Best 18 Hot Pepper Sauce Recipes

HOT PEPPER SAUCE - A TRINIDADIAN STAPLE

Steps:

• Wearing disposable gloves, and being careful not to get any in your eyes or on your skin, roughly chop the habanero peppers. Place the habanero peppers, mango, onion, green onions, and garlic into a blender. Pour in the vinegar, lime juice, and vegetable oil, cover the blender, and pulse until the mixture is very finely chopped. Stop the blender, and add dry mustard powder, salt, curry powder, and lime zest. Blend again until the sauce is smooth. Pour into clean jars, and store in refrigerator.

MOLHO DE PIRI-PIRI PORTUGUESE HOT RED PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Stem the peppers and coarsely chop (include the seeds); place in a 1-pint shaker jar along with the salt, olive oil, and vinegar. Cover tight, shake well, then store at room termperature. The sauce will keep well for about a month. Shake the sauce every time you use it. Note: For mellower flavor, roast the peppers uncovered for 15 minutes at low oven heat (300 degrees F.), cool until easy to handle, then slip off the skins. Otherwise, prepare as directed.

BLACK-EYED PEA FRITTERS WITH HOT PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• • Remove the skins from the beans by adding them to a large bowl, filling the bowl with water, agitating the beans, and fishing out the skins that float to the top with a fine mesh strainer. Rinse beans well.
• • In a food processor fitted with a metal blade, combine the beans, onion, peanuts, thyme, cayenne, vinegar, water, and salt and pulse until completely smooth. Transfer to a medium bowl, cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• • Preheat the oven to 200° F.
• • Remove the batter from the refrigerator, add the bell pepper and cornmeal, and beat with a wooden spoon for 2 minutes.
• • In a medium-size saucepan over high heat, warm the coconut oil until hot but not smoking, about 5 minutes.
• • Lower the oil to medium high, and in batches of 5, spoon the batter into the oil, 1 tablespoon at a time. Fry, stirring around, until golden brown, about 2 minutes. If necessary, adjust the temperature to ensure that the fritters do not cook too quickly.
• • Transfer the fritters to a paper towel-lined plate and allow them to drain. Transfer the drained fritters to a baking sheet and place in the oven to keep warm.
• • Serve hot with Hot Pepper Sauce .

HOT PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Wearing rubber gloves, fill a 14oz glass jar with stemmed Thai chile peppers to within about an inch from the top.
• In small saucepan, bring vinegar, salt, and sugar to a boil, stirring until salt and sugar are dissolved (about 2-3 mins).
• Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Pour hot mixture over peppers in jar.
• Cover and chill 3 weeks.
• NOTE: Chilling for three weeks allows the peppers to fire up the vinegar mixture. The longer it sits, the zippier it gets!
• NOTE #2: Wearing rubber gloves when working with hot peppers is a good idea!

CHICKEN IN SWEET AND HOT PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Put the first 6 ingredients in your blender or food processor and process into a paste/pulp.
• Heat the oil in a large frying pan or Dutch oven, when hot enough pour the pepper paste in and on a medium high heat fry for 10 minutes.
• Add the milk and chicken stock.
• Then add the chicken and stir, add the zucchini a few minutes later.
• Bring to the boil, lower the heat, cover and simmer for 10- 15 minutes or until the chicken is tender.
• In the meantime cook the pasta according package instructions, drain when cooked, and put in a large warm dish.
• Check the seasoning of the chicken dish, If you find the sauce too thick you can add some more chicken stock, it depends how much moisture the zucchini will release, add half of the basil, mix and put half of the chicken on top of the pasta, mix, then pour over the remaining.
• Sprinkle the rest of the basil on top together with the pine nuts.
• Serve.

BUCATINI WITH RED CLAM SAUCE AND HOT PEPPER

Steps:

• While bringing a large pot of salted water to a boil, heat oil with garlic, oregano, and a large pinch of red-pepper flakes in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook until fragrant and garlic is golden, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in tomatoes and their juice, and the reserved clam juice. Bring to a simmer, and cook until sauce is slightly thickened, about 7 minutes. Reduce heat to low. Stir in clams and capers, and cook until heated through.
• When water boils, add pasta to boiling water, and cook until almost al dente, about 10 minutes (do not drain water). Transfer pasta to skillet using a strainer. Gradually stir in 1 cup pasta water, about 1/2 cup at a time, and cook over low heat, tossing, until pasta has absorbed some sauce and is well coated, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Divide among 4 bowls. Drizzle with oil, and sprinkle with red-pepper flakes and coarse sea salt.

