Chipotle hot sauce recipe - pictures!

Bob_B · May 23, 2009

Well it's raining here today and I decided to make some hot sauce out of some chipotles I froze last year. Any suggestions on improvements are appreciated.

Chipotles:

Ingredients:

Re-hydrated chipotles:

Food-processed chipotles:

I'm cooking down pepper/onion/salt/vinegar with water and reducing and adding more water right now.

More pictures later.....

Blister · May 23, 2009

I don't have any tips on what to change or add, but I certainly am interested in the process. I'd love to make some hot sauce of my own when the plants start producing.

Beerswimmer · May 23, 2009

What kind of wood did you smoke those peppers with, and for how long? Looks tasty so far!

imaguitargod · May 23, 2009

I would have used regular vinegar instead of Cider Vinegar. Since you are throwing brown sugar into the mix and Lime juice, it may turn out too sweet/astringent.

Bob_B · May 23, 2009

Beerswimmer - I believe it was pecan that I used..

Imaguitargod - Good suggestion. It was a bit sweet but still not too sweet. I almost left out the brown sugar. Red jalapenos may just have enough sugar anyway. I'm pretty new at hot sauces. Anyway, here are the rest of the pictures.

Separation from the mash:

Mash:

Sauce:

Finished sauce:

Because I thought the sauce was too thin, I wound up taking some additional chipotles, rehydrating in the sauce, and food processing them. I put these in the sauce at the end.

The sauce is good but too thin for me. That's why I put some chopped up chipotles in it. I'm thinking that I should have cooked the original mash much longer to dissolve more of it. The mash was very good in fact.

Anyway, this was kind of a test for me and any suggestions are appreciated....

Bob_B · May 23, 2009

Just to finish it up....

It actually turned out very good.... Especially after a few glasses of wine. LOL

Beans and rice go good with homemade hot sauce...

Here's the final look at the meal I'm about to have...

Beerswimmer · May 24, 2009

Looks great!

Nova · May 24, 2009

Does look great but you had better fill the wine glass up

WGB · Jul 18, 2009

I have a question. Do I have to smoke,dehydrate the peppers before I try to make the sauce?or can I use fresh from the garden?

POTAWIE · Jul 18, 2009

If you want a smokey sauce, then you need to smoke the peppers. There are no fresh chipotles.
BobB, you could probably skip the water and rehydrate the pods in the cider vinegar(or other vinegars/acids). You want to add flavourful liquids if possible and not water, in my opinion
Your sauce looks very thin, I think all the thickness got left in the strainer

Thanatopsis · Aug 28, 2009

Looks great. So what's the meal? Looks like some beef and onions and whatever else?