With the abundance of hot peppers I had in my garden this summer, you may have noticed that there are several recipes recently dedicated to the most classic of Caribbean condiments… pepper sauce (hot sauce). If you look at the very bottom of this post, there should be some links to some of the spicy sauces I’ve shared recently that I encourage you to try. As I’ve pointed out in the past, just about everyone on the islands swears that their pepper sauce is the best! Be it the heat, uniqueness of the ingredients used or overall flavor. Here’s one that follows most of the common principles of making a good pepper sauce, with a few personal ingredients I like to add. Be warned that this is very HOT!
You’ll Need…
15-20 hot peppers (scotch bonnet or habanero)
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups vinegar
10 leaves of Shado Beni or 1 cup cilantro
6 cloves of garlic
1/4 small green papaya
1 small bitter melon (caraili)
1 lemon or 2 ripe limes
Juice of 4 limes
8 pimento peppers – optional
1 carrot – optional (helps to balance heat from peppers)
Some notes:
a. u include the seeds of the pepper for added heat
b. add more vinegar if you like it less thick.
c. remember to remove the seeds from the lemon after cubing.
Are You A WINNER? Before we get to the recipe, I’d like to invite you to participate in this month’s contest immediately after the recipe.
I start off by rough chopping the shado beni, papaya and bitter melon to make it easier to puree in the food processor (remember to peel and remove the seeds from the papaya as well as the bitter melon – you don’t have to peel the bitter melon). I remove the skin off the garlic as well to have it prepped.
I then slice and cube the lemon and remove any seeds that I see.
I highly suggest you wear gloves for the next few steps, as the peppers can cause some pain if you handle them with your bare hands. I then remove the stems off the peppers and give them a rough chop. I retain all the seeds, but if want a milder sauce, do remove the seeds.
Now that I have everything prepped, it’s time to bring out the vintage (old) blender and put it to use. Basically all you’re doing is adding everything listed in the ingredients list to the blender or food processor and puree it until it’s a smooth consistency.You may need to add more vinegar as I pointed out above.
IMPORTANT : the amount of ingredients you’re seeing in the pictures above is not what I mentioned in the ingredient list. I’m making a bigger batch, but follow along with the ingredients I listed and you’ll be set. You’ll also notice that due to the big batch I’m making that I have a lot of bottles of finished sauce. You’ll have enough for one bottle when done.
Pour into a clean, dry bottle and store. It should be fine outside the fridge since we used vinegar, but you can certainly keep it in the fridge so it will last longer. Bear in mind that by placing it in the fridge, it will loose some of it’s heat. This is the batch I got when I was done. I have some lucky friends who’ll have their hands on the Ultimate Pepper Sauce when I see them next.
The CONTEST!
Win a copy of Hot and Spicy Kitchen Handbook: 200 Sizzling Step-by-Step Recipes for Cuisine and Fiery Local Dishes from India, Mexico, Thailand and Every Spicy Corner of the World
As with other contests I’ve posted on the site before, it’s free to participate. Here’s how…
1. Post a response in the comment section below and your name will be automatically entered into the draw.
2. For an added chance to win (get your name in the pool two times). Head over to the Cooking channel and leave a comment on the “The Ultimate Fried Chicken Recipe” and I will then add your name a 2nd time and give you an extra chance at winning. Say whatever you like (even hello) and that will qualify you for a 2nd time (providing you’ve already left a comment here). Here again is the direct link to the >>>> cooking channel.
The contest is open from today (Oct 5) to October 31, 2010. Then all the names will be entered into a pot and 1 winner chosen. I will then contact that winner so I can send them the prize ( I will also cover all shipping expenses). So good luck and do give the pepper sauce recipe posted above, a try.
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Chris I love getting your emails and recipes.
My HOT Pepper sauce recipe is called “Hot No Ras P.S.” includes Habanos/Scotch Bonnet.
equal amounts of salt and sugar, Culantro, Mustard and vinegar, and a few Ghost peppers.
Blend in an old blender, then boil in a dutchie pot so the seeds get soft and the heat and flavor comes ou, then blend once more.
