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Emeril Lagasse's jicama orange salad goes great with his piri piri chicken!
Ingredients
  • 1-12 cups olive oil
  • 4 fresh jalapeno peppers, coarsely chopped including stems and seeds
  • 2 fresh poblano peppers, coarsely chopped including stems and seeds
  • 1 tbsp crushed red pepper
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 8 turns freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic

Preparation
  1. Combine all ingredients, except garlic, in a saucepan over high heat.
  2. Cook, stirring, for 4 minutes.
  3. Stir in garlic.
  4. Remove from heat.
  5. Allow to cool to room temperature.
  6. When cool, pour into a food processor or blender.
  7. Pulse 16 times.
  8. Pour sauce through a funnel into a clean wine or other bottle.
  9. Cover with a piece of plastic wrap.
  10. Allow to sit for at least 7 days before using.
  11. Will keep for 2 months at room temperature.

Notes
This recipe is from Emeril's New Orleans Cooking book and will be presented as part of an encore presentation on Memorial Day, May 29, 2006.
This recipe also forms an integral part of Emeril's Piri Piri Chicken, so be sure to make extra!

Piri piri is a fiery sauce from Portugal that can poured over shrimp, chicken, and beef.


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