Homemade Louisiana Hot Sauce Recipe (fermented and non fermented)

Homemade Louisiana Hot Sauce Recipe (fermented and non fermented)

from chilipeppermadness.com
40 min

Learn how to make classic Louisiana style hot sauce at home, with fermented chili peppers. It’s so easy.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound red chili peppers (chopped (use cayenne, tabasco, red jalapeno or others))
  • 1 quart unchlorinated water ((for fermented version only))
  • 3 tablespoons salt ((for the non-fermented version, use only 1/2 to 1 teaspoon salt, to your preference))
  • ½-1 cup white wine vinegar (to your preference)

Directions

  1. 1

    First, ferment the chili peppers. Chop the peppers then pack them into a jar, leaving at least 1 inch of head space. The peppers may rise a bit when fermenting.

  2. 2

    Add only the chili peppers, 1 cup vinegar and 1 teaspoon salt to a pot and bring to a quick boil. Be sure you are only using 1 teaspoon of salt.