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Homemade Tabasco sauce in a glass bottle with fresh peppers and salt on a wooden counter.
Alyssa

Homemade Tabasco Sauce

A spicy homemade tabasco sauce made with garden grown tabasco peppers, vinegar, and salt.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings: 60 teaspoons
Course: Hot Sauce
Cuisine: American
Calories: 2
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 5 ounces tabasco peppers roughly chopped
  • 2 tablespoons sea salt (0.67 ounce - 19 grams)
  • 1 quart uncchlorinated water
  • 1 cup white wine vinegar or more as desired
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

Method
 

  1. First, ferment the tabasco peppers. Process and pack them into a jar, leaving 1 inch of head space.
  2. Mix unchlorinated water with sea salt and pour over the peppers to cover.
  3. Screw on the lid and set the jar to ferment in a dark place for at least 1 week.
  4. After fermentation, pour the mixture into a pot and add vinegar.
  5. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 15 minutes.
  6. Cool slightly and process until smooth, then strain the mixture.
  7. Pour into hot sauce bottles and enjoy.

Notes

Adjust the sauce thickness by varying the amount of brine used.