You should try this method of boiling the sauce once blended. All the other stuff takes the heat away from the P.S.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can now make my own pepper sauce.
Love spicy food and healing up some that I can make this and enjoy it!
Love Love your site, it is great. So at home (Trinidad). I have not tried it yet, but will especially with the lemons. Never did that before.
Antoinette
I tried this recipe but substituted piri piri peppers and omitted the bitter melon. Very nice indeed!
Definitely will try this recipe out. We had a TON of peppers from this past growing season, and have been looking for sauces to try them with. 🙂
This pepper sauce is quite similar to how i done mine so i can imagine how tasty it is,
Hi. Just made this and it was horrible. Don’t know where I went wrong.
I put the entire bitter lemon in (minus seeds). I used rice wine vinegar. I put a lemon in plus skin
Any ideas??
My local caribbean takeaway has stopped making homemade pepper sauce so im desperate to recreate it properly
Thanks
I have made a tomatoe based chili sauce, but this looks more interesting, I will be using Trinidad Scorpian Chili’s. Cheers. Ron.
My ex-mother-in-law taught me how to make this sauce. She is from Jamaica. Even though i am divorced from my Jamaican husband, i still cook a lot of the food. I also have taught my daughter. I wanted my children to taste the food from their Father’s country.
Do you have any recipes for scotch bonnet relish?
Does this make one pint?
You site is The Bomb! You got me back in the kitchen again where I need to be! I have made this pepper sauce and it is truly great! Thank You so much for sharing your talent and passion for cooking!
Hi, are you from Trinidad? If yes, where can I find yellow lemons here?
Morning Chris, I have your cookbooks and use your recipes all the time. I want to try this ultimate pepper sauce, but am in Texas. Have never seen a bitter melon. Anything to substitute for it? Also, while we do get papaya’s they are not small green ones. Anything to substitute for that?
that book looks fantastic.
Hello Chris!!! I stumbled upon your page by accident and let me just say… it was the best stumble ever!!! You’re recipes are great and I want to thank you for sharing part of your heritage. I love to try different foods but can’t afford to travel to taste it so thanks to you, I get a little taste of your country. Thanks again and please don’t stop sharing!!!
Hi,
I’ve just made this and it looks & tastes great. Sweet, sharp, tangy and hot.
I couldn’t get fresh Pimenton peppers, but found pickled ones, which works well seeing as vinegar goes in to the recipe anyway. Anyone in the UK – look out for Aleyna Cherry Peppers in Tesco.
You’ll need to go to an Indian greengrocer for bitter gourd or Karela.
Hi Chris your recipes are excellent thanks. For this pepper sauce I can’t find a bitter Mellon can I substitute it for something else thanks
you can leave it out or use any sort of tart fruit or veg.
I’ve tried making this sauce. Apparently the 4 lime juice was too much. It made my sauce very sour. Might have been better if it left it out.
you know I’m a trini to heart love cooking love the pepper sauce recipe must try have peppers already. Thank
Chris, I will certainly be making this pepper sauce. I have practically everything growing in backyard garden. My home may be without other things but never out of hot sauce, thank you for the recipe.
Hey Chris, I made, your Green Sauce last weekend. It is Awesome. I will try the pepper sauce recipe next. Thanks for these Great Recipes.
I bought a lot of Trinidad scorpion peppers this year from a local grower. I tried a few and they were HOT. I then froze the rest. I was surprised to find out they were not as hot now since they have been previously frozen.
Live and learn.
I just ordered your book. My partner and I have been making recipes from your site/youtube and everything has always come out great. She is Trini and this is not the type of food I grew up cooking so having a reliable resource has been terrific. Happy wife, happy life.
I have been making pepper sauce for years. All kinds, from mild to extra hot, from a sauce to chunky. Lately I have been using scotch bonnet of one color only – only red or only yellow. You will be surprised at how each one has a unique taste and flavor.
I’ve been searching for an interesting hot sauce recipe to use my somewhat overwhelming crop of scotch bonnets this year. This sounds ideal! I’ll let you know how it turns out, Chris! Keep up the good work!
