A Habanero Hot Sauce Recipe

An easy hot sauce recipe. Let us know how this turns out for you.

Use your imagination and you might come up with an award winning hot sauce recipe.

Habanero Hot Sauce

  • 1 cup water
  • 1/3 cup of red wine vinegar
  • 1-3 fresh or dried habanero peppers, depending on how hot you like it.
  • 1 large red bell pepper
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon cumin
  • 1 teaspoon salt

Chop up the bell and habanero peppers, (or grind the habaneros if using dried). Bring all of the ingredients to a boil, and then simmer for 8-10 minutes. Finally, puree the mixture in a blender.

What is a Habanero Hot Pepper?

Habanero peppers are potentially dangerous when consumed or exposed to skin or orifices like the eyeball.

The hottest hot pepper known to man is the habanero. With a score of 300,000 on the Scoville scale, the habanero is only for serious hot pepper aficionados

The habanero is indigenous to South America the Yucatan and the Caribbean, but is grown all over the world for its fiery flavor.

For people who love spice a habanero can add zest to a recipe.

Habaneros can be used to flavor or “spice up” a wide variety of foods.

Habanero Hot Sauce – Beware!

hot habanero peppers image

The Habanero hot sauce is an icon amongst all the various types of hot sauces that are available in the market.

Chili peppers are fruits of plants hailing from the Capsicum genre and Habanero happens to be the most spicy and hot pepper in this lineage.

The habanero pepper is a small lantern, round or oblong shaped pepper with small creases and the colors range from green to bright orange when ripe.

The habanero’s size can vary from 1″ - 2.5″ in length and 1″ - 2″ in diameter and it is the hottest chile on the Scoville scale, with an intense flaming, flowery flavor.