Grilled Shrimp Piri Piri Food

SHRIMP PIRI PIRI

Steps:

• Heat oven to 500 degrees F and arrange rack in upper third.
• Place chiles on a baking sheet and roast until blackened and soft, about 10 to 15 minutes. Trim chiles and remove seeds.
• Combine chiles, garlic, paprika, lime juice, and vinegar in a blender and blend until smooth and combined, about 1 minute. Add olive oil and blend until thoroughly incorporated and marinade thickens slightly.
• Combine marinade and shrimp in a medium nonreactive bowl and toss to coat. Let marinate 20 minutes to 24 hours in the refrigerator.
• Heat a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. When heated, add half the shrimp and cook until white with a few brown spots, about 1 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer to a serving plate and season with salt. Repeat to cook off all shrimp.
• Toss shrimp with cilantro and serve with lime wedges over rice.

PIRI PIRI GRILLED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Whisk together coconut milk, garlic, chiles, zest, and paprika. Add shrimp and marinate overnight, refrigerated. Soak the wooden skewers in water overnight. Heat grill or grill pan. Drain shrimp and season shrimp with salt and pepper, toss in vegetable oil and skewer. Grill 1 1/2 minutes on both sides or until shrimp are opaque. Serve with the Mango Dipping Sauce.
• Bring vinegar and sugar to boil and then lower heat to medium and cook until syrupy consistency. When cooled, add to blender with mango puree and lime juice. Stir in chopped peppers.

GRILLED SHRIMP PIRI PIRI

Steps:

• Mix the pepper paste, garlic, cilantro, wine and olive oil in a bowl.
• Toss in the shrimp and give them a turn.
• Let stand 1/2 hour.
• Thread on the soaked skewers.
• Place the skewered shrimp over medium coals and grill 1&1/2 minutes.
• Turn over and grill the other side for 1&1/2 minutes more, until the shrimp are lightly pink and start to curl.
• Tip: for this dish you can sometimes get shrimp that has been deveined but the shells are left intact and are easy to peel. Keeping the shells on during grilling protects the shrimp from drying out.

SHRIMP WITH HOT RED PEPPERS: CAMAROES PIRI-PIRI

Steps:

• Place the shrimp, garlic, cayenne, and olive oil in a 9 by 9 by 2-inch baking dish and toss well; cover and marinate at least 24 hours in the refrigerator. When ready to cook, preheat the broiler. Lay the shrimp on a well-oiled broiler pan and brush generously with the marinade, and broil 2 minutes longer. Serve sizzling hot with little bowls of the dipping sauce (1 for each person). To cool the fire, accompany with a crisp green salad, chunks of good Portuguese bread and well-chilled vinho verde.
• Variation: Camaroes Grelhados Piri-piri (Grilled Shrimp with Hot Red Peppers): Marinate the shrimp as directed. When ready to cook, build a hot charcoal fire and when the flames have died down, leaving white-hot coals, arrange the shrimp, not quite touching one another, on 4 to 6 well-oiled long metal skewers. Adjust the height of the grill so that it is about 6 inches above the coals, lay the skewers on the grill and cook about 6 minutes, turning often, and brushing with additional marinade. Serve with little bowls of Molho de Piri-piri.
• Stem the peppers and coarsely chop (include the seeds); place in a 1-pint shaker jar along with the salt, olive oil, and vinegar. Cover tight, shake well, then store at room temperature. The sauce will keep well for about a month. Shake the sauce every time you use it.

PIRI PIRI SAUCE

Steps:

• Soak the chiles overnight, then transfer to a blender along with the oil, cilantro, lemon juice, coriander, basil, cumin, dill, ginger, smoked paprika, black pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, preserved lemon, garlic, bell pepper and salt. Blend until smooth.
• Use as a stand-alone hot sauce or marinade for grilling chicken wings. (Makes enough to marinate about 4 pounds of chicken wings.)

PIRI PIRI SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine all of the ingredients except the garlic in a saucepan over high heat. Cook, stirring, for 4 minutes. Stir in the garlic, remove from heat, and allow to cool to room temperature. When the mixture is cool, pour into the bowl of a food processor and pulse several times until smooth. Strain the sauce through a fine mesh strainer. Pour the sauce into a glass container and cover. Let sit for 7 days before using.

PIRI PIRI SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut garlic cloves in half and coarsely chop the red pepper and jalapeno (including the seeds).
• Place chopped garlic and peppers in a medium-size saucepan over medium heat. Add oil, vinegar, salt and chili flakes and stir often until peppers sizzle and soften (about 4 minutes).
• Pour mixture into a bowl and refrigerate for about 10 minutes, or until cool.
• Pour mixture into blender and pulse until pureed.
• This sauce can be used as a marinade, or simply pour on the meat prior to barbecuing or even use to baste once its on the grill. If you have too much, the leftovers can be stored in the fridge for up to a week.

PIRI-PIRI CHICKEN

Steps:

• For glaze:
• Melt butter in small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add cilantro and garlic; cook until garlic begins to brown, about 2 minutes. Add piri-piri sauce and lemon juice. Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer 2 minutes. DO AHEAD: Glaze can be made up to 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm before using.
• For chicken:
• Finely chop cilantro, ginger, shallot, and garlic in processor. Add piri-piri sauce, 1/4 cup oil, lemon juice, coarse salt, and pepper; process marinade to blend.
• Place chicken, skin side up, on work surface. Using palm of hand, press on breastbone to flatten chicken. Tuck wing tips under. Pour half of marinade into 11x7x2-inch glass baking dish. Open chicken like book; place skin side down in single layer in dish. Pour remaining marinade over. Cover; chill at least 4 hours or overnight, turning chicken occasionally.
• Remove top rack from barbecue. Prepare barbecue (medium heat). If using 2-burner gas grill, light 1 burner. If using 3-burner gas grill, do not light center burner. If using charcoal grill, light briquettes in chimney and pour onto 1 side of lower grill rack. Place disposable aluminum pan on unlit part of grill. Place upper grill rack on barbecue; brush with oil.
• Remove chicken from marinade. Arrange skin side up on grill rack above drip pan. Cover barbecue; grill until skin is browned and instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 165°F, turning often, about 40 minutes. Transfer to platter. Pour warm glaze over.

CAMARAO GRELHADO PIRI PIRI (GRILLED SHRIMP PILI PILI)

Steps:

• Shell the shrimp, leaving the tail "fins" intact. Devein.
• In a small bowl, whisk together chile, garlic, lemon juice and half the oil.
• Drizzle in the remaining oil, whisking. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Place the shrimp in a large bowl or ziploc baggie. Pour over the oil mixture, making sure that all shrimp are covered.
• Refrigerate at least 3 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Preheat the broiler or grill.
• Cook shrimp for 2 minutes on each side, or until pink.

PIRI PIRI GRILLED SHRIMP

Steps:

• Whisk together coconut milk, garlic, chiles, zest, and paprika.
• Add shrimp and marinate overnight, refrigerated.
• Soak the wooden skewers in water overnight.
• Heat grill or grill pan.
• Drain shrimp and season shrimp with salt and pepper, toss in vegetable oil and skewer.
• Grill 1 1/2 minutes on both sides or until shrimp are opaque.
• Serve with the Mango Dipping Sauce.