Homemade Cilantro-Habanero Hot Sauce Recipe
Make your own spicy hot sauce at home with only 6 ingredients - habanero peppers, cilantro, lemon juice, vinegar, salt and garlic. Here is the recipe.
Servings: 20
Calories: 2kcal
Ingredients
- 30 habanero peppers - dehydrated peppers are good dehydrated peppers are good, too
- 1 cup white vinegar
- Juice from 1 lemon lime juice is good, too
- 1 clove garlic chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro add more for a more pronounced cilantro flavor
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- If using dehydrated habanero peppers, set them into a bowl of very hot water and let them steep for 30 minutes to soften. If using fresh, stem and chop the habanero peppers. Place them into a food processor.
- Add the remaining ingredients and process until well chopped and combined.
- Add to a pot and bring to a quick boil. Watch out for the fumes!
- Reduce heat and simmer about 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat, cool. At this point, you can strain it through a sieve or toss it back into the food processor for a bit more blending.
- Pour into a bottle and use it all up!
Notes
Heat Level: HOT.
Makes about 1.5 cups.
Nutrition
Calories: 2kcal | Sodium: 58mg | Vitamin A: 5IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 1mg