Portuguese · VIII The Thread
Mozambican Peri-Peri: The Portuguese-African Fire Chain
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Description
Mozambican peri-peri chicken — grilled over charcoal and dressed with a sauce of African bird's eye chillies, garlic, lemon, and oil — is the dish that Nando's took global but Mozambique created. The fire chain: chillies originated in the Americas → Portuguese traders carried them to Mozambique → Mozambicans developed the sauce → Portuguese settlers adopted it → it returned to Portugal → South African chain Nando's commercialised it worldwide. The name "peri-peri" (also piri-piri) comes from Swahili for "pepper-pepper."
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