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Peppers per bottle

Octang

Octang

Out of curiosity, when you are making a batch of fairly hot sauce (habs or hotter), how many hot peppers do you tend to use per 5 oz bottle?
 
I know there isn't just one answer, since it depends on the recipe and your desired heat level.  It just got me thinking today bc I made a basic sauce (carrots, onion, garlic, vinegar, habs) with some black habs and only used about 1 1/2 per bottle.
 
 
I'd be curious to know what others do.
 
 
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I made some sauce this past weekend and used 8 Caribbean Red Habs and got 5 5 oz bottles. It had a little heat, but think other ingredients toned it down some. Here is the recipe..

12 habanero peppers, seeds removed (use gloves to handle)
2 tbsp olive oil
2 cups chopped onions
2 cups chopped carrots
2 large garlic cloves, chopped
1/2 tsp all spice
1/2 tsp ground coriander
1 cup apple cider vinegar
zest of 1 lime
1/2 lime juice
1/4 raw cane sugar
1/2 cup water
sea salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

Combine the olive oil, onions, carrots and garlic in a frying pan over medium heat and sauté until the onions and carrots soften. Approximately 10 minutes should do it. Be sure not to brown them.

Combine the onions, carrots and garlic in an upright blender with the peppers and all the other ingredients.

Blend until smooth. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary, adding more water or vinegar to adjust the consistency as well as the flavour.

Allow sauce to cool a little and transfer to clean bottles or jars.
 
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I've never used a pepper per bottle ratio, more like a weight per gallon ratio. So that would look like:
 
3lbs peppers per gallon 
 
or
 
48 oz per gallon (weight)
 
1 gallon = 128 oz (volume)
 
128 oz / 5 oz = 25.6 rounded up to 26 bottles
 
48 / 26 = 1.85 oz per bottle (weight)
 
:)
 
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im curious too- making a batch of ghost/mango and yeild will be approx 20 bottles, and 12 ghosts.. this is for my brother who puts After Death habanero concentrate on everything- should i bump it up?
 
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fire in the hole! said:
im curious too- making a batch of ghost/mango and yeild will be approx 20 bottles, and 12 ghosts.. this is for my brother who puts After Death habanero concentrate on everything- should i bump it up?
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Bump it up!  Depending on the flavor of sauce you're working with, you could reduce some of the other veggies and add some red habs or other superhots to get the same yield with higher heat. 
 
 
Ghosts tend to have a bit of a smoky flavor to me.  If you have access to other superhots like 7 Pots, fatalii, other scorps....try those.
 
Have Fun!  Post pics~~~  :cool:
 
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