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Who doesn't love Peri Peri! This wonderful mix of herbs and spices turns chicken, steak or vegetables into a mouthwatering meal!
With this homemade Peri Peri Seasoning, you can have those delicious flavors at home. The mixture is made up of a few easily available spices. You may well have them all in your pantry already!
This mixture will keep in the pantry or store cupboard for at least 6 months. So you can make a big batch up and use it throughout the coming months! Let's get mixing!
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To make your Peri Peri Seasoning you'll need:
- Sugar
- Paprika
- Onion Powder
- Garlic Powder
- Ground Coriander
- Salt
- Dried Oregano
- Dried Parsley
- Ground Ginger
- Ground Cardamon
- Smoked Paprika
- Cayenne Pepper
(For a full list of ingredients with measurements see the recipe card below.)
These herbs and spices all mixed together in a jar and you are ready to use! How easy is that?!?!
Is this Peri-peri seasoning spicy?
The level of spice is completely up to you here! You can change the amount of cayenne pepper in the recipe to suit your family's tastes.
I make this quite mild because guaranteed if I serve spicy food my youngest will stick his tongue out and try and cool it in his water glass, which will lead to my eldest saying "It's not spicy, you are just being silly" and before I know it I have feuding brothers on my hands and spilled water. (anyone else's family dinner go that way? Please??)
Traditional Seasonings
The recipe uses cayenne pepper to get its spice, traditionally this would have been ground Piri-Piri pepper. I find this much harder to find so I add cayenne as a substitute.
How to use Peri peri seasoning?
This mixture is wonderful rubbed into chicken or steak. Or try sprinkling it over veggies before you roast them. My Peri peri traybake is coming tomorrow!
It also makes a great seasoning for stirring through mayonnaise to make a quick and easy dip for your fries!
Enjoy x
For more seasoning blends why not check out:
- The Best Ever Steak Rub
- Homemade Creole Seasoning
- Homemade Simple Chicken Seasoning
- Homemade Old Bay Style Seasoning
- Homemade Cajun Seasoning Blend
- Moroccan Spice Blend
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Homemade Peri Peri Seasoning
Claire | Sprinkle and Sprouts
With this homemade Peri Peri Seasoning, you can have the wonderful flavors of Peri Peri at home. The seasoning blend is made up of a few easily available spices. you may well have them all in your pantry already!This mixture will keep in the pantry or store cupboard for at least 6 months. So you can make a big batch up and use it throughout the coming months!
4.16 from 124 votes
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Prep Time 5 minutes mins
Total Time 5 minutes mins
Course Seasoning Blend
Cuisine Portuguese, South African
Servings 15 Tablespoons
Calories 20 kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon sugar
- 2 tablespoon paprika
- 2 tablespoon onion powder
- 2 tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoon ground coriander
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 teaspoon ground cardamon
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper - see note 1
Instructions
Mix everything together well and store in an airtight jar.
Notes
- Depending on how spicy you like your food, you can change the level of cayenne pepper. As the recipe is written it is a mild seasoning. But you can increase the cayenne up to 1 tablespoon if you like it spicy.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Nutrition
Calories: 20kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 469mg | Potassium: 75mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 602IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 1mg
Nutrition is per serving
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Comments
AC says
we loved this spice mixReply
Claire | Sprinkles and Sprouts says
Oh I am so happy 🙂
CxReply
Kristine says
Hi,
Just had to make my 2nd batch, what a great recipe. My son & I use it all the time & its just great, makes a big difference to our dishes. Thank you.Reply
Claire | Sprinkles and Sprouts says
Oh I am so happy you love it Kristine.
Thank you for taking the time to come back and comment 🙂
CxReply
JOXA says
GOD DAMN THIS SEASONING IS BANGIN STRAIGHT SLAPPIN 💥💥💥🤯🤯🤯😍😍😍🔥🔥🔥Reply
Shanequa says
Could I use fresh parsley and coriander since I don’t have any dried?Reply
Claire McEwen says
If you don't have dried herbs would leave them out of the seasoning blend, and then when you use it, add some finely chopped fresh herbs. Adding fresh herbs to the blend will make everything damp.
Hope that helps 🙂
CxReply
Dry says
You could always just dry out the fresh out over a day
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Vixapixi says
Delighted with this! Substituted cinnamon for cardamom as I'd run out. Don't know how much difference it made but it was fabulous. I mixed it into flour and used it to coat chicken livers - it worked a treat. Son is veggie so did button mushrooms for him and served both with crusty bread. So quick, easy and tasty. This is set to be a 'go-to' weekday dish. Going to try with courgettes and halloumi next...Reply
Nigel Gibson says
That is WAY too much cardamom - totally overpowers everything elseReply
Claire | Sprinkles and Sprouts says
Hi Nigel,
Did you make the spice mix? I am wondering if you used tablespoons for the cardamon instead of teaspoons?
The cardamon is 2 teaspoons in a mix that contains 45 teaspoons of spices, we don't find it overpowers it at all.
But that is the beauty of homemade spice blends, you can change it to suit your tastes. 🙂
CxReply
Zaib says
Is it green cardamom or black cardamom .bcoz there are two different cardamoms in spices.but I believe you mean green not black.plz confirm thanks
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Claire McEwen says
Yes green cardamon
🙂Reply
Adrienne says
This is a great spice blend! It is sooooo good! Highly recommend.Reply
Cheryl says
Hi there can I leave out the sugar I can’t have sugar thanks
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Claire McEwen says
Hi Cheryl,
You can definitely leave out the sugar. It won't taste quite the same as Nando's but it will still be delicious 🙂
Hope that helps
CxReply
Sandra says
Can't wait to make this. Having experienced Nando's wonderful chicken while in South Africa, I miss that scrumptious flavor. We can now buy a bottled Peri Peri sauce in some stores here, but I prefer to do it myself...and avoid the questionable additives. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe.Reply
Moddather says
This recipe can be used with fried chicken after frying?
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Claire McEwen says
Hi there,
You could definitely use it as a seasoning after you have cooked the chicken, like a seasoning salt.
Or mix it with some oil and use it before you cook the chicken.
Both will work.
Hope that helps
CxReply
Aya + Lauren says
Me and my flatmate made this for dinner tonight! It was super yummy and brightened up our night! 🙂Reply
Aya + Lauren says
Me and my flat mate made this for dinner today! It was super yummy and brightened up our night! 🙂Reply
Crystal Mclean says
Thank you for sharing! This is amazing! My family loves this!Reply
Claire McEwen says
Oh I am so pleased 🙂
CxReply
Sean says
Thanks for sharing this! I've already given your recipe 5* as I know what it's going to taste like before I use it this weekend (I have 17 years catering experience and I'm always experimenting).I've been using the same 'rub' for 10 years so I think it's time to change and use yours 😉
I have all but one item in my 'spice' cupboard.
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Andre says
Hello please how much of each spice to mix please the list is there but the grams of per spice mix? Thanks
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Claire McEwen says
Hi Andre,
I think perhaps you didn't scroll down as far as the recipe card? The amounts are all given in the card 🙂
https://www.sprinklesandsprouts.com/peri-peri-seasoning/#wprm-recipe-container-26510Hope that helps
CxReply
Jay says
What kind of sugar? What kind of salt?
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Claire McEwen says
Hi Jay,
I just use regular table salt and standard granulated sugar.
Hope that helps
CxReply
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