It’s hard to ignore a bottle of hot sauce with an intense hologram on its label.  It’s even harder to over look it once your read the text (text that is set over silver, reflective skulls I might add) on the side of the bottle and its sweet nothings become imprinted in your brain: “Ever seen a ghost?  One taste of Mad Dog 357 Ghost Pepper Hot Sauce and you will – your own!”  This ghost pepper edition boasts a full, hearty flavor that tastes of pine and has a sweet smell that doesn’t overpower your dining experience.  After tentatively dousing a baked sweet potato in the thick, syrupy sauce, my first coated bite revealed a serving of heat that was both immediate and all encompassing in flavor.  The sweet taste filled my mouth, and my dinner date deemed the sauce simply “physically hot” in its nature.  Continue Reading

Indian food is a favorite of millions of people all around the world.  The sauces and spices that they use are such a different combination than the western world is used to, but using their unique blend of spices you can bring out a ton of flavors in chicken and veggie dishes. Here is a great recipe to try when making Indian inspired dishes at your home.

This West Indian Pepper Sauce is extremely hot so a little bit goes a long way. When preparing this recipe you will want to protect your hands and eyes from any splatters because working … Continue Reading

Hot Thai Sauce is a favorite condiment to many different types of food.  The sweet and spicy sauce can flavor anything your heart desires and bring that Asian flavor you love to the table quickly and easily. Many of you have been asking about an easy recipe that you can make at home whenever you need it.

This Thai hot sauce recipe is great served over top of a nice piece of fish as a marinade or poured over your favorite mixture of vegetables. It is great used as a dipping sauce to fish and chicken and enjoyed over rice too.  … Continue Reading

Buddha Bill’s Tequila Lime Hot Sauce is a recent discovery and a favorite of mine. That’s why I was surprised and happy as hell to see Buddha Bill’s Peach Habanero Hot Sauce. I really love shaken’ those peaches, especially with my hot sauces, so I opened this one with a big grin on my face, ready to enjoy the fruit and heat combination. I didn’t expect the heat to be too intense, of course, since most of the peach and pepper combos I’ve had the pleasure of ingesting are usually quite mild. While Buddha Bill’s Peach Habanero Hot Sauce is by no means one of those sauces that will make you blow fire from the rear exit, it is quite a bit warmer than most other peach and pepper combinations I’ve had the pleasure of sampling. Peaches, orange habanero peppers, apple cider vinegar, orange juice, and brown sugar are the ingredients that come together in this beautifully crafted peach-colored sauce. Pour some on a spoon and take a taste to get the full effect before combining it with anything else. Continue Reading

Two of my favorite combinations are sweet and heat.Honey is one of the finest ingredients you can combine with peppers to give you this exquisite combination. Short of walking into a hive full of bees, Bee Sting Honey ‘n’ Habanero Hot Sauce is one of the best ways to get the taste of honey with the bite of a habanero pepper. My first impulse when I twist the cap off this stuff is to pour it on a spoon and take it straight. In fact, this sauce is excellent (not kidding here) for someone who has a cold. Forget the cough syrup. Bee Sting Honey ‘n’ Habanero soothes the throat and helps open the sinus cavities and it tastes a lot better than cough syrup. I wouldn’t lie to you. This isn’t something I could make up. There’s another way I use this sauce. I started by accident. It makes a great pancake syrup. The honey provides the sweetness you expect from a pancake syrup and the habaneros give your cakes a nice little kick. Continue Reading

There has been a growing interest in hot sauces from other countries and the Brazilian Hot Sauce is one of them.  Before we get into the actual hot sauce recipe and info, let take a moment to learn about the specific chili pepper that is used most of the time in those regions.

The Malagueta pepper is a chili pepper used in Brazil, Portugal and Mozambique. It is heavily used in Brazil and it apparently gets its name from the unrelated Melegueta pepper from West Africa, which is actually a spice, not a chili pepper.  The Malagueta pepper is a small, … Continue Reading

For all of you die hard chicken wings fans, we know you like your wings Hot!  Some of you like them super hot so we came up with a recipe that will satisfy the burning desire for some delicious chicken wings with an easy to create Super Hot Wing Sauce Recipe

This recipe is used strictly for making hot and spicy chicken wings and trust us…it is hot!

