Chilli & heat · Dried
Piri piri chillies
Also called peri-peri chillies, African bird's eye chillies, pili pili
Small, very hot African bird's eye chillies, fresh or dried. The heat in peri-peri sauce and Mozambican and Portuguese grilled chicken and prawns.
- A kind of Dried chillies
What can replace it
- T1 · Great swapDried Thai chillies
- T1 · Great swapPequín chillies
- T2 · GoodBird's eye chillies
Fresh rather than dried; grassier.
- T2 · GoodCayenne pepper
Ground; sharper heat, no whole chillies. (use 0.5× the amount)
- T2 · GoodChiles de árbol
Milder and longer.
- T3 · In a pinchChilli flakes
Milder and coarse.
Cook with Piri piri chillies