Favorite Hot Sauce/Peppers?

[MeanJeep]

BW3's Mango Habanero Sauce is awesome on chicken wings.
I made some homemade peach preserves and added some homegrown Habaneros to it.
Surprisingly tasty!

[helicase50]

Originally Posted by hugepossum

I would rather shoot myself (in the foot) than eat a raw ghost pepper.

It wasn't raw, its was dried.

Yeah, the guy who gave it to me didn't realize I was just going to eat it, he thought I was going to cook it in something. I had thought he was kidding about how hot it was. All well, I have done it a couple more times since.

[cwdrlove]

Cholula Chile Lime sauce is excellent for something a little different. My current favorite is Torchy's Tacos Diablo sauce.

In reality, I have half a shelf in the door of my refrigerator full of hot sauces. They are all great and they all have their purpose.

[Austin]

As in most places in Texas my yard has wild peppers.

Has anyone here ever tried to make their own hot sauce?

[HiHood]

I use a lot of Santa Cruz Chili & Spice Co. "hot picante sause" from southern AZ. it's not too hot but has excellant flavor(IMO) (I buy it by the case)

If I run out of that, I use "pico pica" from CA

my favorite chilis are jalapenas or serranos. That's what I use for salsa, either or both combined. (I like to grow my own)

[RiponredTJ]

You guys are giving me heartburn just thinking about it. The other day I made some spaghettini a la putanesca and put a little too much Sudden Death in it. As a matter of fact, I really overdid it.

It was great, but I couldn't taste the anchovies

[Austin]

Originally Posted by RiponredTJ

You guys are giving me heartburn just thinking about it. The other day I made some spaghettini a la putanesca and put a little too much Sudden Death in it. As a matter of fact, I really overdid it.

It was great, but I couldn't taste the anchovies

Is that a bad thing?

[JoeAmerican]

Here's a partial recipe of a hot sauce I came up with awhile back, most of my co-workers buy bottles of it from me regularly!

Green jalapenos, smoked red jalapenos, red onion, carrot, garlic, brown sugar, cayenne powder, smoked sea salt, a handful of spices, some vinegar, lemon juice, and water.
Puree everything, simmer for awhile, and you're done.

Freakin' awesome.

The baseline heat is tolerable by most folks, I crank it up with special additions for the chileheads.

[RiponredTJ]

Fer crying out loud!! Mr. Vague hits the scene!
Are we suppose to just guess at the proportions and hope for the best!?!?!

[Austin]

Originally Posted by RiponredTJ

Fer crying out loud!! Mr. Vague hits the scene!
Are we suppose to just guess at the proportions and hope for the best!?!?!

Honestly, I bet you could and still have it turn out amazing.