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A Few Tips To Create A Spicy Hot Sauce

Hot sauce has been a cherished dinner table staple for hundreds of years. The condiment can be made from nearly any pepper on the planet and therefore there are sauces available for just about anyone’s palette. No two sauces made from different hot peppers will taste the same so discovering your favorite can be a tasty journey. Once you do find your favorite, you can keep your addiction cheap by making the sauce yourself.

The most important aspect of making hot sauce is the peppers. Each type of pepper will yield a different result. For people who prefer milder sauces, Jalapenos and Poblanos should be used. More adventurous eaters will enjoy the hotness that Habanero and Serrano peppers provide.

The rest of the ingredients can be gathered after the peppers that will be used have been chosen. One to two and a half pounds of the chosen peppers will be needed, depending on how mild or hot you wish your sauce to be. You’ll also need an onion, tomato sauce, and crushed red peppers. For taste, garlic and vinegar will be needed as well.

To begin, dice the onion into dime sized pieces. You’ll be blending them in a bit, so they don’t have to be minuscule. Mince an entire clove of garlic and set the two ingredients aside for now.

It’s now time to blend the onions and fresh garlic into the canned tomato sauce. Slice the hot peppers into smaller chunks and add them to this mixture too. Remember that the number of hot peppers used is directly related to the sauce’s heat and intensity. It is also a great idea to use rubber gloves while touching them to keep from getting any on skin or in your eyes. Add the sliced peppers to the tomato sauce mixture.

In a large blender, blend the ingredients until there are no visible lumps. Put the mixture into a metal cooking pot and heat on the stove until its contents begin to boil. After pouring in the vinegar, remove the metal pot from the stove and stir it thoroughly.

You will need to store the hot sauce in a jar or bottle with an airtight lid. Rinsed out condiment jars will work great or you can also purchase new bottles from any department store. Once your sauce is bottled it can be easily stored and enjoyed often. Hot sauce goes great on just about anything. Everything from scrambled eggs to mashed potatoes can be spiced up with the right sauce.

Remember that when choosing peppers to keep your heat tolerance in mind. Do your homework and find out which peppers are too hot for you and which are just right. You can even try small samples of various peppers before you begin cooking so you’ll know ahead of time exactly what kind of heat you can stand. Even if you enjoy the taste of Habanero’s, don’t go overboard with how many you use. And lastly, make sure your newly made sauce is properly stored to prevent it from drying out or accidentally leaking onto open skin or other foods.

Winky Pepperbottom is an expert author who fanatically writes about hot sauce especially red hot sauce .