The photo above is the hot sauce fresh out of the blender. That foam disappears after a few minutes.
Raw hot sauce is the quickest, easiest condiment you can make. Here’s how to make raw hot sauce from any peppers you like.
If you’ve been following this site for a while, you probably have picked up that I’m obsessed with making hot sauce. Now that I’m growing hot peppers on the front porch, I’ve been itching to make some home grown hot sauce.
Since I’ve only got one pepper plant, I needed to do more with less. Cooking your peppers tends to mellow their heat level, so I decided to go raw instead! This hot sauce was freaking amazing. As a bonus, since you don’t have to boil any vinegar to make it, it doesn’t make the whole house smell like vinegar. My husband was pretty happy about that part.
Raw Green Hot Sauce
Ingredients
- 3 green cowhorn peppers (or your favorite, small chile pepper)
- 3 cloves of garlic
- apple cider vinegar
Cooking Directions
- Chop the tops off of the peppers and toss them into your food processor along with the garlic.
- Add just enough vinegar to cover.
- Blend until smooth.
That’s it! I’ve been using this hot sauce on pretty much every meal I make. The green chilies give it a really unique flavor, and the 1:1 chile to garlic ratio doesn’t hurt things, either. YUM! I’m keeping an eye on my pepper plant. As soon as there are three more peppers on there, you can bet I’ll be making another batch of this magical raw hot sauce!
Beth
October 12, 2014 at 1:22 pmJust wanted to let you know we used a jar of this hot sauce as verde enchilada sauce and it was SO GOOD!!
Becky Striepe
October 12, 2014 at 1:59 pmI am so glad you liked it. There’s a jar in my fridge right now that I’ve been putting on everything!
meemsnyc
June 27, 2011 at 11:55 amIs it possible to use dried peppers too?
Becky Striepe
June 27, 2011 at 12:31 pmOoh good question! I have some dried red peppers – I’ll give that a shot and let you know how it goes!