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Habanero Hot Sauce

Created by: on November 3rd, 2010 - Categories: Delicious, Game Day, Sauce

If there is one thing I like planting in the spring time, it is chili peppers. I have standard plants I like, which include jalapeno, serrano, thai bird, and habanero peppers. As the cold weather slowly approached us in Wisconsin this year, yes, it is still in the 50′s in November, I had to pull my remaining peppers from the garden. This included many habanero peppers.

Habanero Sauce Recipe

But lets face it when it comes to habanero peppers. There is not a whole lot you can do with them. They are fairly dang hot, and cannot be used in a lot of dishes. Sure, you can figure out a jam, or make a marinade, but you are still left over with a lot of peppers. Upon my last picking, I wanted to come up with something that I liked, hot sauce, and use the habaneros in a way that it would not kill the palette, but lend itself to a hot sauce addiction, and this sauce did just that.

Ingredients:

Begin by preheating your oven 425 degrees, lay the tomatoes, onions and garlic on a baking sheet and drizzle with the olive oil. Sprinkle with some salt and pepper, and cook unto the onions are roasted, about 15 minutes.

Remove the sheet of veggies, place them in a blender along with the remaining ingredients, and blend. Blend until you have a pureed sauce of habaneros and veggies. Pour into a sealed tight container and use as needed.

Now here is the deal on this sauce. I will be honest, it has a bite, but it has that bite that keeps you so interested in another bite, and another, and another.

I have a couple of chili heads at work, and brought the sauce in the other day. One coworker said “You can bottle that, and sell it today”. I agree. This sauce has something about it. It’s hot, but keeps you wanting more, and in my book, that is something good, and comforting. Lightly dip with chips, place a bit in your pasta, or lightly rub chicken, beef, or pork before smoking or grilling. Try it out, and let me know.

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8 Responses to “Habanero Hot Sauce”

  1. Jennifer @ Jane Deere Says:
    November 11th, 2010 at 8:16 pm

    I have so many habaneros still growing on my plants…this is perfect! I can’t wait to try it!

  2. robert Says:
    November 24th, 2010 at 1:02 pm

    Sauce looks great! One thing I love to do is mix habs in burger meat and make burgers!!

    I also make sweet hab pickles!

  3. Jennifer @ Jane Deere Says:
    November 30th, 2010 at 7:51 pm

    I made this sauce. Wow! It’s HOT!!! But it has a wonderful flavor. I had to keep eating it so that it wouldn’t burn too bad! :)

  4. Brooks Says:
    December 5th, 2010 at 8:17 am

    A little dab will do ya! I made this up and tried it on some scrambled eggs this morning. 4-5 drops or so and that is all you need. Kickapoo joy juice! I hope it has a long shelf life ’cause it will take a long time to get to the bottom of the bottle.

  5. Brooks Says:
    February 3rd, 2011 at 8:08 pm

    Try it! It is so much more than you expect!

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    August 5th, 2011 at 1:03 am

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  7. Andrew Says:
    September 20th, 2011 at 11:26 am

    It was a great start… Tried making it in my food processor instead of a blender; the cilantro didn’t mix in as nicely as the picture. I would definitely use less salt and turmeric (1 tbsp??) next time around. All in all, it turned out nicely, but there’s room for improvement.

  8. Kirk Says:
    November 1st, 2011 at 4:04 pm

    I’m terrible at following recipes but did a simple variation of this recipe with homegrown tomatoes, jalapenos/serranos/anchos, salt and vinegar. I forgot the sugar, tumeric, cilantro and garlic. It still turned out fantastic. I tripled (at least) the recipe, and only used half my pepper harvest so will be trying variations in the next few weeks. Cheers!

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