Nando’s Peri Peri Rooster Burger

October 24, 2024

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That is my copycat of the FAMOUS Nando’s Peri Peri Rooster Burger! A home made Peri Peri Sauce does double responsibility because the marinade for the Portuguese fashion grilled rooster 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 world chain that’s recognized for the Portuguese fashion flame grilled rooster 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 outside BBQ gatherings, and for a lot of a number of years it was one in all my most requested recipes in my circles (till they tasted the Subsequent Large Factor!). The Peri Peri sauce is a chilli primarily based sauce which is available in quite a lot of spice ranges, from very delicate to highly regarded. It’s full flavoured but contemporary, and I describe it as “a celebration in your mouth”.

It does triple responsibility as a marinade for the rooster 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 mixture of the creamy sauce with the contemporary Peri Peri sauce within the burger is a killer!

Concerning the copycat Nando’s Peri Peri Sauce

The home made 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 constructed from actual substances!

It’s a mix of contemporary crimson 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 substances. 🙂

As for the making half? Simply blitz all the things 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. When you evaluate my recipe to the ingredient label of Nando’s Peri Peri sauce, you’ll discover that I don’t use precisely the identical substances as a result of it is a home-version copycat, supposed to attain the same flavour utilizing readily accessible substances.

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 contemporary 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 the event you can’t get these, it’s straightforward to substitute – see beneath.

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

Substitute with different contemporary chillies of selection or dried chilli flakes (crimson pepper flakes). Begin with much less, blitz, then you may add extra later and blitz once more.
Capsicum / bell pepper – As famous above, this provides good contemporary pepper flavour into the Peri Peri sauce with out spiciness. Use a medium one – if it’s too huge, your sauce could find yourself too thick.
Garlic – It’s not Peri Peri Sauce with no good quantity of garlic in it!
Malt vinegar – This brown vinegar is constructed from ale, is much less sharp and has a hotter flavour than common white vinegar. Substitute with crimson 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 bought it for a contact of free further smokey flavour. Nonetheless, I exploit common paprika in a pinch if I don’t have it.
Purple meals colouring (non-compulsory) – To offer it a crimson color enhance! Solely non-compulsory. I exploit pure crimson meals colouring so I don’t maintain again utilizing colouring in meals. 🙂

Components for Peri Peri Rooster Burgers

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

Rooster breast or thigh fillets

Thigh fillets is the simpler possibility as a result of you may simply use them with out pounding as they’re a juicier lower of meat. For breast, I wish to pound them so they’re extra even thickness in order that they cook dinner by way of evenly. Makes a distinction for this lean lower!

Peri-naise (pink sauce!)

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

The opposite burger issues

And lastly, to finish our Peri Peri Burgers, we simply want some mushy white rolls, lettuce and tomato. Any lettuce you will have / can get is okay right here. I exploit butter lettuce (the stunning mushy sort). 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.

The best way to make Nando’s Peri Peri Rooster Burgers

I pound rooster 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 lower and liable to drying out (although the marinade additionally helps lure juices).

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

1. Pound and trim breast

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

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

2. MAKING THE BURGERS

Peri Peri Sauce – Blitz all of the substances till clean utilizing a stick blender, meals processor, or blender. It received’t be fully clean, however it 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 rooster – Then use 1/2 cup of the Peri Peri Sauce to marinade the rooster. Marinade for at the very least 3 hours, as much as 24 hours. (Even 48 hours is okay, I simply discover past 24 hours I don’t discover any distinction).
Cook dinner the rooster on the range or BBQ on medium warmth, or medium excessive in case your range is on the weaker facet. Don’t cook dinner it on too excessive a warmth else the marinade caught on the rooster will fully burn! We simply need some genuine flame-grilled chargrilled spots on the rooster, with out making it fully black.

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

Assemble burger – Right here’s my meeting order: Peri-naise slathered on the bottom, then prime with lettuce, tomato and the rooster. 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 in all my “go-to” recipes for gatherings throughout hotter months. I’d marinade large portions of rooster then fortunately let others volunteer to do the BBQ’ing whereas I did necessary hostessing duties like sipping wine and discussing one of the 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 facet. 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 home made wedges. Boy, what a combo. And wonderful for dipping into the Perinaise Sauce!

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Nando’s Peri Peri Rooster Burger

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Components in Nando’s Peri Peri Sauce recipe