Fermentation has been used for decades to make delicious, unique, and healthy hot sauces. This practice is becoming popular again as more and more manufacturers are fermenting and aging hot peppers to make sauce. Learn about the fermenting process, how it is done properly, and how fermented hot sauce positively affects the body’s health. Oh yeah…and it tastes great!
How to make fermented hot sauce from frozen peppers
Towards the end of every growing season, I have an overabundance of hot peppers from our back-yard home farm that I am usually struggling to find a use for. I usually make as much hot sauce as I can and…
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Benefits of Fermented Hot Sauce
There are many processes that can be used to make hot sauce such as roasting, smoking, and fermenting. Fermenting hot pepper mash and blending it into a hot sauce is one of the more popular methods in recent years due…
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How Long Does Fermented Hot Sauce Last?
Fermented hot sauce has many benefits to include a unique tanginess and pungency along with certain types of probiotics. Many hot sauce recipes have a reputation for lasting a long time, refrigerated or not. Fermented hot sauce uses an aging…
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When Is Fermented Hot Sauce Ready?
Fermentation is a super easy hot sauce making process that produces a tangy, pungent, and district hot sauce flavor. It is a simple process that involves a simple mixture of salt and water, but the duration of the fermentation process…
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Finally Understand the Fermented Hot Sauce Process!
The top selling brands of hot sauce that use aged hot peppers are Franks RedHot, Sriracha and Tabasco® brand as well as many others. They don’t use the same peppers, the same process, the same type of containers or the…
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Why Understanding the pH of Fermented Hot Sauce is Important
There are many methods of making or processing hot sauce that provide a unique, pungent, and tangy sauce that stands out among others. One of those unique processes is fermenting and this method can create low pH levels and therefore…
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Try This Amazing Fermented Habanero Hot Sauce Recipe Using Dried Peppers!
If you grow your own hot peppers or buy them in bulk, drying them out is an option for preservation if you cannot make hot sauce fast enough or cannot make large quantities. Dried peppers can be fermented like you…
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The Probiotic Benefits of Fermented Hot Sauce May Be False Claims
Recent trends in food consumption include fermented foods and the health benefits behind adding them to your daily diet. Many fermented hot sauces are believed to offer some of the same health benefits as other fermented foods such as yogurt,…
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Combine smoking with fermenting for an unbelievably delicious hot sauce
I have been making fermented hot sauce for years and trying different recipes or processes to make the sauce has always been a favorite pastime of mine. Smoking meat has also been an enjoyable way for me to create delicious…
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pH Of Fermented Hot Sauce
The results of what is considered a hot sauce can be achieved with many different combinations of ingredients and with many different processes that can all produce different acidic levels. A common way of making homemade and commercially manufactured hot…
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There is a pH Difference Between Fermented and Non Fermented Hot Sauce
I have recently experimented with fermenting hot peppers before making hot sauce to try and emulate some of the popular sauces that I enjoy. I also want to make a sauce that does not rely on vinegar for preservation and…
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