Piri-piri prawn in a red chile sauce on a white plate.

camarão piri-piri

Mozambique · Sub-Saharan Africa

Short description
This seafood dish centers on prawns and a bright, fiery piri-piri sauce or marinade.
Ingredients
Prawns with hot chiles, garlic, lemon or lime, oil, paprika, salt, and parsley.
Cultural note
The chile sauce reflects centuries of exchange around coastal cooking, where hot peppers became a signature partner for grilled seafood.
Common misconception
It is not always a heavy curry; many versions are grilled or pan-seared with a hot sauce or marinade.

image credit

Canapes selection (3383452753).jpg

creator:
Geoff Peters from Vancouver, BC, Canada
license:
CC BY 2.0
modified:
Downloaded as a Commons-generated thumbnail, cropped to focus the piri-piri prawn, then resized/re-encoded for Gochizu.

audio credit

voice:
marin (gpt-4o-mini-tts)
source:
OpenAI API Text to Speech
modified:
AI-generated voice audio.