Hot Sauce: How To

This is the third time I've made a batch of hot sauce. The first batch was habanero, the second was mango habanero and this is a verde sauce with jalapeño and tomatillo. 

The process is the same, but you can pretty much add whatever you like and add as much peppers as you want.

Step One:

Get some hot peppers (maybe 14 habaneros or jalapeños), onion (1 medium), garlic (3-5 cloves)and tomato (1 or 2) (or carrot or mango or whatever else your into.

Get all your vegetables grilling on a cast iron pan.

Once they get soft and charred, move them to a separate pot.

Add about 1.5 cups of vinegar and 2 tablespoons of salt.

You can also add lime juice at this time and I sometimes add a couple drops of liquid smoke and a pinch of sugar.

Then blend the whole thing down, either in a blender or with an immersion blender.

I like to mix in about a 1/2 teaspoon of xanthan gum at this time, but that's not necessary.

I haven't messed around with cilantro yet, but I assume you would add it when you add the salt and vinegar and blend it in.

Throw it in some empty containers and call it a day.