Can”t wait to try, Have ghost pepppers that are too hot to cook with.
I love my pepper sauce and like any good Trini have my own recipe. Similar to yours, but I have never used lime/lemon with the rind still on. Definitely going to try your recipe next time my pepper sauce runs low for that unique touch.
This PS recipe has the balance I am looking doe in PS
will try this recipe.
Looking for a Jan=macian hot sauce hope this one is close. Was given a jar and we,re out . Will try this one as it looks simular. Please enter me in contest
Lovely sounding and some unusual ingredients I have not heard of before.
Thanks Chris now I have away to use up all my peppers!
Looks good, will definitely have to try making it. Thanks for sharing!
Nice recipe. I've been experimenting with making pepper sauces, will definitely incorporate yours with mine, should make a winning combination :))))
Thanks for posting Chris, I will certainly give this a try
great pepper sauce. Please enter my name in the contest.
Hello Chris. I am a lover of any kind of hot sause. I guess I inherated it from my mother. Last season I grew some Habenero peppers for the first time and is amaized with the lovely flavour . It was too late to plant Bonny's last season. I got a great deal of Habbos' and added some similar ingredients and put them in my blender. Have a few bottles in the fridge. Thanks for the recepies and will try some of them next time I plant. I enjoy your recepies; but I do not eat shell fish. Thanks. Cheers
What can I use to replace the bitter melon?
Commonly found in chinese/asian grocery stores. Also called Ampalaya.
I lived in the Caribbean for two years. The hit sauce was amazing–fiery and full if of flavor. The fiery portion didn’t linger, either. Well, I’ve never been able to find a recipe to recreate those taste combinations–until now!!!! Thanks for the step-by-step guide.
I can't find where to buy shadow beni leaves. I just used the cilantro and blended as instructed. I tasted it but I found something's missing on the taste. I added 4 tablespoons mustard, 2 tablespoons garlic powder, and 3 tablespoons sugar. I liked it a little bit sweet and the result was just perfect to me. I hope I remember these blend next time I make pepper sauce.
Can't wait to make this sauce. Do I add the lemon peel to the blender? not use to using the peel. Lime peel too….. thanks dean
Just made my first batch and I'll be using this again in time for gifting for Christmas. Thanks a million Chris and keep up the good work.
Thanks for the recipe. I’ll be trying it with several fresh Trinidad Scorpions, Ghosts & Chocolate Habeneros I recently picked up…
Great article! I have been searching for this topic for so long. Thanks for saving lot of my time. I will definitely come again to read your website. 🙂
I just made this sauce! It is delicious! Thanks for the blog! I'm looking forward to trying more recipes!
The lime is being blended with the skin. How interesting…………………………..
This is the traditional way and the best.
too hott!
Cant wait to make this!
I have to Thank You once again for allowing me to feel the soul of bck home in Trinidad. Traditionally you are suppose to teach your children how to cook and I was not granted that opportunity but this allow me pick up as if I was taught by my grandmother. Everday i want to try something new my daughter loves to eat and I enjoy cooking thanks Again!
great!!!!
sounds really good will definitely give it a try
Love this website…. My children get to enjoy the recipes from their dads home land. Thanks! by the way enter my name into the contest
Hi Chris,
Thanks for your messages, definitely add my name to the list please.
Many thanks,
Nadeen
what a fantastic recipe!!!makes food taste incredible
Looks good, I cannot wait to try it!!!
I would really like to get that hot and spicy cookbook. I hope that I am not being fooled.
Marcia
Dear Chris, you sent this e-mail for me to be able to get the cook boo but let's be real would I really be able to get it? Personally I do not wish to sign up on face book because of it's contents. If you wish you can contact me at my e-mail. I do enjoy your recipes and I have told a few friends about it.
Kathy
Fabulous sauce Chris. I've never made pepper sauce before and luckily my husband is East Indian so I leave that and the curry to the pros in the family. My job is tasting. It's a good job lol
Looks a lot like mine, but I don't use lime. However, my mom always made a lime pepper sauce whcih was fantastic with seafood. SIgn me up please. Donnalyn
I for one like a lil bit of heat, but could never really get used to this pepper to save my life; however, my sister and stepdad are so glad I have them the recipe. I will continue to pass along the wealth of information.
pepper sauce looks very mouth watering……..thanks for the step by step guide – I love our sauces!!!