HOT DOGS W/ ONION SAUCE & GRILLED RED PEPPER RELISH RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• For the onion sauce: Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in the chile powder and cinnamon and cook for 1 minute. Add 1 Cup water, the ketchup, hot sauce, salt & pepper and bring to a simmer. Cook until thickened and the onions are very soft, adding more water if needed, about 25 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and let cool to room temperature before serving. For the grilled pepper relish: Combine the garlic, peppers, oil, vinegar & parsley in a bowl and season with salt & pepper. Cover & let sit at room temperature for at least 30 minutes before serving. For the hot dogs: Heat a grill to high for direct grilling. Brush the hot dogs with oil and sprinkle with pepper. Grill until slightly charred and golden brown on all sides, about 6 minutes. Put the hot dogs in the buns and top with mustard, onion sauce and grilled pepper relish.

PORK TENDERLOIN WITH HOT PEPPER JELLY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Line a roasting pan with heavy foil.
• Generously salt & pepper the tenderloin.
• Melt 3 tbsp of the jelly in a small pan over low heat and brush over the top of the tenderloin.
• Roast until thermometer reaches 155 to 160 degrees (about 15-20 min).
• While pork is cooking, heat remaining jelly and stir in sour cream. Warm slightly, but do not allow to bubble or it will curdle.
• Slice tenderloin diagonally into 1/2 inch medallions and serve with sauce.

DRUNK APRICOT SHITO (GHANAIAN HOT PEPPER SAUCE)

Steps:

• Place apricots in a small bowl and pour in hot water to cover. Let sit 20 minutes, then drain and coarsely chop. Return apricots to same bowl and add rum; stir to coat. Chill at least 30 minutes and up to 1 day. Drain into a mesh sieve set over another small bowl or container. Reserve apricots and rum separately.
• Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add cinnamon, 3 Tbsp. coconut sugar, and reserved apricots. Cook, stirring occasionally, until apricots are slightly softened and coated in caramel, 6-8 minutes. Add reserved rum and cook, stirring often, until thickened and syrupy, about 5 minutes. Let cool slightly. (Just FYI: You can eat these drunk apricots right away over vanilla ice cream and be very happy.)
• Toast grains of selim pods and cubeb peppers in a small skillet over medium-low heat, shaking occasionally, until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a spice mill or mortar and pestle and let cool. Grind as well as you can. The grains of selim won't completely break up, so cracked open but mostly whole is okay-you just want to release some of their flavor.
• Heat oil in a large Dutch oven or other heavy pot over medium. Cook white and red onions, stirring occasionally, until softened and just starting brown, 20-25 minutes. Stir in ground grains of selim and cubeb pepper, garlic, ginger, and remaining 1 tsp. coconut sugar. Cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Add red pepper flakes, rosemary, thyme, prawn powder, and 1 tsp. salt to pot and cook, stirring occasionally, about 2 minutes. Add drunk apricots along with any syrup and cook, stirring often, about 2 minutes.
• Add tomato purée to pot and cook, stirring occasionally, 4 minutes, then stir in chile powder. Add broth and fresh chile. Cover pot and cook, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking, until a loose dark brown paste forms, 30-40 minutes. The oil will rise to the surface when the sauce is ready. Remove from heat; taste and season with more salt if needed. If you like texture, leave as is, or blend with an immersion blender (or let it cool slightly and blend it in a blender) to make it smooth. Let cool completely.
• Spoon shito into jars or an airtight container with at least a ¼" layer of oil on top.
• Do ahead: Shito can made 1 week ahead. Cover and chill.
• Note: The amount of chile described in this recipe is what I would classify as pretty hot-some West Africans might call this medium hot, some very hot. Folks familiar with heat will enjoy this, but if you don't like super-jacked heat you should probably err on the lower end of the range. West African pantry staples can be found at Zoe's Ghana Kitchen.

HOT AND SWEET PEPPER CURRY SAUCE WITH CHICKEN, LAMB OR BEEF

Steps:

• Marinate the meat sprinkled with salt, pepper and paprika in the lime juice for 1 hour.
• Heat the oil in a Dutch oven, then add the coriander, cumin, turmeric and cardamom and stir until very fragrant, 1 minute. Next add the garlic, sweet and hot peppers, ginger, onions and some salt and pepper. Soften for 5 minutes partially covered, and then add the passata, stock, chutney, bay leaf, cinnamon stick and diced tomatoes. Simmer over low heat, about 1 hour. Remove the bay and cinnamon.
• Add the marinated meat to the sauce and simmer to tender. Wilt the spinach into the sauce. Serve, or cool and store in the refrigerator or freezer for a make-ahead meal.
• Serve the curry with naan bread and/or over rice with a dollop of yogurt for mixing in. Garnish with cilantro and scallion slices.

