS

Peri Peri Sauce – Blitz all of the components till clean utilizing a stick blender, meals processor, or blender. It gained’t be fully clean, but it surely shouldn’t have exhausting lumps in it.
Peri-naise sauce – Use 3 tablespoons of the Peri Peri Sauce and blend it with the bitter cream and mayonnaise to make the Per-naise.

Marinade hen – Then use 1/2 cup of the Peri Peri Sauce to marinade the hen. Marinade for not less than 3 hours, as much as 24 hours. (Even 48 hours is okay, I simply discover past 24 hours I don’t discover any distinction).
Prepare dinner the hen on the range or BBQ on medium warmth, or medium excessive in case your range is on the weaker aspect. Don’t prepare dinner it on too excessive a warmth else the marinade caught on the hen will fully burn! We simply need some genuine flame-grilled chargrilled spots on the hen, with out making it fully black.

Relaxation – As soon as cooked, relaxation the hen for 3 to five minutes earlier than assembling the burger. This step permits the juices contained in the hen to be re-absorbed into the meat fibres so you’ve beautiful juicy hen. Don’t skip this step!

Assemble burger – Right here’s my meeting order: Peri-naise slathered on the bottom, then high with lettuce, tomato and the hen. Then I slather with extra Peri-naise and a heaping dollop of additional Peri Peri Sauce.
Eat! Pop the lid onto your burger then sink your enamel into it!

Wonderful for summer time gatherings

This Nando’s Peri Peri Burger was one among my “go-to” recipes for gatherings throughout hotter months. I’d marinade enormous portions of hen then fortunately let others volunteer to do the BBQ’ing whereas I did vital hostessing duties like sipping wine and discussing the very best worth hairdressers on the town with my associates.

As with all my “meals for a crowd”, I put these burgers out in a DIY scenario. Baskets of sentimental rolls, platters of lettuce and tomato slices with bowls of the Perinaise Sauce and Peri Peri Sauce on the aspect. Then everybody builds their very own burgers. NO PLATES. Te he! Napkins solely! Don’t make me wash up! -Nagi x

PS Pictured in submit with a peek of do-it-yourself wedges. Boy, what a combo. And wonderful for dipping into the Perinaise Sauce!

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Nando’s Peri Peri Rooster Burger

Nando’s copycat Peri Peri Rooster Burgers

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Components in Nando’s Peri Peri Sauce recipe