Your website has saved my marriage…I mean I actually love to cook now!
Yummy. Thanks so much for sharing. Can’t wait to serve this up.
Ultimate Pepper Sauce + Ultimate Fried Chicken = Ultimately Happy Trini Belly 😀
Ultimate Pepper Sauce + Ultimate Fried Chicken = Ultimately Happy Trini Belly 😀
hi chris l love your recipes its the best of the best , i was tring to find recipes and when i decover your wedsite i said thank you lord, you have bring me up a noch, I am on my way to star dum. I have recommend friends on fb to love your recipes.I will really love to recieve you hot and spicy cook book, love and blessing. My address OLIVIA CHARLES HIGH ROAD LABREA TRINIDAD WEST INDIES #2
Hmm my husband would love this!
another great recipe chris
love it
thanks for all the work you do in documenting traditional Caribbean cooking.
Looks great! Can"t wait to try it. Thanks!
Hi Chris, love all your recipes.You can use the limes in a different way in your hot sauce.Just boil,cut,remove the seeds,then blend with the other ingredients.
Sounds interesting. Will try it. Hope I win. My name is Aisha
Hi Chris, I love your site and your recipes are great. I make a lot of Trini dishes and it's nice to see a recipe on your site that makes me say…"Hmmm I'll have to make that this weekend". Keep up the good work.
I cannot wait to try this, however, no pimento peppers so I will have to either substitute with something else or none at all!!! I know that the pimento will add a wonderful flavor, a bummer for me.
Hi Chris
I really look forward to your weekly recipes! You really have remembered life in Tdad, and your recipes capture all of it! Love the reminiscing that accompanies the recipes – actually that is what I read first!! It takes me back to my childhood and life in T&T. Keep up the flow!!
Sheba
Living in beautiful T&T
great recipe, please enter my name in the contest
I have been cooking up a storm since i joined this site. THANK U SO MUCH.
My mouth is watering right now.I am going to use this recipe today.
This is one of the perfect ways to use the peppers i grow.
Chris, another fantastic recipe! I have made my own fiery pepper sauces for a while now, but never with papaya, limes and lemons. Can't wait to give this a try!
Oh and would love to try to win the recipe book!
Thanks as always,
Chiza
It took my a while to find a green papaya, and could not find a bitter melon (I live in Alabama), but the sauce is still good without it.
i'm not one for pepper sauce but i sent me dad a link to this recipe!! he would love this !
Hi Chris I look forward to your recipes each day they bring joy to my mouth and stomach thanks
looks delicious!
This looks good, this is a lot of peppers though,my mouth is burning and my eyes are watering already and i haven't made it yet. Not sure what is bitter melon, not used it in Barbados unless it is under a different name.
looks great
Always good inspiration to be found in here;-)
I have made my mom’s pepper sauce recipe and everyone loves it, I tried yours and it is a big hit as well. Everyone is still partial to my mom’s , I think besides the fact that it is good, she died two years ago , so it is more loyalty than anything else. I have also made it with pimiento. I do not get it in CA but my in laws ship it from NY for me and while I disagree with the person who said it is not for the faint of heart ( it is not a hot pepper but full of flavor) IT does make an incredible sauce. Thanks for the great job you do Chris.
Chris I love hot sauce and cannot wait to make this one!!!
will try this recipe when i run out of my store bought sauce. Enter my name in the contest.
Love hot sauce, can"t wait to try it.
Loving all the spicy recipes! Can't wait to try them out. Keep them coming.
Your doing a great job Chris! I love the ultimate pepper sauce recipe, FANTASTIC!!
I am so glad I found you!!!! I am your new fan!!! I'm not from the Caribbean, but love the food, so each recipe has me drooling and in a hurry to get the ingredients so I can start cooking and eating. I would like to have all these recipes in a book, but will settle for the online recipes that I can print out.
