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Peri Peri Chips

ByWendy Mallins
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Turn frozen chips into peri peri chips in minutes, with our super easy recipe. These are perfect with chicken and burgers!

There's something extra delicious about peri peri chips, they're richly seasoned, pack a kick of spice and go oh so well with air fryer Nando's chicken and our Nando's style peas.

And they're perfect with our air fryer burgers! And delicious served with our roasted whole chicken in the air fryer.

They also make a great movie night snack, just served with a bowl of garlic mayonnaise for dunking.

Making our peri peri chips is a good thing – here’s why!

  • They're super easy to make, and use frozen chips for speed!
  • Seasoning frozen chips is a great way to notch them up a level and pair them with whatever you're having for dinner.
  • Peri peri chips just taste so damn good!
  • You can cook them in the oven or air fryer, whichever suits you.
peri peri chips served in a bucket with BBQ sauce, ketchup and mayonnaise dips

Equipment Needed

  • Mixing bowl
  • Teaspoon
  • Baking tray
  • Air fryer - if cooking the air fryer method

Ingredients For Peri Peri Chips

You'll only need two ingredients to make these easy seasoned fries!

ingredients for peri peri chips on a white table - mc cain French fries and pot of peri peri seasoning
  • 500g frozen chips - we used McCain French Fries
  • 1-2 teaspoon peri peri seasoning - we used the Schwartz piri piri seasoning mix

How To Make Peri Peri Chips

Okay, so this is hardly even a recipe it's so ridiculously easy! But they taste SO good!

peri peri chips served in a bucket with BBQ sauce, ketchup and mayonnaise dips

Step One - preheat the oven

  • Preheat the oven as per the chip packet instructions.

Step Two - season the chips

  • Tip the chips into a mixing bowl, scatter over the seasoning and mix everything together with your hands so the chips are all coated with flavour.
frozen chips in a mixing bowl. Spoonful of peri peri seasoning being dropped over them
frozen chips in a stainless steel mixing bowl being tossed with peri peri seasoning

Step Three - how to cook peri peri chips

Oven Method

  • Scatter the chips in a single layer onto a baking tray.
  • Cook in the oven for around 18 minutes or until cooked through properly and starting to turn golden.
peri peri chips on a tray about to go into the oven
peri peri seasoned chips on a baking tray

Air Fryer Method

These are a fantastic, easy air fryer side dish

  • Put the seasoned chips into the air fryer basket and cook on 200C for around 15 minutes. Give the basket a shake a couple of times whilst the chips are cooking. Get more air fryer frozen chips seasoning ideas here.

Step Four - serve the seasoned chips

  • Remove the chips from the tray, if you want peri salted chips add some salt now. Then tuck in!
peri peri chips served in a bucket with BBQ sauce, ketchup and mayonnaise dips

Keep your air fryer sparkling clean – follow our how to clean the air fryer guide here!

These Delicious Chips Go Well With...

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peri peri chips served in a bucket with BBQ sauce, ketchup and mayonnaise dips

Peri Peri Chips

Yield: Serves 4
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 18 minutes
Total Time: 20 minutes

Pimp your chips with our super easy peri peri chips recipe. You can cook these in the oven or air fryer.

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Ingredients

  • 500g frozen chips
  • 1-2 teaspoon peri peri seasoning

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven as per the chip packet instructions.
  2. Tip the chips into a mixing bowl, scatter over the seasoning and mix everything together with your hands so the chips are all coated with flavour.
  3. Scatter the chips in a single layer onto a baking tray.
  4. OVEN METHOD - Cook in the oven for around 18 minutes or until cooked through properly and starting to turn golden.
  5. AIR FRYER METHOD - Put the seasoned chips into the air fryer basket and cook on 200C for around 15 minutes. Give the basket a shake a couple of times whilst the chips are cooking.
  6. Remove the chips from the tray, if you want peri salted chips add some salt now. Then tuck in!
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 665Total Fat: 42gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 34gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 754mgCarbohydrates: 67gFiber: 4gSugar: 0gProtein: 8g

Nutritional content will vary depending on the exact ingredients you use and how careful you are with measuring - this nutritional information is given as a general guide only and may not be accurate - you should always calculate your own nutritional information especially if you have specific dietary requirements.

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