Chile de Árbol Hot Sauce Recipe
Have you ever tried making homemade hot sauce?It may seem like a job best left to the professionals, but homemade hot sauceis superior to almost everything I’ve tried off the shelf. This hot saucerecipe, using chiles de àrbolas its source of heat, is one of my favorite ways to add some kick!
Ingredients
- 2 oz dried chiles de àrbol also known as bird’s beak or rat’s tail chilies
- 1 cup white wine vinegar
- 5-6 cloves fresh garlic
- 1 tsp sugar
Instructions
- Remove the stems from the dried chilies and slice the chilies in half. Shake the dried peppers to remove the seeds (see my blog postabove for additional methods to remove the seeds as well as information on whetherto remove the seeds at all).
- Add the dried chilies to a medium-sized glass bowl and cover with hot water. Add a second, smaller bowl on top to submerge the chilies as necessary. Soak for 20 minutes.
- Remove the soaked chilies and discard the soaking water. Add the chilies, vinegar, garlic and sugar to a high-speed blender and blend until smooth. Bottle the hot sauce in an airtight hot sauce bottle and store in the refrigerator.
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