Thank you Chris, I am our biggest fan.
ahtinah
hmmm will definitely pass this on to friends who love the hot stuff…bess recipe right here.
Love a good pepper sauce but never seen a recipe with chopped limes blended in it. Will have to try that.
Chris, got to hand it to you, every week I so look forward to your next recipe, tasty indeed!
Great site and great recipees. I can throw away my cookbook now! wish I had discover this earlier! One site I will recommend all my friends to visit.
WOW!…mouth-watering indeed, It looks really tasty.
Thank you Chris for more peppersauce recipe. Try making some pepper sauce with the flavorful Pepper we call Piemento in T& T. Its not hot but its a fantastic appetizer withgreat FLAVOR but not the heat for the weak at heart.
i love this recipe it 's making my mouth water .. i definetly have to try it
Hi chris that looks like a sause of inspiration.
Pepper is my passion!!!!I know I’ll live this one!
I really enjoy your recipes
All looks great……..enter me……
Hey Chris, I'm just too busy for my own good!…Gotta slow down soon! How many of us think that about ourselves, I wonder.
That Hot Sauce really looks fantastic! I am in the process of aquiring the ingredients and will definitely be trying it! I grew up on a Caribbean Island, and hot pepper sauce was a staple in the house and at every meal. Must have the Scotch Bonnet aroma and flavour, not to mention the heat with all meals.
Thanks for posting it and so many of your other incredible recipes.
This looks like a great pepper sauce. I like hot sauce and can't wait to try this. Thanks for all your great recipes. Keep them coming.
Nice one Chris… got to give this one a try, looks to inviting to miss :))
verygood i do enjoy youre recipes , keep them coming
My husband would love it if I could make some good pepper sauce!
I have never tried green papaya in my pepper sauces, only fro tenderizing meat & green papaya salads. But as a Jamaican, we love everything with pepper. Right now the Scotchies are not only hot but very flavourful!!
Yummy
I made some this week. Delicious and sooooooo hot!!! My daughter keeps putting it on everything:)
how hot is it?
I am trying to do more cooking at home to try and cut back on eating out expenses. I will definately add this to my box of recipes to try.
thanks Chris. Another Fab recipe. I will surely try this version.
I will be trying this soon and also forwarding to a few others that can "take the heat"
At last a good West Indian cooking with step by step instructions. Tried the curry shrimp. it was delicious.
I just might have to try this one.
I love anything hot and spicy so o can’t wait to try this recipe. Thank you for sharing such great recipes.
Chris- I'm making this today. Can't wait to hurt/share it with my friends. Enter my name in the contest!
Truly unique website! I Love all the step by step pictures! Your recipies are true island wonders!
Your peppersauce looks yummy,can't wait to try it. Only problem is,I might end up eating too much! I will be making it next week,as soon as I purchase all the ingredients. Thanks Chris
this is exactly how my mom makes it!
Chris –
Here you go again… I like this Pepper Sauce recipe. I have my own, but this is very flavorful. Thanks!
Wow! Would love to get this "hot,hot" gift! Love your Caribbean recipes, too!
Your hot pepper recipe hit the spot for my family, we’re all lovers of spicy food and of course, a good, hot and tasty pepper sauce adds just the right touch. Already made a batch and they all loved it. Keep up the good work!!!!
Great recipe!
chris,
don't forget to enter my name in the contest also!!
Nice recipes man!!Takes me back to the good old days back home.
your pics are very easy to learn to cook
Can’t wait to make the hot sauce
ALL i have to say is YUMMYLIOUCS!
Thanks for all your wonderful recipes
i dont have to bother my mom to cook
for me much any more 🙂
this peppa sauce looking hot…..
Wow, looks good! I’ve got to try this one out~
I love canning fruits and veggies! I would love to try canning with hot pepper sauce!
Thanks Chris!
Have a Blessed day!!!
Maaaaannnn that tastes super hot and super good and super hot again. WoW! Thanks for this recipe!!! This makes my day. Okay, I don't have the bitter fruit, but just the same, it's dynamic!!!
