Comments on: Shado Beni hot sauce which will rock your socks off!

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 03 May 2012 09:54:13 +0000

I just found Culantro (Shado Beni) at our Home Depot here in Maryland. I was so excited. Now I can make that wonderful looking Hot Sauce.

By: babs

babs — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:00:59 +0000

Chris thank you for all your helpful information .I am from Belize .,still the Caribbean taste.I will try that sauce for my husband who loved pepper sauces

Thanks again

By: Gigi

Gigi — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:55:20 +0000

It's white vinegar

By: K Rich

K Rich — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 19:15:22 +0000

That's got to be nice!! Real hot sauce lovers are also great flavour detectors and I know with the right balance of shado beni ( or cilantro ), garlic, salt and lime in this recipe… Well, those are some of the "usual suspects" in great flavour!!!! Hope you all enjoyed your x-mas as I did. Made some amazing Punch of Creme, finally found some Dasheen bush for the calaloo ( I live in Montreal ) and different family members made different things. By the way, I'm really proud of all you youngsters under 23 who are learning these recipes so that you can know to cook your trini food and will not one day say" I don't know to cook"!!! Keep it up, it's important!!!!!

By: lynda

lynda — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:22:20 +0000

This sauce is fabulous with a tasty doubles YUMM

By: Zenora

Zenora — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:11:02 +0000

This is absolutely great!!
I make a nice chickpea side flavoured with shadon beni:
1 can chickpeas or equivalent amount if soaked & boiled from scratch
The juice of 1/2 lime
Salt to taste
Blackpepper to taste
2 cloves garlic crushed
1/4 scotch bonnet pepper crushed
2 leaves shadon beni cut up finely or crushed
3 tablespoons boiling water (optional)
Put garlic, salt, blackpepper, shadon beni & pepper in bowl or mortar, crush with pestle (this could be done in the food processor or chopper – small bowl.
Mix all ingredients together, let rest for 10 mins or enjoy immediately
Enjoy as a snack

By: Ann

Ann — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:49:52 +0000

Hi Chrs
I just love chadon beni in almost everything I cook and we cn easily get it here all through the year.
Keep those yummy recipes coming and gr8 job.

By: Judy

Judy — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 02:46:50 +0000

Hi Chris,
Love this recipe, I like the smell of shado beni. Sado beni goes by the name REACO you can find it in the Asia stores like Korean or Chinese. Thank you for sharing this recipe.

By: drive

drive — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 01:05:20 +0000

growing up in guyana this shado beni was wild bushes for us we used to weed the yard or try hard to get raid of this magic herb well atlease for me .thanks for all your recipt ,since i have no lady to do the cooking lol

By: Ronnie

Ronnie — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:49:59 +0000

I love everything you emailed me and the instruction by picture is absolutely perfect and so nice. Keep sending and since I'm relocating to North Florida (where most of the ingredients for caribbean food is NOT found) I'll be doing a lot of planting, and traveling to Atlanta Ga. or South Florida, cause I ain't giving up my taste for these delicious flavors. Salt fish and bakes, (NO COD FISH) taking it with me from NY. Thanks in advance for future emails and your sie is the BEST!

By: charmaine

charmaine — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 00:59:04 +0000

this pepper sauce also taste good in doubles,Chis did you have our trin doubles when you were here.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Thu, 26 May 2011 17:17:41 +0000

Shadon Beni Sauce – simple but fantastic. Perfect with fried fish nuggets.

By: afeisha jones

afeisha jones — Sat, 07 May 2011 18:45:04 +0000

boom i love it!

By: Cliff Drew

Cliff Drew — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 09:25:15 +0000

sounds like a realy nice sauce/dip i would like to make and try it but dont know where to get either shado beni ore cilantro, being in england these items maybe hard to get but will try, have these items any other names please,anyone please held and let me know.

By: jana

jana — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:01:20 +0000

Hi.Chris thanks for all your wonderful recepies..right now im needing one for roti…dont know where to turn…can you help?jana

By: Samantha

Samantha — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:10:17 +0000

thanks Chris! I am looking forward to making both the mango based and the cilantro sauces in time for xmas for my friends!

By: Chris H

Chris H — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 01:10:29 +0000

A nice way to freeze this is to pour the mixture into several ice cube trays; freeze ; pour our the seasoning cube into a freezer storage container and use a cube of the mixture when you cook

By: Paddy

Paddy — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:01:59 +0000

Hey Chris, I'm really enjoying the recipes. I'm wondering if you have a recipe for doubles. I recemtly visitied my aunt in Trinidad, and had doubles from George's wife twice in the week I was there. I would love to try to make them – with all the condiments too.
BTW, when you say to use once bunch of shado beni, how much, in terms of a cup, is that? I'm growing some here, and it looks a lot smaller than what's in your picture. My leaves are only about 5 inches long, and 3/4 in wide. Thanks.

By: Miriam Ajokeh Scott

Miriam Ajokeh Scott — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:32:38 +0000

I am loving Caribbeanpot and the tasty recipes and photos provided. It a tremendous help in futher enhancing my culinary skills and delightful comments from those who have the pleasure to "taste my hand" as we say in the Caribbean. Thanks Chris.

By: jumbieg

jumbieg — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:48:40 +0000

I like the idea of using green papaya, it's something my uncle used to use in his as well. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

By: jtstarke1

jtstarke1 — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 16:50:35 +0000

Chris,
When I had my Hot Sauce company in Puerto Rico some years back, one of my tastiest and least hot sauce was one similar to this, with the addition of some onion and papaya (green and ripe) with vinegar, which was great for marinating meat too, because of the papain in the green papaya. Good stuff. Keep up the good work. The love shows through.

By: jumbieg

jumbieg — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:33:01 +0000

Thanks for leaving such a wonderful comments. i too try my best to share our culture with our kids, friends and now with as many people as I can with this blog. cheers.

By: jumbieg

jumbieg — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:32:03 +0000

Let me know your thoughts when you make up a batch.

By: jumbieg

jumbieg — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:31:40 +0000

Lovely substitute.. I use it quite often as well and there's always a patch in my herb box during the warm months.

By: jumbieg

jumbieg — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:30:29 +0000

I've had a couple requests lately for that sauce you're talking about so I'll try to get it posted soon. Seems that sauce is a HIT in trinidad and Tobago, as everywhere we go they have a version of their own