Halfway-Homemade Hot Sauce

By matt , 13 August 2025
Date Posted
Ingredients
  • 1⁄2 cup distilled white vinegar 
  • 2 1⁄2 tablespoons white sugar
  • 1 1⁄2 teaspoons kosher salt (Diamond Crystal or about half as much Morton) 
  • 2 garlic cloves, peeled 
  • 1 jalapeño, stemmed and roughly chopped
  • 1⁄2 carrot, peeled and roughly chopped
  • 4 yellow or white onion, roughly chopped
  • 1⁄4 cup Crystal hot sauce
  • 1/4 cup Huy Fong Foods Sriracha
  • 2 tablespoons Valentina hot sauce
Body

Combine the vinegar, sugar, salt, garlic, jalapeño, carrot, onion, and 2 cups of water in a medium pot over medium-high heat and bring it to a boil. Lower the heat and let simmer, stirring once or twice, until the onion is translucent, the carrot is soft, and the jalapeño has faded like your go-to jeans, 25 minutes or so.

Move everything to your blender (liquid and all), add all the hot sauces, and blend until smooth.

It'll keep the fridge for a month or two.

Category
Sauces
Original Source
Turkey and the Wolf
Status
To Cook