Hot Pepper Essence

Name: Hot Pepper Essence
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about 1½ cups (360 ml)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: about 2 chiles (15 g) Chile; about 1½ chiles (12 g) Chile; 2 cloves garlic, peeled and roughly chopped Garlic; 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (120 ml) Lime Juice; 1/4 cup Thai fish sauce (60 ml) Fish Sauce; 1/2 cup maple syrup (120 ml) Maple Syrup

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Anne Quatrano recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Anne Quatrano.

DIP · CRAB FRITTERS & SHELLFISH

In the published recipe, this is the dip for Bacchanalia 30-year recipes. The same recipe pairs it with Vanilla Oil, the vanilla oil.

Anne Quatrano's hot pepper essence for crab fritters.

On the jar

HOT PEPPER

Method: shake
Yield: about 1½ cups
Ingredients: 6
Jar batch: 0.85× recipe

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Ratio

LIME JUICE 120 mlMAPLE SYRUP 120 mlFISH SAUCE 60 ml

Ingredients

Chileabout 2 chiles (15 g)
Chileabout 1½ chiles (12 g)
Garlic2 cloves garlic, peeled and roughly chopped
Lime Juice1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (120 ml)
Fish Sauce1/4 cup Thai fish sauce (60 ml)
Maple Syrup1/2 cup maple syrup (120 ml)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): LIME JUICE, MAPLE SYRUP, FISH SAUCE.
Add by count: 2½ CHILES, ¾ CHILE.
Season to finish: GARLIC (1½ cloves).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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3 kitchens · 2 national awards

Hot Pepper EssenceNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: HOT PEPPER
Nuoc Cham Dipping SauceNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: NUOC CHAM
Tuk Cham LorkCHAMPION CHEFOn the jar: TUK CHAM
Vanilla OilNATIONAL AWARD WINNEROn the jar: VANILLA OIL

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Provenance

Anne Quatrano works in Seasonal Southern / Atlanta at Bacchanalia; credentials include James Beard Best Chef: Southeast 2003 (Bacchanalia).

Adapted from a Anne Quatrano recipe (Anne Quatrano / AJC (Bacchanalia 30-year recipes)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 0.85× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Anne Quatrano / AJC (Bacchanalia 30-year recipes) (published as “Hot Pepper Essence”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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