Homemade Hot Sauce
In our house, we LOVE spicy! Spicy everything! Sometimes I use crushed red pepper, sometimes it's cayenne, sometimes it's chipotle, and sometimes I want a really yummy sauce to bring on the heat! This Homemade Hot Sauce was absolutely sensational! It was spicy, kinda smoky, zesty and punchy! It completely blew us away! This felt like something I'd have from my favorite little Mexican joint near our home. It felt SUPER authentic, and it was really easy to make! This was the perfect spicy sauce to drizzle over our smash tacos! It also doubles as the tastiest restaurant style type salsa and it's SUPER healthy for you! Total guilt free snacking!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 Garlic Cloves unpeeled
- 2 Serrano Peppers
- 1 Vine Tomato cut in half
- 1 Red Bell Pepper
- 1 Orange Bell Pepper
- 1 Habanero Pepper
- 1 Small Red Onion quartered
- Juice and Zest from Half a Lime
- ¼ cup White Vinegar
- ¼ cup Hot Water
- 2 tbsp Cilantro chopped
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- ½ tsp Granulated Sugar
- ½ tsp Cumin
- ½ tsp Salt
- ¼ tsp Black Pepper
Instructions
- Add all the veggies to a large baking sheet and drizzle with oil. Toss well with your hands to coat.
- Broil on high for 25 minutes, until charred and roasted, flipping halfway through with a tong.
- Next, chop the tops off of the peppers and remove the seeds and membrane from the habanero. I left the seeds in my serrano peppers because I wanted some serious spice, but I felt like with the habanero seeds, it would've just been too overwhelming! You can choose to remove the seeds or leave them in whichever peppers you choose. Just remember, habanero peppers are EXTREMELY spicy!
- Squeeze the garlic out of the peels and add it to a large blender along with all of the other roasted veggies.
- Zest and juice the lime into the blender and add all remaining ingredients. Blend until a smooth sauce forms! It should be like a restaurant style smooth salsa consistency or that of a fresh authentic hot sauce!
- Chill Homemade Hot Sauce for 30 minutes to an hour before serving any way you like! Drizzle it over tacos, dunk your quesadilla into it, stuff some into a burrito! You can even just eat it with chips...it's flippin delicious! Enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 2tbspCalories: 15kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 0.3gFat: 0.7gSaturated Fat: 0.1gTrans Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 70mgPotassium: 50mgSugar: 2gVitamin A: 455IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 4mgIron: 0.1mg
Please be aware that nutritional values are approximate and intended as a helpful guide
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