Fermented Hot Sauce With Fresno Chiles, Garlic, and Tamari

Here's a fermented hot sauce you're unlikely to find in stores: charred Fresno chiles and a complex pepper flavor and heat, tamari supplies some savory backbone, while garlic oil blends in for an emulsified sauce that's creamy and rich.

The Homemade Pantry's Hot Sauce

This Hot Sauce adapted from The Homemade Pantry by Alana Chernila takes a blend of chiles (dealer's choice), chars 'em up, and blends them with two sour elements—white vinegar and lime juice—and a touch of sugar for a sauce with a nice balance of heat, pucker, and sweet. But of course, your sauce is ultimately contingent on the chiles you pick, so give 'em a little taste before you take the hot sauce plunge.

Smoky Chipotle in Adobo from 'Mastering Fermentation'

Chipotles in adobo are one of those pantry staples that I always have around the house, but it never would have crossed my mind to make them myself. I definitely wouldn't have thought to ferment them.This recipe from Mastering Fermentation does just that.

Habanero Fermented Hot Sauce With Berries

Roughly inspired by a Louisiana-style hot sauce like Tabasco, this fermented condiment gets its intense color and fruity flavor from berries.

Jalapeño-Serrano Hot Sauce

Vinegar pulls flavor and heat from green peppers in this scorching hot sauce.

Chamoy (Salty and Spicy Mexican Pickled Fruit Sauce)

This bold salty-sweet-sour-spicy Mexican sauce has roots in Asia, and is delicious on fresh raw fruit or paired with Tajín in an icy chamoyada or mangonada. Making it at home is easy: just simmer, blend, and then adjust to taste and for consistency.

How to Make Homemade Chiu Chow Chili Sauce

Chiu chow sauce or chao zhou sauce, is a condiment that you'll want to put on everything. A chili oil with lots of garlic, you won't believe how good it is.

Quick Chipotle-Orange Barbecue Sauce

A mere few minutes of work and minimal ingredients can turn a rather ho-hum bottled barbecue sauce into serious eats.

Homemade Sriracha

Setting out to recreate Huy Fong's ubiquitous sauce, I ended up with something that hit the right notes, but with a brighter, fresher flavor that makes homemade Sriracha something special.

Mango Habanero Hot Sauce

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