Homemade Peri Peri Seasoning Mix

Peri Peri Seasoning is a fiery, tasty spice blend. Perfect for adding a little extra heat and burst of flavour to your recipes - great for chicken, steak, veggies and halloumi.

We love to use Peri Peri spice mix in our recipes. It's super versatile, and adds a fiery zing to air fried chicken and air fryer potato wedges. And it's perfect for adding flavour to a roasted veggies, hummus, dips and more.

You can really make this peri peri seasoning your own!

Homemade seasoning spice mixes are actually really easy to make, plus you can tweak things so they're just right for your tastes. Fancy more heat? Add some!

Equipment Needed To Make Peri Peri Seasoning

• Tablespoon

• Teaspoon

• Pestle And Mortar

• Clean Jar - with air tight lid

Ingredients For Peri Peri Seasoning Spice Mix

You'll just need a handful of herbs and spices to make this tasty spice mix

• 2 tablespoon garlic powder

• 2 tablespoon onion granules

• 2 tablespoon paprika - we use half smoked paprika, half plain paprika 4

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• 1 tablespoon dried parsley

• 1 tablespoon dried oregano

• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom

• 1 teaspoon ground coriander

• ½ teaspoon ground ginger

• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper

• 1 teaspoon dried chilli flakes - optional, this just adds extra heat, the mix is flavourful without them

How To Make Peri Peri Seasoning

It's super easy to make our peri peri spice blend.

Step One - add all the ingredients to pestle and mortar

• Measure out all the herbs and spices and add to a pestle and mortar.

• Mix them together until well combined.

Step Two - store the spice mix

• Once you've mixed the seasoning, decant it into your clean, dry storage jar and label, ready to use in your cooking.

Cooks Note! Some people like to add salt and sugar to a peri peri spice blend, we never add these to ours, we prefer to add any salt or sugar directly to the recipe the spices are being used in.

Recipes That Use Peri Peri Seasoning

We love to cook with peri peri spice mix, here's a few of our favourite ways to use this delicious, fiery spicy piri piri seasoning.

• Peri Peri Chips

• Peri Peri Chicken Pasta

• Air Fryer Peri Peri Chicken Strips

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