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Boil for one hour. My included recipe yields 5 ounces of strained sauce which is the size of a typical hot sauce bottle.
Let the hot sauce mixture cool in the saucepan until just warm.
Making cayenne pepper sauce. My included recipe yields 5 ounces of strained sauce which is the size of a typical hot sauce bottle. To make enough strained cayenne pepper sauce to fill a 5 ounce bottle you ll need to start with 10 ounces of cayenne peppers 6 garlic cloves and 1 2 cup of vinegar. This is approximate but should get you quite close.
Chop up the peppers and garlic and place in a saucepan with 1 2 cup of vinegar. Bring this to a boil and then simmer for 20 minutes. This recipe calls for both fresh cayenne peppers and garlic an extra spicy hot homemade cayenne pepper sauce.
Once the peppers and garlic have softened pour the mixture into a food processor and process until smooth. How to make hot sauce from fresh cayenne peppers to start you need to put the peppers in white vinegar with some garlic onion lime juice salt paprika and oil and bring to a boil. The heat of your sauce will depend upon the peppers you have.
Also it will depend on how much of the seeds and ribs you leave in your peppers when you cook them. The cayenne pepper sauce is great for keeping in the fridge and using soon after making it. Put the hot sauce in your canning jar cool to room temperature and keep it in the fridge.
It should last a while with the vinegar and salt preserving it. Keep a jar for yourself and give the others to your friends. You can grow the peppers in your garden or find them at a produce stand or in the grocery store then try making your own cayenne pepper sauce at home.
Cut off the pepper stems and cut the peppers into thin slices. Combine all of the ingredients in a large heavy pot and bring to a boil. Boil for one hour.
Cut the stems off of your cayenne peppers. For a very spicy sauce leave all the seeds in. For a moderately spicy sauce roll the pepper under your palm on the counter a few times and shake some of the seeds out into the garbage.
For a more mild sauce cut a seam down one side of the pepper and remove most or all of the seeds. Let the hot sauce mixture cool in the saucepan until just warm. Proceed to pour the warm mixture through a sieve and funnel into the 16 oz swing top glass bottle.
This is premier clean mean cayenne pepper hot sauce. Scrape the more viscous chili paste from the sieve into your 4 oz ball mason jar or small container. Homemade cayenne pepper sauce more flavorful than store bought with fresh cayenne peppers jalapenos hot cherry peppers and garlic so easy to make.
I just realized this is my first new recipe in over a month. I knew it had been awhile just not quite that long. We just spent the last month having our house painted room by room.
Get started with a pint sized glass jar and cayenne peppers to fill. Add 2 1 2 teaspoon of sea salt. And a few cloves of garlic whole.
I actually put in 4 5 we like garlic round here. Then pour in enough water to cover everything. Give it a good shake then place in the pantry or cabinet for 2 weeks to ferment.
This cayenne pepper sauce had a ph of 3 96 measured after 3 months. Ph will vary of course based on pepper variety used where grown growing conditions etc. Green hot sauce variation in place of the canned tomatoes use the same volume of canned tomatillos.