How do you make hot sauce? I make my own as well and here's the basic version.
- Vinegar
- Salt
- Whole dried cayenne peppers
- Tomato paste
- Toss ingredients in jar and refrigerate overnight.
You can also make variations with sugar, ketchup, and/or lime juice.
And no, I don't strain out the peppers, nor do I boil anything. Although now that I think about it, I might try roasting the peppers, then simmering then in vinegar.
i take my peppers and i rough-chop them, toss in a jar, add a white onion (chopped) and 6 cloves of garlic (smashed), and two medium carrots (chopped); submerge in a 2% brine.. I let ferment anywhere from 3 to 12 months.. strain, emulsify with different flavors (tangerine, lemon, lime, pomegranate, etc)... if I'm keeping it, I just bottle it straight up, if I'm packaging, ill have sterilized bottles at the ready. dump sauce in a pot cover, get to 180 for 10 mins (pasteurize) then hot pack the bottles. let those cool then shrink-wrap seal.
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never seen airlocks on hot sauce jars. i may have to throw some peppers in the ground and repurpose some brewing equipment. you have inspired me.
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Sounds pretty great. Ill have to give it a shot.
Home made ketchup? Store ones are just overwhelming.
If I use ketchup, I use almost none. I also only buy ketchup without corn syrup.
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