I'm burnin'!!!!
Looks delicious. Enter me in your contest please.
Thanks!
Looks good can’t wait to try
Looking great cant wait
Chris you do such a great job of going step by step with instructions and illustrations. Keep up the great work!
Never tried slicing the Peppers but I will this time
Yes Chris, you can enter my name in the contest. I will make your sauce this weekend, as I have all ingreds at hand..
cant wait to try this……..i crave proper pepper sauce when i leave trini, i can never seem to find any to my liking. Hopefully this one will do the trick
Great recipe!!!
Found your site a week ago. Love the recipes 🙂
love the pictures that go along with each step ..thanks for making it so easy to follow 🙂
I Will try it soon!
OMG. Just looking at the bottle of pepper sauce have me frooling
Im sooo excited to try this out..looks mouth watering!!
Looks delicious,have to try it…
me have to past this around to my ppl
mouth watering have to try this
Ready to try it all
Looking good, Chris! Enter my name in the contest!
I can't wait to try this recipe!! it's so much fun to give hot sauce out to my friends.
I love your recipes…everything true trini style…
Lots of stuff that parents and grandparents try to teach us while growing up..but we never quite get the touch as we were not paying attention fully..now its all documented ste-by-step! Way to go! Thanks for that.
A whole lot of new recipes also that I have never tried before…
Btw..pepper sauce looks very tasty…just like my late father’s. Yum.
I love all the recipes that you put up I have tried a few and they came out great but want to know how do you make the bully beef with onions if you don’t mind telling me
this is on my to do list for this weekend. Can’t wait to try it.
We love Pepper sauce, can't wait to try it. Thanks
I finally have a reason to use my dried habenero peppers!!
Chris, what exactly is bitter melon? I keep hearing about it but I don,t know what it is
I am looking for a recipe for a hot pepper sauce from Central Africa. It contains Scotch Bonnet pepper and palm oil. Maybe someone can help?
This looks great! will make a great gift at Christmas present, when preserved as raj suggested, for friends able to take the heat anyway…
Looks fantastic.
Looks yummy!! Can't wait to try it especially with the lemon. Always tasty recipes!!
I just discovered your site while looking for an oxtail recipe. Your pics make me want to go grocery shopping in order to make fried chicken and green seasoning (and after this article pepper sauce lol). I too did not watch my Haitian family cooking and am at a loss as an adult. Thank you so much for the posts, I have favorited you under my cooking sites :).
I tasted a pepper sauce from Belize that was made with carrot and it was good. Also, I go to an african restaurant in Bklyn, NY and their pepper sauce is unique in taste and good. But I will be making yours today.
Hi Chris. I am definitely going to try this..My son loves HOT recipes. He is a great cook(never writing down the recipes he makes), but that whats makes him great.. I love your site.Thank you again..
don't u cook the papaya since it ferments ?
Chris,
Thanks for this recipe. I will certainly try it. I make pepper sauce using my mother's recipe which is similar to yours except for the lemons, lime and shadow beni.
Thanks for all your post, I look for them everyday and cannot wait to open them up when I recieve a notification.
What does the bitter melon do?? Not used to seeing that in Caribbean recipes as we don't typically use it here in Jamaica.
Chris if I was going to process it to put on my shelf how long would I need to processs it for in a hot Water Bath?
Also I always enjoy the photos you include in each recipe, they help to visualize the steps.
sounds awesome will definitely give it a try
Will this recipe work if I use a milder pepper like an jalepeno or a cubanelle pepper? (especially combined with culantro)
Nothing better than home made pepper sauce I will sure trying this .
I need to try this pepper sauce and there better with the Christmas season coming in at a fast pace, it will be perfect for when my friends come over to parang.
Reasons why i need to get a new blender.
Sounds awesome! I just hope I can hang! Will DEFINITELY give it a try 🙂
Nothing better than homemade peppa sauce. As kids we used to take some from the jar and put it at the side of our plates to be like the adults. By the end of dinner, sometimes our eyes would be red, our noses watering, and our tongues burning!
This pepper sauce recipe looks good i will give it a try
I always make my own pepper sauce and going to give this one a go !!
