A few weeks ago, I got an email from Dave at Nando’s Peri Peri.  It was a somewhat typical email from a company asking for a link.  Well, so far, my only links listed on the blog have been to non-commercial sites.  It was a nicely worded email, though, and not a form letter.  I replied that I didn’t want to start adding to my links with commercial links, but that, after looking at the website, the sauce sounded pretty good.

Dave turned around and very quickly sent out 3 bottles of Nando’s Peri Peri to me to try.  Nothing asked at all of me, just to try them.  Well, I first owe Dave an apology for not getting to them quickly enough, but I finally made time to try out the sauces.  I was a bit cautious, as I read something on their website about preferring gas grilling to charcoal, but I kept an open mind and went on!

I smoked some chicken thighs on Saturday to try out the sauces, which were Hot, Medium and Garlic.  I ended up grilling chicken yesterday, simply because the sauces were so good, I want to try them more!  I actually marinaded the chicken yesterday in the Garlic for a couple of hours before grilling. 

(Nando’s Peri-Peri Sauce graphic, from the website, used with permission)

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