Camarão com Piri-Piri

(Grilled Shrimp with Hot Sauce) Serves 4 to 6



Ingredients
Camarão com Piri-Piri
  • Piri-piri sauce
  • 1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh hot red chiles
  • 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
  • 2 cloves garlic finely minced
  • 2 small fresh red chiles, finely chopped, or 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 2 pounds jumbo shrimp (prawns), peeled and deveined
  • Salt to taste
  • Lemon wedges and coarse country bread
Instructions
  • To make the sauce, in a jar with a tight-fitting lid, mix the chiles, garlic, salt, olive oil, and vinegar. Cover, shake well, and let rest in the refrigerator for about 1 week before using. You should have about 1 1/2 cups. Shake well before using.
  • In a mortar, grind simultaneously the garlic and chiles or cayenne pepper to make a paste. Stir in the olive oil. Rub this combination over the shrimp, place them in a bowl, cover, and refrigerate for 4 hours.
  • Preheat a broiler (or grill pan), or prepare a fire in a grill. Remove the shrimp from the marinade, reserving the marinade. Thread the shrimp onto skewers, piercing the shrimp twice, once near the tall and again near the head. Sprinkle with salt. Broil or grill, turning once and basting with the marinade, until opaque during 5 to 6 minutes total.
  • Arrange the skewers on a serving platter and garnish with the lemon wedges serve the bread and piri-piri sauce for dipping on the side.

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