Recipe: Perfect Homemade Sriracha Sauce

Homemade Sriracha Sauce.

You can have Homemade Sriracha Sauce using 9 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Homemade Sriracha Sauce

1. You need of ingredients.
2. Prepare 1 3/4 lb of red jalapeno peppers, stems removed and halved.
3. Prepare 3 clove of garlic.
4. Prepare 2 tbsp of garlic powder.
5. Prepare 2 tbsp of sugar.
6. You need 1 tbsp of kosher salt.
7. You need 1 tbsp of light brown sugar.
8. You need 1/2 cup of white vinegar.
9. Prepare of water.

Homemade Sriracha Sauce step by step

1. In the bowl of a food processor, combine the peppers, garlic, garlic powder, sugar, salt, and brown sugar. Pulse until a course puree forms..
2. Transfer the puree a glass jar, seal and store at room temperature for 7 days, stirring daily..
3. After a week, pour the mixture into a small saucepan over medium heat. Add the vinegar and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes..
4. Let the mixture cool, then puree in a food processor for 2-3 minutes until a smooth uniform paste forms. If the sauce is too thick, add water until the desired consistency is reached..
5. Pass the mixture through a fine mesh strainer. Press on the solids with the back of a spoon to squeeze out ask that spicy goodness. Discard the solids..
6. Give your Sriracha sauce a taste and adjust the seasonings. Vinegar, garlic, salt, etc..
7. Store in a glass jar in the refrigerator for up to 6 months..
8. TIP: If you have trouble finding ripened red jalapeno peppers, place the green peppers in a paper bag along with a ripened tomato or banana. The ethylene gas that is given off from the ripe fruit will ripen the pepper in a couple days turning them red..
9. TIP: When handling any hot pepper, wear surgical rubber gloves. You can buy a box of them fairly cheap and just throw them away when you are done cutting the pepper. That way, you don't accidentally rub your eyes and go through agony..