PRESERVED HOT PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Fill 1 (14 oz.) glass jar with 1 cup red and green Thai chile peppers (or other peppers of your choice), stemmed, filling to about 1 inch from top of jar.
• Bring 1 cup cider vinegar, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1 teaspoon sugar to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring until salt and sugar are dissolved (about 2 to 3 minutes).
• Remove from heat and let stand 5 minutes.
• Pour hot mixture over peppers in jar. Cover and chill 3 weeks. Store in refrigerator up to 6 months.
• Note: Chilling for 3 weeks allows the peppers to fire up the vinegar mixture. The longer it sits, the spicier it becomes.
• Remember to wear rubber gloves when filling the jars with peppers.

MEXICAN HOT PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Put ingredients through blender and put in sterilized bottles.
• Refrigerate.
• Note: this makes a large batch, you may want to half the recipe - or go with it and share as I do!

HOT ZUCCHINI AND PEPPER BASIL SAUCE WITH PENNE

Steps:

• Bring water to boil in a covered pot for penne.
• Turn on broiler, and line the broiler pan with a double thickness of aluminum foil. Scrub and trim the zucchini and yellow squash, and slice in half lengthwise. Arrange on the foil-lined broiler pan, cut side up, and spray with nonstick pan spray. Broil the squashes about 3 inches from the source of heat for about 15 minutes, until they are browned and softened.
• Meanwhile, rinse the peppers and cut in fine julienne strips. Chop the garlic, rinse the capers and combine the garlic, capers, anchovy paste and hot pepper flakes.
• Cook the penne according to package directions.
• Heat a small nonstick skillet until it is hot. Reduce heat to medium high, and add the oil. Quickly saute the garlic mixture. Remove from heat, and stir in the julienned peppers.
• Cut the squashes into thin strips, and add to the pepper mixture.
• Wash, dry and cut the basil, and stir into pepper mixture. Season with pepper.
• Drain the penne, and top with the sauce.

PEPPER JOE'S HOT SAUCE

Steps:

• Blanch the peppers in boiling water for 1 minute (if you want this sauce milder remove seeds& membrane before blanching the peppers) Put the peppers in your food processor or blender.
• Boil the onion, garlic& sweet potato until fork tender (just cover them with water& bring to a boil, simmer until tender) Toss the onion, garlic& sweet potato into the processor together with all the other ingredients Pulse to start and then puree, cool.
• Place in a jar with a lid, refrigerate.

FRAGRANT GINGER-HOT PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat veg oil in a small skillet over medium heat.
• Add minced ginger root, red pepper, salt and garlic; saute 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat; spoon into a small bowl and stir in remaining ingredients.

SLIM'S HOT PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• In a sauce pan, saute the onion and garlic in the oil until soft. (if not using carrot, skip the next two steps).
• Add the carrots, if using, with a small amount of water.
• Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer until the carrots are soft.
• Place the onion, garlic, and carrot (if using) mixture in a blender, add chiles, and puree until smooth (if needed add a small amount of water - should be smooth not runny).
• Combine the puree, vinegar, lime juice (if using), and salt in a sauce pan and simmer until well combined.
• Strain if desired and place in bottles and refrigerate.

PULLED PORK BARBECUE WITH HOT PEPPER VINEGAR SAUCE

Steps:

• TO MAKE THE RUB: In a small bowl combine the rub ingredients.Coat the roast evenly with the rub. Allow to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before grilling.Grill the roast, fat side up, over Indirect Medium heat until the internal temperature reaches between 185°F and 190°F, 3 to 4 hours. The meat should be so tender it pulls apart easily. Remove from the grill, place on a platter, and loosely cover with foil. Allow to rest for about 20 minutes.TO MAKE THE SAUCE: In a medium saucepan combine the sauce ingredients, including salt and pepper to taste, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Keep warm.Thinly slice, chop or "pull" the pork meat into shreds with your fingers or two forks, discarding any large bits of fat. Moisten the meat with some of the sauce and mix well in a bowl. Grill the buns over Direct Medium heat until lightly toasted, about 30 seconds. Serve the pulled pork warm on the buns with the remaining sauce on the side.From Weber's Big Book of Grilling. Copyright © 2001 Weber-Stephen Products Co. All rights reserved. First published by Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco, California.

HOT PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine peppers, garlic, and water in a pot.
• Cover and simmer until peppers are very tender.
• Puree in a food processor.
• Combine pureed peppers with remaining ingredients in a pot.
• Simmer, stirring occasionally, until mixture thickens.
• Pour into clean hot half pint jars leaving 1/2 inch headspace and seal.
• Process in a boiling water bath 10 minutes at altitudes up to 1000 feet.