Ultra Easy No-Cook Homemade Habanero Sauce

So my sister & brother-in-law gave me this habaneros from their garden that are so potent, they could sell em as weapons! I’m not kidding, they taste amazingly fresh but are SO MUCH HOTTER than store bought habaneros I couldn’t really figure out the best way to use them.  Let’s face it, even store bought habaneros are off the charts on the heat level.  They’re no Ghost Pepper, but the only reason to have ghost pepper in your kitchen is if you’re on some sort of “frat-boy bro challenge” to see who can handle the heat without peeing their pants.  [BTW If you are interested in such a challenge, I have just the EXTREME hot sauce for you here: https://www.hotsaucedepot.com/anand-bhatt-extreme-ghost-pepper-sauce-5oz/ ]

Now you’ve probably seen me on YouTube or Amazon Prime Video turning a batch of Bob’s habaneros (Crom rest his soul, and no it wasn’t the habaneros that killed him) into homemade hot sauce the old fashioned way where I showed you how to boil them on the stove.  This process was time consuming and made my house smell like vinegar for weeks so I wanted to do something that was super easy (and didn’t require rubber gloves).  Then it hit me: ICED TEA!

When I was a kid, our neighbor used to make iced-tea by putting it in a jar and sticking it out the backyard for a day or more and let the sun do all the work for him.   AWESOME, hence the no-cook habanero sauce is born!

 

You’ll Need:

A few habaneros

Some apple cider vinegar

Some yellow mustard

(option) some honey [manuka honey rocks for this].

FIRST, so you don’t have to wear gloves, move the habaneros around to your cutting board by stabbing them with a knife.  And with that same knife stab slits in them.

SECOND, move them into a jar.  Then fill that jar up with apple cider vinegar.  That’s IT for now!

THIRD STEP – Put that jar outside and let nature do all the work for you!! Come back anywhere between 6 to 8 hours.  4 hours will work too I’m guessing.  Alternatively if it gets dark quickly where you are after a few hours you can move the jar to the fridge overnight.

STEP FOUR, remove your habaneros (that are now pseudo-pickled.  If you like that sort of thing go ahead and eat them or slice up and use like crazy potent hab-pepperoncinis).   Or toss em, bugs won’t even go near them – habaneros may as well be erupting volcanoes to them.   What’s left over is perfectly spicy habanero flavored vinegar juice.  It is hot, but tolerably hot.  Still if you touch it, wash your hands – especially before rubbing your eyes or something.

STEP FIVE, squirt as much yellow mustard as you want into the jar.  Based on your taste, you’re going to want to do it slowly and keep tasting.

[OPTIONAL] Add honey to taste.

This stuff is perfect on everything!

 

 

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