Chris, that pepper sauce is tempting. Looks like I have a project for the weekend!
Hi Chris, My family are big fans of pepper sauce. I'm sure when I present this at our Thanksgiving table, it will be the talk of the holiday, especially when I give everyone a batch to take home. Supermarkets here in the states don't have the CARAILI. What can I use a substitute?
Thanks for all the great recipes. Keep up the good work!!!
I love this recipe. I got some pepper sauce from panama that was also flavored with fruits loke papaya and mango. Think I'll throw some in this recipe to give a few batches a different spin. I too grew peppers in my yard this summer and have them in the fridge trying to figure what I wanted to do with them. Thanks Chrs
morning chris, i have started a business of bottling pepper sauce and it's going quite well. it hasnt reached groceries or supermarkets but it leave trinidad quite regularly. I have bottled it with the label *saucy ruth* and my customers love it….. however the prices of peppers r ridiculous right now due to the weather here in trini. I paid $600.00 for a half crocus bag , a little over seven hundred peppers. my recipe is similar to urs with a few differences ha ha.
oulàlà ça pique !!
I put a little Heinz mustard in mine. That's the way we like it.
Hello chris.I have made your pepper sauce and my wife loves it.My fiends at work loves it.I really love it.Man what is it that you can't make lol.I tell them to go to your site.Much respect to you .
Thanks for all the wonderful recipes!!
It's true that putting pepper sauce in the fridge looses some of its heat. My father in Trinidad keeps them in glass bottles out of the kitchen on a counter. But for some reason here in Canada putting them in the cupboard for a while, I noticed it starting to spoil. Anyone know why???
Pepper sauce is part of my daily meal. I just love it.
Great stuff Chris keep up the good work
Tried one of you jerk reciepes and we all loved it. Printed of one of your pepper receipts also for my mom, thanks so much for all your hard work…
Yummy can't wait to try it!!
Homemade peppersauce is always the best,love it!
Home made pepper sauce is always the best.Love it!
Chris, great recipe. As an alternative, you can place the blended ingredients in a pot and bring it to a boil, then bottle them when partially cool. In that way immediately after bottling you place a cap on the bottles.The remainig heat of the product would then create a vaccum in the bottle which would prolong the shelf life and you would not need to store them in the refridgerator until after it is opened. One note is that you should sterilize the bottles by washing them in hot water and allowing them to properly dry before you fill them.
I am so ready for the heat. We know what is coming up in the next few months so I definitely need to keep my kitchen hot.
yes this pepper sauce looking right
I like this recipe. I’ll modify mines to something like it
This strikes me as a "hot seller" Chris, never put whole lime in though, have to try this one out, I love hot and spicy food, thank you.
This pepper sauce looks tasty i wll try making insha allah
OMG! it makes my mouth water
OMG! its mouth watering
Chris…. 1 TBS Trinidad curry powder, 1TBS cumin, 1/4 C. mustard oil and 1/4 C.brown sugar would be a good thing that can be added. And , instead, of limes—1/4 white wine vinegar.
That hot sauce look good, will be making a batch soon.
this looks great, and u can also add some carrots to it.
I must agree with the other comments. It does look really really good. I am out of pepper sauce right at this moment and it makes me feel I could go out to the green grocers tomorrow and buy stuff and make some. That's for sure. You know us Trinis how we love pepper sauce. Not that commercial stuff that we find in the super markets, but the real stuff.
hot and spicy to go
Hi Chris, I prefer to make my pepper sauce in the food processor ( I usually call it ground pepper because it is very thick as I add no liquid – unlike the blender where you must add liquid) especially if I am sending it abroad to North America. Even if its a local destination (Trinidad and Tobago) I do the same. The reason being when it is received it goes such a longer way when diluted. e.g. I send off one bottle and its so thick and concentrated that that person may sometimes get two or three bottles from that single one. That way its more beneficial to them and less bottles to travel with!!!!!
I can't wait to try this out :))
Can I make the pepper sauce without shado beni or cilantro? I hate them.
hi, great recipes! keep up the good work! 😉
This sounds so exciting!!
