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Peri-Peri Sardine Stew Recipe

Healthy Moroccan Sardine Recipe.

What is Peri-Peri Sauce?


Peri-peri is a hot sauce made from the African Bird's Eye chilie pepper or the spicy malagueta pepper. With roots in West and South African and Portuguese culture, peri peri is a delicious combination of sardines, hot peri peri sauce, and healthy vegetables. If you are someone who can't stand heat but still desires for flavor, depending on your tolerance for heat, a good peri-peri hot sauce can be one of the most versatile tools in your African recipe kitchen.

How to Make Healthy Moroccan Peri-Peri Sardine Stew Recipe.

Peri-Peri Sardine Stew Recipe


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Peri-Peri Sardine Stew  Recipe

Peri-Peri Sardine Stew is a traditional Moroccan African recipe made with sardines, hot peri peri sauce, and healthy vegetables.

Prep time: 10 min Cook time: 30 min Total time: 40 min

Ingredients
Three 4 ounce cans sardine boneless, skinless sardines packed in olive oil, drained
1 onion finely chopped
2 medium white potatoes, diced
1 teaspoon minced garlic
2 ripe tomatoes, chopped
1 tablespoon palm oil
2 cups water
1 tablespoon peri-peri sauce
1 chopped hot pepper
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon curry powder
Salt to taste

Directions
In a large pot over medium heat sauté onion with palm oil until soft. Add remaining ingredients. Simmer 15 minutes or until potatoes are soft; add sardines simmer 10 minutes more. Serve over rice.

Did you know?
Morocco has a large sardine fishery off the northwest African coast; it is currently divided into three stocks, northern, central and southern. The fishery is a mixed fishery for six small pelagic species sardine, mackerel, anchovy, sardinella and two species of horse mackerel.

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