![]() ![]() Some debate if Nando’s serves “Portuguese chicken” or not, as their branding is Portuguese inspired and their flavors are the fusion of Portuguese and African that we’re precisely talking about. It was the people from Angola and Mozambique who were responsible for the rise in popularity of peri-peri chicken, which was warmly embraced and we could even say taken to the next level in South Africa, where the popular peri-peri restaurant chain Nando’s was born. During this time, many Afro-Portuguese from Angola and Mozambique moved to Portugal as well as to South Africa. When the Portuguese dictatorship ended in 1974, the last remaining Portuguese colonies in Africa gained independence. 500 years after the Portuguese’s first arrival to Africa, peri-peri chicken was to become a staple both in southern Africa as well as in Portugal. But over the next few centuries this type of marinated poultry started becoming popular in countries which had meanwhile become some of Portugal’s main colonies in Africa, such as Angola and Mozambique. We can’t say with certainty that peri-peri chicken was born right there and then, as there are no historical records that would support this. The Portuguese started using peri-peri to make a marinade that would combine the crushed peppers with garlic, oil and vinegar, which they found to work very well to marinate chicken. Curiously, the name pilipili straightforwardly means pepper in Swahili. In any case, as the Portuguese would trade with indigenous populations in different parts of Africa, peri-peri did become a staple across this continent. This type of malagueta chili which is often known in English as bird’s eye pepper is often mistakenly believed to be an African pepper because of its popularity in this part of the world, but the origin of all peppers as a species is around Central America. This is when the big-time global trade of spices began, thanks to the Portuguese but also the Spanish, that established colonies in Southern and Central America, where chili peppers are originally from.ĭuring the 16th century, the Portuguese had imported peri-peri or piri-piri from Brazil and into Africa. Meanwhile, they were also busy setting trading points along the coast of Africa, in some of the countries that eventually became Portuguese colonies, and that would serve as pit stops on the trips to further East. They also reached The Americas in 1500, more specifically the area which would have later become Brazil. The Portuguese made it to India in 1498 and came across a whole range of spices that have influenced world cuisines like no others. One of the most notable examples of Portuguese fusion cuisine, peri-peri chicken, had its inception in the 1400s when the Portuguese sailors under Henry the Navigator’s command set out to explore Northern Africa. Portuguese foods inherited from the Moorish occupationĮven though blending cooking traditions from different parts of the world is quite popular these days, fusion cuisine is as old as trade, so we can’t really trace back its definitive origins. ![]() World foods you didn’t know were Portuguese ![]() To learn more about this, we recommend reading: Even before that, the territory we now-a-days call Portugal, was settled by people of diverse civilizations that brought with them their habits and ways of preparing and eating food. From the 15th century onwards, the Portuguese went on to explore different parts of the world, namely the Americas, Africa and Asia, and thus promoted an exchange between our culture and the traditions of the people we’d come across in these regions. The fame of peri-peri chicken is a testament to how Portuguese cuisine is, in many ways, a fusion cuisine. Click here to Learn more about contactContactīest peri-peri chicken restaurants in Lisbon.Click here to Learn more about faqsFAQs.Click here to Learn more about trusted partnersTrusted Partners.Click here to Learn more about aboutAbout.Click here to Learn more about blogBlog.Click here to Learn more about view allView All.Click here to Learn more about gift cardGift Card.Click here to Learn more about lisbon private experienceLisbon Private Experience.Click here to Learn more about dinner at a local homeDinner at a Local Home.Click here to Learn more about portuguese cooking class in lisbonPortuguese Cooking Class in Lisbon.Click here to Learn more about cooking class with market tourCooking Class with Market Tour.Click here to Learn more about lisbon market, food & cultural walkLisbon Market, Food & Cultural Walk.Click here to Learn more about lisbon roots food, & cultural walkLisbon Roots Food, & Cultural Walk.Click here to Learn more about experiencesExperiences.Click here to Learn more about homeHome. ![]()
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