Nando’s Peri Peri Hen Burger

October 24, 2024

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That is my copycat of the FAMOUS Nando’s Peri Peri Hen Burger! A selfmade Peri Peri Sauce does double obligation because the marinade for the Portuguese model grilled hen and to make a tingly creamy Peri Peri “Perinaise” pink sauce. Glorious for summer time BBQs!

Nando’s copycat Peri Peri Hen Burgers

Nando’s is a worldwide chain that’s identified for the Portuguese model 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 delicate to extremely popular. It’s full flavoured but contemporary, and I describe it as “a celebration in your mouth”.

It does triple obligation 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 contemporary Peri Peri sauce within the burger is a killer!

In regards to the copycat Nando’s Peri Peri Sauce

The selfmade Nando’s Peri Peri sauce is a copycat that tastes remarkably just like the shop purchased model. However higher, as a result of it’s made out of actual components!

It’s a mix of contemporary purple 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 the whole lot collectively. It actually takes seconds!

Elements in Nando’s Peri Peri Sauce recipe

Right here’s what goes into my copy-cat Nando’s Peri Peri Sauce. If you happen to 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 this can be a home-version copycat, meant 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 contemporary chillis, so I’ve used capsicum (bell pepper) as a substitute for spice-free pepper flavour, and added spiciness utilizing Birds Eye chillis. Don’t fear for those who can’t get these, it’s simple to substitute – see beneath.

Birds Eye chillis – These are frequent right here in Australia and are pretty spicy. Use 3 for a gentle Peri Peri sauce (that is what I exploit), 1 for barely noticeable, and 5 for additional spicy. Observe: Keep in mind that the spiciness is diluted in the long run end result by way of the cooking course of, addition of mayonnaise and bitter cream into the Perinaise Sauce. So I wish to make my sauce just a little spicier than perfect 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 (purple 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 large, your sauce could find yourself too thick.
Garlic – It’s not Peri Peri Sauce with out a good quantity of garlic in it!
Malt vinegar – This brown vinegar is made out of ale, is much less sharp and has a hotter flavour than common white vinegar. Substitute with purple wine vinegar, white wine vinegar or apple cider vinegar.
Oil – Any plain impartial flavoured oil is ok 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 additional smokey flavour. Nevertheless, I exploit common paprika in a pinch if I don’t have it.
Crimson meals colouring (non-obligatory) – To present it a purple color enhance! Fully non-obligatory. I exploit pure purple meals colouring so I don’t maintain again utilizing colouring in meals. 🙂

Elements for Peri Peri Hen Burgers

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

Hen breast or thigh fillets

Thigh fillets is the simpler choice as a result of you may simply use them with out pounding as they’re a juicier reduce of meat. For breast, I wish to pound them so they’re extra even thickness so that they prepare dinner by way 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 believe Nando’s simply makes use of mayonnaise however I want to lighten it up a bit by utilizing a mixture of bitter cream and mayonnaise, that method I may be beneficiant with the quantity I exploit on my burgers and never really feel as responsible! (And belief me, it would be best 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 have got / can get is ok right here. I exploit butter lettuce (the beautiful tender type). Rocket and child spinach might 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, think about shredding it.

The best way to make Nando’s Peri Peri Hen 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 susceptible 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 until they’re extraordinarily thick (ie make them a bit thinner) or if they aren’t giant sufficient (pound to make a bigger footprint so they’re just a little 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 can be just a little bigger than the buns. Consider 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 received’t be utterly 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 a minimum of 3 hours, as much as 24 hours. (Even 48 hours is ok, I simply discover past 24 hours I don’t discover any distinction).
Cook dinner the hen on the range or BBQ on medium warmth, or medium excessive in case your range is on the weaker facet. Don’t prepare dinner it on too excessive a warmth else the marinade caught on the hen will utterly burn! We simply need some genuine flame-grilled chargrilled spots on the hen, with out making it utterly 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 have got pretty 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 tooth into it!

Glorious 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 essential 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 selfmade wedges. Boy, what a combo. And glorious for dipping into the Perinaise Sauce!

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