Louisiana Hot sauce

[Buckaroo Banzai]

Louisiana Hot sauce such as this

Ok so I love sprinkling a little (ok a lot) hot sauce on my corned beef hash and eggs breakfast and found out I was out, and not wanting to wait for a Lasada delivery or to take a ride to Tops, I decided to make my own. Recipe from YouTube.
The recipe called for a pound of Hot chillies, and I just got a kilo from the morning market, so I doubled everything.
Turns out it is very easy to make, though a bit messy. Basically 2 ingredients . Chillies , vinegar and salt. I added a few cloves of garlic.
First , wash and remove the stems from the chilies

I suggest doing it underwater to keep the chilies oils out of your nose and eyes. Just looking at them made my face sweat. This is very important. resist the urge to wipe your face with your hands, it will not end well for you. In addition if you need to drain the lizard , do not use your hands to take old willy out. Unless you wash your hands well I suggest you use tongs. For some of you tweezers will do. I won't mention names you know who you are

The recipe called for chopping the chilies with a knife , But after the "my wiping my face" incident I decided not to handle the chilies anymore and used a food processor. Worked just a well I think.

I put a bit of vinegar in it to assist the food processor in chopping up the chilies.

I am missing a picture from when I boiled the chilies for 20 minutes with 2 cups of vinegar and
1.5 tablespoon of salt.
You can add more vinegar if you want the boiled chilies to be more liquid.And more salt to taste (more salt after you strain the pulp so you can taste it and see if it needs it. )
After boiling the chilies m they go back in the blender to create a pulp as you see in the picture above, and the pulp is strained through a fine mesh strainer.

That's the resulting Louisiana hot sauce. I did not weight it but as you will see below I got enough to last me a year.

It taste surprisingly the same as the brand name.

[misskit]

Yummy. I love homemade hot sauce. I think your recipe skipped and important step! You need to brine and ferment your chilies for a couple of weeks to get stinky. Then proceed.

[bsnub]

You need to brine and ferment your chilies for a couple of weeks to get stinky.

Yep! That's what Tabasco does.

[Buckaroo Banzai]

Yummy. I love homemade hot sauce. I think your recipe skipped and important step! You need to brine and ferment your chilies for a couple of weeks to get stinky. Then proceed.

I forgot that this is Thailand , and everything need to be stinkyfied. LOL
I did see a couple of recipes that called for fermenting, but i did not want to wait that long.
I am having some of it with my chicken and potatoes lunch (leftovers from yesterday) and I must say , it tasted prety darn close to the way i remember the name brand.

Of course at my age I dont remember what I ate yesterday, but that's a story for another thread

[Buckaroo Banzai]

Yep! That's what Tabasco does.

I love Tabasco sauce, but when I looked for the recipe on youtube, it called for tabasco peppers.
Good luck trying to find these in Thailand. I am sure they might have them but under what name, and where.
I walked the morning market here in Khon Kaen (Huge ) and all I saw fresh was red Chilies. But even if I did find Tabasco peppers , I would certainly not wait two weeks to ferment. If I wanted to wait that long, I would had order it online.
I got to tell you, this simple recipe, hot sauce did not taste half bad.
Please dont report me to the AmericanSociety of Hotsauce Organisation Lobby

[bsnub]

I am sure they might have them but under what name, and where.

I doubt it! The video is a fun watch, just click the "watch on youtube" link.

[aging one]

Using pricky nu chilies would seemingly make it hotter than Tabasco or its cousins. Higher Scoville rating.

[Buckaroo Banzai]

I doubt it! The video is a fun watch, just click the "watch on youtube" link.

Good Video.
Thank you for sharing. I was excited until it said " Place in an old whiskey barrel for 3 years" .
As much as I would like to. I dont think I have three years. Even if I did , who wants to live for three years without hot sauce.

[misskit]

Dang. I thought fermenting the chilies for three weeks would do it. Three years!

[Buckaroo Banzai]

^^^
How did you like my acronym ? You got to admit , not a bad effort on the fly

[Buckaroo Banzai]

Using pricky nu chilies would seemingly make it hotter than Tabasco or its cousins. Higher Scoville rating.

Dont know much about Chilies. Are "prickly Nu" the same as what I used ? or are they different? Are they available in Thailand? and if so, where should I look for them and what do they look like.

Now that I have some hot sauce, and have satisfied my craving. I would like to give it a try with the "3 week fermentation"

[aging one]

^ The small chilies you used are pricky nu.

[Buckaroo Banzai]

^ The small chilies you used are pricky nu.

Oh Ok!
Next time I go to the market I will get a Kilo. the were very cheap at the Morning market. 40 baht a kilo.
And will ferment them for Three weeks.
Actually I have done the small cucumbers for 10 days. And they taste fantastic. better than any Jewish deli in NYC
I also did Cauliflower with sliced carrots . it has only been a week. so I am not sure but it looks like they will be good.

[misskit]

Oh, yeah. Homemade fermented food is so very tasty and good for you.

Makes me want to break out my sauerkraut crock. Too hot though and I don’t have room in my teeny fridge.

[bsnub]

Oh, yeah. Homemade fermented food is so very tasty and good for you.

Goes good with cold beer and whiskey too.

[Reg Dingle]

Why wouldn't you just buy a bottle of Sriracha?

[bsnub]

Why wouldn't you just buy a bottle of Sriracha?

As usual, the Brits are clueless.

[Topper]

prik kee nu are the hotter than hell peppers/chilies that are about a centimeter long....

I made homemade sriracha sauce that was fermented. Be sure to have the bottles where they can vent and have something underneath the bottles to catch the spillage. It was cheaper and easier to spend the 89B for a bottle of hot sauce.

[NamPikToot]

Great effort, the vinegar dials it down a bit

Got this the other day and i love it.

Unless you wash your hands well I suggest you use tongs. For some of you tweezers will do.

Or get your Mrs to help.

[Joe 90]

Inspired by this thread I'm gonna add some extra spice to my chilli...


Oh yeah, East meets West chilli fusion.

[NamPikToot]

^ Wooses sauce

[Joe 90]

^ Wooses sauce

I'm getting the chilli sweats more than any Vindaloo has given me

[NamPikToot]

You need to move across to the carlibean or mehico and get some habanero or scotch bonnet sauce darn ya - it'll bring a youfful glow to your complexion

[Buckaroo Banzai]

It was cheaper and easier to spend the 89B for a bottle of hot sauce.

Yea , but where is the fun in that?
I am retired. What else do I have to do other than start trouble. My wife's nickname for me is "Pam Haa" (Thai for trouble ) LOL

[Buckaroo Banzai]

Or get your Mrs to help.

Why didn't I think of that? That's a great idea!!
though After a while she get suspicious why I need to urinate so often.

Oh yeah, East meets West chilli fusion.

Let us know how it works out. Itsa learning experience for me, so I would appreciate any tips on the subject.