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.

Jalapeño-Serrano Hot Sauce

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

Chipotle Fermented Hot Sauce With Garlic, and Cumin

Loosely inspired by Mexico's Cholula brand of hot sauces, this spicy homemade condiment is packed with the smoky flavors of chipotle and the bold funk of cumin and garlic.

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.

Hot Chili Chutney

Roasted hot and sweet red peppers are combined with caramelized onions, rosemary, cinnamon, sugar, and balsamic vinegar to create a complex and robust condiment that starts off sweet, but leaves you with a wallop of heat.

Papaya-Habanero Hot Sauce

Delivering on the required fruit and heat incredibly well, this hot sauce goes deeper with a slew of other fresh flavors and earthy spices to add great complexity.

Lemon Drop Hot Sauce

This hot sauce is a perfect last-minute dash of heat and flavor. Despite its benign color, it's fairly hot, but not as face-meltingly spicy as a brew whipped up from habaneros.

Mango Habanero Hot Sauce

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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.

Habanero Hot Sauce

You may know Lisa Fain as the Homesick Texan. Here, she shares her recipe for habanero hot sauce, a combination of sweet carrots and fiery, fruity peppers.