Garden Hot Sauce Recipes

Steps:

• Perl and dice onion medium fine.
• Dice cellery and bell pepper fine.
• Melt shorting in a large skillet.
• Add onion and saute about 3 minutes or until soft and translucent. Add green pepper and celery and saute about 3 more minutes.
• Add entire can of tomatoes and tomato juice. Stir until distributed evenly
• add sugar, pepper and salt.
• crush red pepper between fingers and add to mixture for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• rinse rice under sieve until water runs clear.
• add rice to pan and stir to distribute evenly.
• Simmer for about 15 minutes until rice has cooked and absorbed most of the liquid, add more tomato juice if needed. (rice needs to be a little soupy).
• taste and adjust seasonings to taste.

Steps:

• Rinse peppers, remove stems, and chop coarsely.
• Wear latex gloves or coat your hands with oil before handling (and if you value your eyes, wash your hands multiple times before changing your contact lenses).
• Combine in a large bowl with the salt, cover, and let sit for 2 days, stirring about every 12 hours.
• Add vinegar and puree; place mixture in a sterilized 1 quart glass jar and refrigerate.
• As you use peppers, continue to chop them and add to the jar.
• When the jar is filled, remove and puree the sauce, place in a clean jar, and age for at least 2 months or until it reaches the desired flavor.

Steps:

• Boil Tomatoes & Jalapeños in large pot of water until tomato skins wrinkle.
• Remove Tomatoes & Jalapeños from water and carefully remove tomato skins. Discard skins.
• Remove stems from Jalapeños and depending on desired level of heat desired, you may remove some or all of the seeds and pods inside the peppers.
• Place Tomatoes and Jalapenos into VitaMix or Blender.
• Add crushed Garlic Cloves, Cilantro Leaves, Quartered Onion, Ground Cumin (Comino) to VitaMix or Blender.
• Briefly pulse ingredients until desired consistency. Do not liquefy, but blend smoother than typical Pico de Gallo.
• Put large pot back on stove and add 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil. Heat oil over medium heat.
• Carefully add salsa mix from VitaMix or Blender (if oil too hot, mixture will splatter - be careful).
• Cook salsa over medium heat for 10 minutes stirring frequently.
• Add Salt & Pepper to taste.
• Can be served warm with home made tortilla chips - refrigerate balance.