How to Make Hot Sauce (My GRANNY'S Pepper Sauce)

fresh peppers

🥗Healthier: roasted peppers

💰Cheaper: canned peppers

Canned peppers are often more affordable and still flavorful.

vinegar

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: lime juice

Lemon juice adds acidity with fewer calories.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is a budget-friendly option with a neutral flavor.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: agave syrup

Agave syrup is a less expensive sweetener that works well.

Prepare ingredients: Roughly chop kulantro and garlic.

Roughly chop hot peppers, wearing gloves for safety.

Add 1 cup of distilled white vinegar to the blender.

Layer hot peppers, kulantro, and garlic in the blender.

Add 1 to 1.5 tbsp sea salt to the blender.

Blend the mixture until desired consistency is reached.

Pour the first portion of the sauce into an 8 oz coffee bottle, filling to the top and sealing it.

For the second portion, add 1.5 to 3 tbsp yellow mustard to the blended sauce and blend again until incorporated.

Pour the second portion into another 8 oz bottle and seal it.

Let the bottles sit in the sun for a few days to meld flavors.

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