Homemade Hot Pepper Sauce Recipes

HOT PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• ***Caution - you must wear food-safe gloves when preparing this***.
• Wearing gloves, seed and chop the chile peppers.
• Simmer vinegar, salt and peppers in a large saucepan over medium heat for 10 minutes. ***BE CAREFUL NOT TO BREATHE THE FUMES***.
• Let cool and then process in a blender until smooth.
• Store in a glass bottle and age for at least 3 months.
• Strain sauce into small bottles for gifts or for home use.

HOMEMADE HOT PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Clean jar, lid, and band with hot water. Rinse thoroughly.
• Get out and measure your ingredients.
• Grab 7-8 hot peppers slice them up. Pick your favorite variety or use a mixture. You can also just slice them in half or slice the ends off.
• No need to seed the peppers or remove the membrane. They will add lots of heat and flavor if that is what you are looking for!.
• Heat your vinegar and sugar up until just starting to boil. Remove from heat.
• Toss hot peppers in salt.
• Toss until blended.
• Cram as many hot peppers as you can into your jar or bottle. If adding any additional flavor ingredients, add them now.
• Using a funnel if necessary, slowly and carefully pour your hot vinegar into your container until the peppers are covered.
• Cover with lid and let sit at least 24 hours before using.

HOT PEPPER SAUCE - A TRINIDADIAN STAPLE

Steps:

• Wearing disposable gloves, and being careful not to get any in your eyes or on your skin, roughly chop the habanero peppers. Place the habanero peppers, mango, onion, green onions, and garlic into a blender. Pour in the vinegar, lime juice, and vegetable oil, cover the blender, and pulse until the mixture is very finely chopped. Stop the blender, and add dry mustard powder, salt, curry powder, and lime zest. Blend again until the sauce is smooth. Pour into clean jars, and store in refrigerator.

HOMEMADE HOT PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut the green tops off all the peppers. Discard tops and set peppers aside.
• Slightly smash each clove of garlic just enough that the paper loosens; remove the paper and discard it.
• In a medium, non-reactive (i.e. stainless steel, ceramic, or glass) pot, add the prepared peppers and garlic cloves. Pour in the vinegar and lime juice then add the salt, paprika, and bay leaf. Stir together to mix in the salt and paprika.
• Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and allow to simmer for 20 to 30 minutes or until the peppers are soft.
• Remove from the heat and add to a food processor or heat safe blender (no need to remove bay leaf). Pulse until smooth and liquidy (be CAREFUL--it is HOT), adding more vinegar if necessary to make it more liquid.
• Smoosh through a fine mesh sieve into a bowl and discard any seeds and large chunks left in the sieve.
• Refrigerate in an airtight container for at least one week prior to using.

HOT PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine the chiles, tomatoes, garlic, onion and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt in a blender. Blend on high until smooth. Scrape down the sides and add the olive oil. Blend until very smooth. Add the parsley and basil and blend until small specks of herbs are visible. Stir in the honey if using.
• Transfer to a medium saucepan and cook over medium-low heat until thickened and darkened by a shade or two, 7 to 8 minutes. Let cool completely. Transfer to a glass jar with a lid. Top with a thin layer of olive and the lid. The sauce will keep for several weeks in the refrigerator, as long as it is covered with oil.

BEST HOT SAUCE

Steps:

• Place peppers, onion, dates, basil, parsley, tomato, bouillon powder, and garlic in the bowl of a food processor; pour in the oil. Pulse mixture until finely chopped, adding more oil if needed to thin; season with salt.
• Pour pepper mixture into a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Squeeze lemon juice into pepper mixture, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Allow pepper mixture to cool; pour into a glass jar with a lid. Store pepper sauce in the refrigerator.

EMERIL'S HOMEMADE PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Remove the stems from the peppers, cut them lengthwise in half, and remove the seeds.
• Cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices.
• Put the peppers, vinegar, water, and salt in a medium-size nonreactive saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to medium, and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and let steep until completely cool.
• Pour the mixture into a food processor or blender and process until smooth.
• Strain through a fine-mesh strainer, pour into sterilized bottles, and secure with airtight lids.
• Refrigerate and let age for at least 2 weeks before using.
• **Note - The sauce can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 6 months.