Homemade Hot Sauce

Want to try your hand at creating a homemade hot sauce that tastes like Cholula? This basic recipe, including vinegar, dried peppers, and salt, is it.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 15 mins
• Total Time: 25 mins
• Calories: 31 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons cold water
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup white vinegar
• 2 tablespoons ground paprika
• 9 dried pequin peppers, seeded
• 4 dried arbol peppers, seeded
• 1 tablespoon onion flakes
• 0.25 teaspoon xanthan gum

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Combine 1 cup water, vinegar, pequin peppers, garlic, arbol peppers, paprika, onion flakes, and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat; attach a thermometer to the saucepan. Cook until pepper mixture reaches and maintains 180 degrees F (82 degrees C) for 10 minutes; transfer to a blender and blend until smooth. Cool in the blender until room temperature, about 15 minutes.

Step 2

Combine 2 tablespoons cold water and xanthan gum in a small bowl; add to pepper mixture and blend 30 seconds. Transfer hot sauce to a sterilized airtight bottle. Store in the refrigerator for up to 9 months.