Homemade Hot Sauce

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup diced onion
• 2 chili peppers, diced
• 2 -4 habanero peppers or 2 -4 other small hot chili peppers, stemmed, halved and seeded
• 4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 lb tomato, diced (about 3 cups)
• 1 cup distilled vinegar
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 -3 teaspoon sugar

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. add onion, chile peppers, habaneros to taste and garlic and cook, stirring, until the onion is soft and beginning to brown, 3 to 4 minutes.
• 2 reduce heat to medium. add tomatoes, vinegar, salt and sugar to taste. cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes begin to break down, about 5 minutes.
• 3 carefully transfer the tomato mixture to a food processor or blender. puree until smooth. (use caution when pureeing hot ingredients.) set a fine-mesh sieve over a medium bowl; pour the pureed mixture through the sieve, pushing on the solids with a wooden spoon to extract all the liquid. (discard solids.) let the sauce cool to room temperature, about 1 1/2 hours.