{"id":417,"date":"2017-01-10T21:12:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T21:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/?p=417"},"modified":"2017-01-10T21:12:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T21:12:23","slug":"piri-piri-seasoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/piri-piri-seasoning\/","title":{"rendered":"Piri Piri Seasoning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can buy ready made piri piri spices or make your own. I love making my own when I have the time but if I am pressed for time my go-to piri piri spice is the Schwartz Perfect Shake one below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_409\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-1484080672362.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-409\" data-attachment-id=\"409\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/piri-piri-seasoning\/wp-1484080672362-jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-1484080672362.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wp-1484080672362.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-1484080672362-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-1484080672362-1024x1024.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-409 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-1484080672362-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-1484080672362-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-1484080672362-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-1484080672362-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-1484080672362-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-1484080672362-816x816.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-1484080672362.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piri Piri Blend<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Making your own doesn&#8217;t take much time to be honest but I sometimes get a little lazy!<\/p>\n<p>If you want to give it a go making your own, all you need to do is mix together the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 tsp paprika (regular, never smoked)<\/li>\n<li>2tsp chilli powder<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp dried oregano<\/li>\n<li>3 tsp garlic salt<\/li>\n<li>3 tsp onion granules<\/li>\n<li>2 Maggi seasoning cubes, crumbled (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_411\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-215551644jpg.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-411\" data-attachment-id=\"411\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/piri-piri-seasoning\/wp-image-215551644jpg-jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-215551644jpg.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wp-image-215551644jpg.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-215551644jpg-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-215551644jpg-1024x768.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-411 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-215551644jpg-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-215551644jpg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-215551644jpg-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-215551644jpg-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-215551644jpg-816x612.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/wp-image-215551644jpg.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maggi Seasoning<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For more (or less) heat, you can adjust the amount of chilli and paprika. And that&#8217;s all there is to it! I buy the Maggi seasoning from my local Asian greengrocers but I have seen it in Asda on their &#8216;World Foods&#8217; aisle.<\/p>\n<p>When I want to marinade chicken (or fish etc) in piri piri seasoning, I will use the above spices and add a couple of tablespoons lemon juice to it and keep it marinating for as long as I can before cooking it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can buy ready made piri piri spices or make your own. I love making my own when I have the time but if I am pressed for time my go-to piri piri spice is the Schwartz Perfect Shake one below. Making your own doesn&#8217;t take much time to be honest but I sometimes get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[5],"tags":[149,24,200,201,14,155,25],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p89etY-6J","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1402,"url":"https:\/\/www.rahema.co.uk\/blog\/piri-piri-chicken\/","url_meta":{"origin":417,"position":0},"title":"Piri Piri Chicken","author":"Rahema","date":"January 23, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"This piri piri marinade can be used with fish, meat or even cheeses such as haloumi or paneer. 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