This refers to my “fermented hot pepper” recipe. After learning how to do, and the importance of, fermenting peppers before making a hot sauce, IMO there is no other way to make this other thank starting with fermented peppers

My Pepper plants are getting ridiculous. They’re not even plants anymore, they’re trees. Well, maybe shrubs. But they’re inside, so they’re like redwoods. Normally, I just dehydrate the peppers and make chili flakes. But I decided to try a hot sauce. It’s edible, good even. Haha. The orange ones are habaneros and the red ones are what I believe to be regular, grocery store variety red peppers. I remember being pissed off about how expensive they were and I threw some in the garden. Then, those peppers started growing. They’re not spicy.

I looked around on the net for an easy recipe. I found many though I'm not keen to blister and peel 10 ounces of chilies; and I don't want any raw garlic or onions in it as I have read if they are not cooked or preserved properly it can cause botulism. So I decided to make Ehmeril Lagasse's version...

I am so happy that I finally nailed an everyday SoCal taco shop red hot sauce! For a while I've been trying different things to get that taste that I grew up with in Southern California's taco shops and I just seem to miss something every time. But not this time! This is a medium red sauce so everyone should be able to handle the heat level and it has a very unique, almost sweet taste mixing habanero and serrano peppers. I hope you enjoy!

No Trinidad table is complete without a bottle of hot sauce --here we make a variety of hot sauces using green mangoes, Papaya , mustard , garlic and green herbs !!

I like hot sauces and grew my own ghost peppers so it was only natural to make my own hot sauce. Be careful! This one will burn your mouth off!

I love the container, but I can't remove the labels I believe they are printed on the plastic. This is a bit hot, and has a very good pepper flavor. Let it rest over night and it mellows out. The flavours mingles together well!

Last summer, our garden produced so many peppers that I had no idea what to do with, so I dried them and crushed them into flakes and powders. I love spicy stuff, so I figured I would try to make a hot sauce. This recipe is what I came up with after reading through dozens of hot sauce recipes. Most hot sauces are made from fresh peppers so I had no idea how this would come out. This sauce is sweet and spicy with good flavor. I use dasher bottles to store the sauce and I keep it refrigerated , to be safe, since I have no idea if it can be stored on a shelf without spoiling.

I started up this little hot sauce biz about a year ago. Time to get started again. With this one, had a nice little crop of Carolina Reapers. It’s not too crazy hot...if you’re a pepper head like me.

I adapted this from an old hot sauce recipe. And made different variations over time. Each batch turns out great.If you want less vinegar taste, use rice or cider vinegar. I suggest using at least half white vinegar regardless... But that's due to the creole in me :-)you can substitute the Tabasco peppers with any pepper of your choice. Just adjust for the heat!Make sure you make this in a well ventilated area, as the fumes can be irritating. Open a window and grab a fan if needed.