Get ready to turn up the heat in your kitchen with our homemade habanero hot sauce! This DIY habanero hot sauce recipe is a game-changer with spicy habaneros balanced with carrots and garlic. It is incredibly easy to make and packs a punch, leaving your taste buds tingling and craving more.
To smoke the habanero peppers and garlic for extra flavor, preheat the smoker to 225 degrees. Smoke the peppers for 1-2 hours.
To prep in the oven then, preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Remove stems from habaneros and place them on a baking sheet. Smash garlic cloves, and put on baking sheet.
Drizzle with half of the olive oil. Bake for 15 minutes.
Preheat a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add the remaining olive oil. Add the carrots and onions to the pan and cook until softened. Set aside to cool.
Combine the cooked habaneros, garlic cloves, carrots, and onions in a large food processor. Pulse until finely chopped.
Add in the vinegar, lime juice, and salt. Blend until smooth.
Add the water until the sauce reaches the desired consistency.
Add the sugar a little at a time.
Taste test and adjust with sugar, salt, and vinegar to what you think is necessary.
Store in the refrigerator for up to three months in glass jars or bottles.
Notes
If you want a spicier habanero hot sauce, then add in more habanero peppers. If you want it to be less spicy, do half jalapeno and half habanero peppers.If you are sensitive to pepper fumes, cook the peppers and garlic over indirect heat in a grill preheated to 400 degrees for the same time.Wear eye and hand protection when cooking with hot peppers. If you get habanero pepper on your hands, then wash twice in the hottest water you can stand with Dawn dish soap or another soap that has a grease-cutting additive.