# Hot Sauce

This hot sauce recipe is easy to make from scratch, tastes great, and can be canned for later use.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 12 oz spicy peppers
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1.5 cups white vinegar
- 0.5 cup water

## Instructions

1. Rinse off the peppers.
2. Put the water, vinegar, and peppers into a food processor and chop it up.
3. Pour the mixture into a pot.
4. Add sugar, salt, and garlic to the pot.
5. Bring the mixture to a boil on the stovetop.
6. Cover the pot and allow it to simmer for 20 minutes.
7. Strain the hot sauce through a food mill or mesh colander to remove seeds and skins.
8. Ladle the hot sauce into canning jars.
9. Wipe the rims of the jars.
10. Add lids and bands to the jars.
11. Waterbath can pint-sized jars or smaller for 10 minutes.

## Equipment

- food processor
- pot
- food mill
- mesh colander
- ladle
- canning jars
- jar lifter

## Tips

- No need to remove pepper stems before processing, as they will be strained out.
- A little separation in the canned hot sauce is normal, just shake it up before each use.
- This homemade hot sauce is very similar to Frank's Hot Sauce but better.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6E8fR2U/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a3def7b8-9823-499b-9b93-5e1929878bc8
- Extracted: 2025-09-13

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