Home made hot sauce

perth · 11-07-2006, 12:09 PM

I'm fortunate enough, living reasonably close to Hatch, New Mexico , that I can get their famous chile peppers almost right off the plant. Problem is, I tend to buy far more than I need. I decided to take some of the excess and try my hand at making hot sauce.

I roasted and peeled six or seven peppers, de-seeded them and started them simmering in about a cup of water and a cup of cider vinegar. To help out the flavour, I added a couple cloves of garlic and a little paprika and cumin. After simmering it until the peppers were really starting to break down, I tossed the whole mess in a blender and let it go until it was nice and smooth.

It wasn't too bad for a first effort. There are a lot of different options in that simple recipe to dramatically change the taste of the sauce.

Has anyone else made their own hot sauce? Recipes? Suggestions for improvement?

Trilby · 11-07-2006, 01:37 PM

Hmmmm...have made my own salsa, does that count?

Flint · 11-07-2006, 01:48 PM

I consider cumin as more of a chile spice.

I'd go with cliantro, for salsa. And, tomatillos.

busterb · 11-07-2006, 05:34 PM

Have a look http://www.pepperfool.com/recipe_home.html Scroll down on left to sauces

Pangloss62 · 11-07-2006, 06:01 PM

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I'm fortunate enough, living reasonably close to Hatch, New Mexico

I'm gonna be in Santa Fe in January, so I may need some info. I've been there once before, but for my girlfriend from Brasil, it will be her first time; she's afraid of the cold.

Sauce:

I try to experiment with store-bought stuff. I use Frank's Red Hot as a base, then add some rice wine vinegar, some fresh-crushed garlic, some tobasco, some whole "sport" peppers, and varous powdered peppers. A dash of some olive oil to coat the meat or whatever you put on the grill. I like it anyway.

11-07-2006, 12:09 PM	#1
perth Strong Silent Type Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 1,949	Home made hot sauce I'm fortunate enough, living reasonably close to Hatch, New Mexico , that I can get their famous chile peppers almost right off the plant. Problem is, I tend to buy far more than I need. I decided to take some of the excess and try my hand at making hot sauce. I roasted and peeled six or seven peppers, de-seeded them and started them simmering in about a cup of water and a cup of cider vinegar. To help out the flavour, I added a couple cloves of garlic and a little paprika and cumin. After simmering it until the peppers were really starting to break down, I tossed the whole mess in a blender and let it go until it was nice and smooth. It wasn't too bad for a first effort. There are a lot of different options in that simple recipe to dramatically change the taste of the sauce. Has anyone else made their own hot sauce? Recipes? Suggestions for improvement?

11-07-2006, 01:37 PM	#2
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11-07-2006, 01:48 PM	#3
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11-07-2006, 05:34 PM	#4
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