5 Homemade Hot Sauces
Put all those peppers you grew or grabbed at the farmers' market to great use in sauces that are so potent, only a dab'll do.
Photo: Greg Dupree
(Sauces from left: Zhug, Homemade Sriracha, Fermented Jalapeño Hot Sauce, Sambal Oelek, West Indies-Style Hot Sauce)
1. Israeli
Eating healthy should still be delicious.
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If you like chimichurri, you're bound to love herby-spicy Zhug.
2. Thai
Make your own Homemade Sriracha for fresher flavor.
View Recipe: Homemade Sriracha
3. Southern U.S.
Fermented Jalapeño Hot Sauce offers tang as well as heat.
View Recipe: Jalapeño Hot Sauce
4. Indonesian
For pure chile fire, we leave the sugar out of our Sambal Oelek.
5. Caribbean
West Indies-Style Hot Sauce is fantastically incendiary.View Recipe: West Indies-Style Hot Sauce