How To Make Fermented Tabasco Sauce

From plant & peppers to fermented hot sauce, I show how to make fermented hot pepper sauce using tabasco peppers, cayenne peppers, salt, vinegar, & time.

Ingredients:
A batch of garden grown hot peppers (Tabasco preferred)
2-3% salt by weight
White wine vinegar to taste
Hooch from a natural yeast starter (Optional. Video link below)

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[henrikjrgensen]

I had a mouthful of cake when you said "Go forth and ferment!" and now I have a keyboard full of crumbs :D

[bobbymcgovern]

Save the sludge from the straining, dehydrate, grind, and you'll have some tasty spice mix to sprinkle on your food.

[stevehunter]

This man knows what he is talking about! Thank for posting this.

[michaelacker]

I have been a cook and a chef for almost 40 years with tons of baking experience (I have a starter in my fridge right now) and I would have NEVER thought of using the hooch from my starter to kickstart a ferment on a pepper sauce. What a great idea! I will definitely try it with my next batch. I just started a batch of thai-lapeno sauce about 4 days ago in a 3% brine and they are just starting to bubble a little. I love Tabasco so my next batch will definitely be this recipe. Nice to see that this old dog can still learn some new tricks. Thanks!

[phillieb]

This is a very good, basic pepper fermentation video. Thank you for your contribution and efforts!

[Lewisusa]

I use Tabasco on EVERYTHING! So decided I needed to make my own due to cost. I just picked all of my pepper yesterday and got 5lbs of Jalapenos and Serrano del Sol. I will be getting them all cut this evening.

[joseitlarios]

Ola soy Mexicano y me encantan tus ideas I'm Mexican and I like your ideas thank you

[itchyego]

Your enthusiasm is all I need! - Loved your video! - Ken in Hawaii

[daking]

I never knew hot sauce was this simple to make....can’t wait to try it 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[itsthefuturebob]

Great video! I’ve just finished a couple of batches including my first ever green pepper hot sauce. I noticed you used a lid and I’ve seen other people use them. When I ferment my sauce I just use a piece of cheese cloth secured with a rubber band that way I’ve avoided any disasters. Thanks sharing your techniques!

[blitzit]

Great tutorial. I'm going to have to grow some of these next year, my front step faces south and those peppers look better than geraniums. Glad I found your channel.

[EverydayBBQ]

Man I’d love to try that! I’ll openly admit that the fermentation process scares me cause I have never done it. That really looked great, Larry. Cheers 🍻

[JoshJorg]

Have you ever met a Tabasco sauce addict?

Will I have and it's my wife!

She put Tabasco sauce on absolutely everything. Even things you would think it would never go with you better believe it's going on there!

[LassesFoodAndBarbecue]

And there it is. Great walkthrough Larry!

[alexames]

I'm a chef and i'm pretty impressed with his food second video I've watched nice job 😎😃👍👍

[alex__in__chainz]

The “Christmas lights” of the garden as I like to call em

[Fallkad]

Oh my, everything I learnt about fermentation: only fresh, never frozen. Don't use a starter. Always cover in brine. Weigh down. Never open the jar during the process. But apparently, those rules are totally redundant! Thank you for the cool recipe ☺️ greetings from Germany

[McVeigh]

Great video Larry, I will definitely be trying this in the future. Cheers!

[klausehrhardt]

I am currently inoculating My Pepper Mash with unpasteurized Apple vinegar. Worked wonders with sauerkraut.

[nodrip]

I'm from southern AZ and am curious to try this w/ some local peppers! I lived in Illinois for a while and am jealous of the produce. I thought the peppers would suck but I was pleasantly mistaken!