Hot Pepper Vinegar Sauce
This hot pepper vinegar sauce recipe is so quick and easy to make. It goes perfectly with greens, cornbread, and black eyed peas and many other of your southern favorites.
Ingredients
- Your choice of hot pepper, washed and stems cut short or removed
- 1 cup vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon oil, optional for extra kick
- recycled bottles or bottles with a cork
Instructions
- Wash peppers and cut stems short or remove them. Let peppers dry.
- Pack peppers into your bottles.
- In a pot, heat vinegar, sugar, salt, and oil until the sugar and salt are completely dissolved.
- Fill bottles with vinegar making sure to totally cover the peppers.
- Let sit for a few weeks before using to allow the peppers to flavor the vinegar.
Notes
NOTE: when handling hot peppers, it's a wise idea to wear rubber gloves or be sure to scrub your hands VERY well when finished. Hot peppers will leave oils on your hands and burn very badly if you accidentally rub your eye or other sensitive areas. Take it from me, it's very unpleasant!
Your finished pepper vinegar is shelf stable and can be stored in the pantry.