Best 2 Camarões Piri Piri Angola Recipes

**Camarões Piri Piri Angolanos: A Spicy Delight from Angola**

Get ready to embark on a culinary journey to the vibrant streets of Angola with Camarões Piri Piri, a dish that captures the essence of Angolan cuisine. This tantalizing dish features succulent shrimp smothered in a spicy and flavorful sauce made with piri piri peppers, a staple ingredient in Angolan cooking. The piri piri sauce, with its fiery kick and aromatic blend of spices, tantalizes the taste buds and leaves a lingering warmth that'll have you craving for more. Served alongside fluffy rice or crispy fried potatoes, Camarões Piri Piri is a delightful symphony of flavors that showcases the culinary heritage of Angola. Embrace the vibrant flavors of Africa with this easy-to-follow recipe that brings the authenticity of Angolan cuisine to your kitchen.

Here are our top 2 tried and tested recipes!

CAMARõES PIRI-PIRI (ANGOLA)

Camarões Piri-Piri (Angola) image

This recipe is from week nine of my food blog, "Travel by Stove." I am attempting to cook one meal from every country on Earth, and Angola is my ninth stop. Camarões Piri-Piri is shrimp cooked in a basic hot pepper sauce. Piri-piri sauce (also known as Peri-Peri) is available from several online gourmet shops.

Provided by GiddyUpGo

Categories African

Time 40m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 3

Ingredients

2 lbs shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/2 cup peri-peri, sauce
6 garlic cloves, minced

Steps:

Mix the peri-peri sauce with the garlic. Add the shrimp.
Cover and marinade in your refrigerator for at least 30 minutes (the longer the better).
Thread shrimp onto skewers. Cook over hot coals or under your broiler for five minutes, turning once, until the shrimp are pink and cooked through.

SHRIMP WITH HOT RED PEPPERS: CAMAROES PIRI-PIRI

Shrimp with Hot Red Peppers: Camaroes Piri-Piri image

Piri-piri are incendiary little red peppers from Angola. The Porutguese can't get enough of them, so they keep bottles of Molho de Piri-piri (a sauce somewhat like Tabasco on the table alongside the salt and pepper, then sprinkle this liquid fire over virtually everything ? French fries, steamed greens, shellfish. Although I am not as much a fan of piri-piri sauce as the Portuguese, I must admit that Molho de Piri-piri, is the perfect dunk for shrimp prepared this way, a dish that has recently become a great specialty at a number of Lisbon's top restaurants. Note: Because piri-piri peppers are unobtainable here, I've substituted the more widely available long, slender, twisted cayenne pods. You can also use the scarlet New Mexico chiles, the tiny but explosive chile pequins, even the green jalapeno peppers. Just add them in stages, tasting as you go, so that the shrimp aren't so torrid they bring tears to your eyes.

Provided by Food Network

Categories appetizer

Time P1DT1h20m

Yield 4 to 6 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

2 pounds raw jumbo shrimp, shelled and deveined
1 large garlic clove, peeled and crushed
2 medium bright-red cayenne peppers, cored and minced (leave the seeds in if you can take the heat ¿ they're where the peppers' heat is concentrated)
3/4 cup Molho de Piri-piri, recipe follows, or mix 3/4 cup olive oil with 1 to 2 teaspoons liquid hot red pepper seasoning (depending on how hot you can stand things)
2 to 6 cayenne chili peppers (or dried chili pequins), depending upon their hotness
1 teaspoon kosher or coarse salt
1 cup olive oil
1/3 cup cider vinegar

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.

Tips:

Buy the freshest shrimp possible. Look for shrimp that are firm and have a slightly sweet smell. Avoid shrimp that are discolored or have a slimy texture.

Use high-quality olive oil. Extra virgin olive oil is the best choice for this recipe, as it has a robust flavor that will complement the shrimp.

Don't overcrowd the pan. When cooking the shrimp, make sure to give them enough space so that they can cook evenly. If you overcrowd the pan, the shrimp will steam instead of fry and will not have a crispy texture.

Cook the shrimp until they are just cooked through. Overcooked shrimp are tough and chewy, so be careful not to cook them for too long. The shrimp should be cooked through when they are opaque and pink in color.

Serve the shrimp immediately. Camarões à Piri Piri is best served hot and fresh. You can garnish the shrimp with fresh parsley or cilantro before serving.

Conclusion:

Camarões à Piri Piri is a delicious and easy-to-make dish that is perfect for a quick and easy meal. The shrimp are cooked in a flavorful marinade of olive oil, garlic, piri piri peppers, and lemon juice. The result is a dish that is both flavorful and spicy. This dish is sure to be a hit at your next party or gathering.