Make Your Own Habanero Hot Sauce

Let’s face it: when the habaneros ripen (whether you’re growing them or buying them from the farmer’s market), there are way more than what most of us can use. I’ve had luck freezing them whole, but more likely, the abundance will find its way into this hot sauce. It’s an orange hot sauce to reflect the color of ripe habaneros, which means that it can be made with the same weight of any orange (even yellow) hot pepper you grow or find at the market. This recipe is straightforward, but feel free to embroider it with spices like cumin, allspice or black pepper. In the refrigerator, this hot sauce will keep for months.

[JorgeGarcia-lwvc]

This dude is amazing. Food is done magnificently, very authentic, but still allowing for a lot of flexibility since he is mindful of availability and various preferences. I love that he speaks Spanish and pronounces words correctly and respectfully. As a Mexican, this man is amazing and his work in spreading the wonders of Mexican food is just wonderful to everyone. If only all Mexican restaurants in the world could watch his videos the world would be a better place. Gracias y fuerte abrazo.

[cubanmama]

I am so grateful for this video. I grew a habanero pepper in a pot. It was very prolific and now I can use the harvest. I LOVE the taste of habaneros despite the heat.

[josecintron]

I made a very large badge of a similar sauce last year and added pineapple and mango to it for a bit of sweetness. It is incredibly delicious. I gave a bottle to my neighbor and he just asked me if I am going to make more this year.

[matthewvanrensburg]

Habenero chilli+fruit = some of the most amazing jams ever.

Strawberry Habenero Jam with freshly baked warm shortbread and vanilla icecream, oh my gawd... Pineapple Habenero Jam... oh...

[akquattro]

Used to watch your show on Create as a kid back in the day, I miss those good times 😭

[cctknight]

I started fermenting my hot sauce last year, and really prefer the depth of flavor. You can make this recipe, but add a fermentation step to it and wow! Just understand how to calculate the salt percentage in the brine and the importance of pH in being safe.

[Keith_KCTCQ]

I've been making home made pepper sauce and home made pickled hot pepper relish for 30-40 years from peppers and veg from my garden. It's a great way to use them and nit aste anything.

With the sauces I make some a blend of different peppers, some straight sauce of one pepper variety, some I make a pepper and veg blend sauce, others a pepper/fruit blend sauce.

One of favorites is a blend of carrot, mango and habanero. the sweet and heat work well together. Oh and it is great if you mix a dash or two into a glass of anejo teguila on the rocks

[Randy_RaW_Inspiration]

I've always loved habaneros, but don't use them very often. I was inspired by your video. Picked some up at the grocery store and made myself a batch of sauce today. Cooling now. Tastes great and excited to use it on all sorts of things. Thanks Rick!

[edwardwong]

That would make a wonderful gift idea, either giving or getting!

[MichaelHirshoren]

Rick, thanks for this recipe and all of your cooking videos. You are a legend and still love your content. I lived for 20 yrs in Soho NYC and they have a restaurant called Blue Ribbon. They have a similar recipe for this hot sauce and serve it on the table. They sell it and also use it for their wings but also I put it on their fried oysters and other food. So good! ❤🌶️🫑🇲🇽

[stuffjerrydoes]

I made this with a reduced amount of habaneros and it turned out great, thanks!

[drypotatoandjam]

I wish i had this on my crilled chicken right now! Looks

[groverearp]

Prior to watching this I have made Habanero hot sauce a few times. THIS method is much simpler than how I was doing it. Thanks Rick.

[sarmatiko]

This recipe came out just in time! The season almost ended where I live and I still have a dozen of Habaneros and Ghost Pepper pods on my plants that just started to change color and they wont make it before first frost. So they all are going into the pot with some relatively hot annuum peppers (kind of like Anaheim but hotter).

[michaelogden]

I used Rick's formula to make a chiltepin + pequin sauce with 4 habaneros for aroma and flavor. Delicious. The small downside is that the puree has to be smashed through a double mesh strainer because the chiltepin and pequin peppers are literally full of small seeds.

[chefevielee]

This is the best hot sauce recipe ever! We have been making it for a few years. So long story short we grew tons of plants and they have not done well😂😂😂 but that's okay pepper plants live forever as long as you take care of them. I'm just gonna re plant them out of their pots into a permanent spot in the yard. Trim them back and cover them when need be. So they should do ok. We have root knot. But I will grow some more next year in pots as well. I will get my year long hot sauce harvest😂 oddly enough I bought some organic seed and they are red?

[smokeygils]

This is awesome. Would love to see a video on your citrus habanero sauce.

[lauradana]

I make this for my son and husband, but I use regular vinegar, add pineapple or apple or even mango, and chicken bullion instead of salt

[DH-.]

I just used my gardens last habaneros to make a very spicy Jamaican jerk, (7) it let me know while I was cooking too... Definitely in a few weeks I'll have more and I'll make your recipe

[katherinemorris]

Rick, I've been watching you on create and now you're not there. Where did you go YouTube? Anyway, we all love you and love your food. I think I heard you on YouTube. Anyway, that sauce looks awesome! Awesome! Can't wait to try it. In fact, I'm going to get the ingredients today. Thank you! Oh we love your wife and daughter