Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce Recipe

When it comes down to it, cayenne peppers are quite a bit hotter than jalapenos. In fact, on the Scoville heat index, cayenne peppers range from 30,000 to 50,000. You can usually find cayenne peppers in fresh, dried or ground form in your local grocery store. These peppers are rather hot when they are picked right from the vine. If you take a bite out of a fresh cayenne pepper, you will experience the same kind of rush that you might from eating a lot of dark chocolate. This is from the endorphins that are released in your system when you eat the pepper. The capsaicin contained in cayenne peppers are most effectively released when you roast them.

Now, one thing that you will want to do once you have your cayenne peppers in hand is make some cayenne pepper hot sauce. There are many methods of doing this. Following is a basic cayenne pepper hot sauce recipe that you can play around with.

You will need:
1 or 2 handfuls of Cayenne Peppers
Tomato Paste
Apple Cider Vinegar
Kosher or Sea Salt
Lemon Juice, optional

To begin with, remove the caps and stems from the peppers. Then cut them into 1 inch lengths. Put these pieces into a saucepan. Cover the peppers with vinegar. Put the lid on the saucepan and simmer for 30 minutes covered. When the peppers are very tender, take off the heat and let cool. Put the peppers and vinegar into a food processor. Process until the peppers until they are smooth. Taste the processed peppers on a corn chip, rice, bread or a slice of cucumber. Add salt as desired. The tomato paste goes in next to add a bit of sweetness along with holding down the heat to the way you like it. Top it off with lemon juice if you want.

It’s really that simple to create cayenne pepper hot sauce. With this recipe, you can add to it or take away from it to get the taste that you like best. Use it to cook with or mix with other ingredients to create a dip or salsa. This is one of the easiest of recipes to use for hot sauce. If you don’t have a food processor, it’s possible to use a blender, or even a mixer, on high. Once you have mixed up your batch of hot sauce, have some bottles on hand to store it.

While there are many health benefits to eating cayenne peppers in some form or another, there is another great reason for growing these on your own. As they start to grow, they look so pretty in your garden. The colors really add a lot to the beauty of your garden and your landscape.