Mexican-Garlic-Habanero Hot Sauce

Name: Mexican-Garlic-Habanero Hot Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about ½ cup (100 ml)
Cuisine: Latin
Ingredients: 8 medium (~3 oz) stemmed Habanero; 2 to 3 large cloves (mid 2.5) Garlic; 1/4 cup (60 ml) Water; 2 Tbsp (30 ml) Lime Juice; 1/2 tsp (3 g) Salt

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

CONDIMENT · TACOS

A condiment for tacos.

Bayless' roasted habanero salsa, an extreme-heat condiment.

On the jar

ROASTED

Method: blend
Yield: about ½ cup
Ingredients: 5

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Water 60 mlLime Juice 30 ml

Ingredients

Habanero8 medium (~3 oz) stemmed
Garlic2 to 3 large cloves (mid 2.5)
Water1/4 cup (60 ml)
Lime Juice2 Tbsp (30 ml)
Salt1/2 tsp (3 g)

Where it sits

One of 117 hot sauces in the catalog, with 5 ingredients against a median of 7.

The acid here is lime juice. In this category chefs also reach for rice vinegar (16 recipes), cider vinegar (11), and lemon juice (10).

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Mexican–Mexican-American chef of Frontera Grill and Michelin-starred Topolobampo in Chicago; James Beard Outstanding Chef and Best Chef: Midwest. Regional Mexican research over four decades.

Originally published as Roasted Habanero Salsa.

Adapted from a recipe published by Rick Bayless in Rick Bayless.

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. 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 Rick Bayless (published as “Roasted Habanero Salsa”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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