I would would do the same except I would take about a 1/4 of the chopped ingredients and bottle it in vinegar to cover. This way I have pepper sauce and hot pickels as well
This is some serious heat boy! Just the way I like it! 🙂
Darn my blender is broken.
nice peppers
I can’t wait to try this out, it look hot and spicy just how I like it
Hi Chris, you can also add morai. Refrigerate and will last for months.
Looking tasty!!
Hi Chris…… great recipe.
Dean
boy, that sauce making my mouth water! can't wait to try it
gosh that looking serious….mouth watering!!!
My mouth is watering from just looking at the pics!! YUM
I like my food good and hot. This pepper sauce should do the trick!
man,that looking hot but it looking tasty also.I'll have to try it for sure
What I wanted to know is if the limes are Necessary?? What does it do for the sauce and if so, do I have to peel the limes first or grind up the lime Skins as well????
this sauce came out real good i use it everyday
This is a great recipe. have to try it soon. I can include it in my mexican dishes.
Hi Chris, I was just thinking of you this morning…will likely pick my first batch of Guava tomorrow a.m. (You had forwarded me your Mom's recipe for Guava Cheese last year). I would love to add the Hot & Spicy Kitchen Handbook to my growing collection of reference materials for my adventures in Caribbean cooking! I'm currently experimenting with Mango Hot Pepper jelly and will forward my results to you at a later date…a recent "adventure" to share with your readers using "fresh" Scotch Bonnet" peppers: Feeling pretty cocky, I slipped on my latex "pepper" gloves and proceeded to chop with confidence; finishing, I washed my hands with soap and proceeded to prepare my batch of Mango Hot Pepper Jelly; I noticed a slight tingling under my finger nail but thought nothing of it. A few hours later the tingling progressed to pain I would assume could compete with Chinese Bamboo Torture – I tried cleaning with a finger nail brush, the point of a nail file, etc., anything to dig out the pain! The pain lasted nearly a week – next time I will use Rubber Gloves!
Chris I think I make some great Pepper Sauce myself but you know we Trini say self praise eh no praise. Anyway for a little twist I add some GROUND CUMIN. wWhich really adds flavor when eating any curried dish.
Wonderful recipe Chris, thank you for inspiring me and others. God Bless you.
OMG!!! That looks extremely HOT!!!!
Hi, This is just like mammy used to make. lol My Mom has the same recipe except for the papaya.
the pepper looks good one thing i add when making my pepper is add a few squeeze of mustard it gives a nice flavor an color.
Chris,
I love your recipes. The step by step instructions and pictures are fantastic! Anybody can cook with your help 🙂
This looks like one wicked Pepper Sauce! Must try it soon. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Looks great, homemade is always better than store bought.
I love a great pepper sauce. My mom loves to prepare jars for me being that i'm a pepper sauce freak lol… i put it on almost everything.
I will definitely try my hand at this recipe.
Thanks for posting
hey chris, tried this1 and it is the bomb…LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Chris … love your "easy to make" recipes … and the pictures are the best! My husband is from Trinidad and I have been surprising him with learning a few of his favorites from your receipes … this is one I will try since I know he likes his pepper sauce …
that pepper sauce looks and smells hot, but my brothers will like that since they are a lover of pepper… i am about to try it….
Hi Chris – love pepper sauces. Great recipe!
This is some serious Pepper sauce
that pepper sauce look hot but i will give it a try since my brothers love pepper …
cant wait to try this recipe!!!!!!!! i love peppa sauce!!!!!!!! esp wit flavor and not just heat!!!
Me too!
OOOOh..lalala..this is what Caribbean people adore,especially we Trinis..nothing like that goes better with a curried duck and dhaalpuri roti with a banana soda!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi Chris. Wow, scary amount of peppers in your photos! sounds great though. How long will this sauce keep for?
That look like the sause of inspiration.
Hey Rennison, aren't you our neighbour from Arima?
I can't wait to try this recipe!! It will be great to hand out to friends.
Gonna have to try thins one not done it with whole lemon and lime.
got to try this one to