Recipe:

12 oz. bottle red hot sauce
1/2 cup to 3/4 cup butter (not margarine)
2 teaspoons fresh lime juice
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 medium onion, minced or finely chopped
1 tablespoon mustard powder
2 Jalapeno peppers (seeds … Continue Reading

Baron Blazing Hot Pepper Sauce is a useful piquant sauce. The pungent aroma helps enhance the sharp tang and the slight burn of the scotch bonnet peppers used to craft this sauce. Besides the scotch bonnets, this sauce contains nothing but vinegar, some salt, and a few spices. Many of these piquant sauces are made using cayenne or similar peppers, so I was happy to taste the scotch bonnets here.

In my book, the use of the scotch bonnets is what sets this sauce apart from other similar sauces. They give it a little better kick than most of the piquant classified sauces I’ve tasted, and I absolutely love the flavor of the scotch bonnet, so I find myself using this sauce frequently when I eat anything of the Mexican persuasion. The rich red color of this sauce is appealing and the flavor is smooth, providing a perfect complement to these foods. Continue Reading

We know you love your chili peppers and love having such a nice selection of hot sauce and BBQ sauce at your fingertips right here on Insane Chicken. But when you can’t get your order fast enough, it is sometimes nice to have a basic recipe that you can use as a base so you have great flavor and the ability or spice it as you want.

This “basic” hot sauce is a super one to start out with as it is a quick and easy recipe that even a beginner cook can handle. This hot sauce recipe … Continue Reading

If you are into home gardening you are going to want to keep your backyard garden clean and clear from all harmful pests that can destroy your home garden in just a matter of days. Here is a homemade recipe for Garlic Pepper Pest Control Spray.  This is great way to protect your garden and plants and not have to use harmful chemicals either.

Garlic Pepper Pest Control Spray Recipe

2 garlic bulbs, chopped
6 large red chili peppers, finely chopped
2 tablespoons vegetable oil (not olive oil)
2 tablespoons liquid dishwashing soap
7 cups of tap water

Place the chopped garlic bulbs, chopped chili peppers and … Continue Reading

Enjoying pepper sauces from all over the world is a fun and easy way to experience new tastes and flavors.  Here a different pepper sauce that you may not have heard of.  The Chatak Lime Pepper Sauce might be one you may want to give a try.

This hot pepper sauce is an imported gourmet food product from the country of Trinidad and Tobago but is readily available throughout the United States at both online and offline retailers. The sauce is manufactured by Chatak Food Products who also manufactures and sells other various hot sauce flavors worth checking out.

This hot pepper … Continue Reading

Serrano peppers are a favorite pepper in Mexican foods and salsas.  A bit hotter than a Jalapeno they can be interchanged, if desired 2 to 1.  It would take 2 jalapeno peppers to equal one Serrano.  The Serrano is found in many different dishes and sauces so let’s look at a few easy recipes for a nice Serrano Pepper Sauce recipe that you can enjoy quickly.

The first thing that comes to mind when thinking about Serrano peppers is a nice Chile Verde sauce. This sauce is used in many different dishes from chili verde, pork in a green sauce , … Continue Reading

There’s nothing like waking up to the sizzle of bacon in the frying pan, the aroma of the bacon wafting through the ear, complemented by fresh coffee and a couple of eggs over easy. Nothing like it, that is, unless you’ve got a bottle of Bacon Hot Sauce sitting on your breakfast table you can use to augment your breakfast cuisine.

This is one of the most unique combinations I’ve tasted in a long time — hot sauce with the taste of bacon. The combination is something completely different and quite tasty.

This is a hot sauce first and foremost, made with the cayenne peppers and New Mexico chiles. The combination of these two peppers, balanced with sugar and bacon flavor that offers up a mild taste treat designed to complement whatever dish you use it with. Bacon hot sauce does not have a sever burn. Continue Reading

Some people have questioned whether hot sauce or the hot peppers can be a danger to you. Peppers as a whole are not dangerous to you. They have plenty of vitamins and health benefits.  What can get to you is the Capsaicin. Capsaicin is potent oil, but there is no medical evidence that it is unhealthy for your body by consuming it in a sauce or in your food.

The effect you can get from this oil that is harmful to you is the burning from the oil found in very hot peppers like Habaneros, Ghost Peppers … Continue Reading

For some pepper lovers the hotter the sauce the better.  The West Indies has been known to have very hot peppers and the pepper sauce there is used like a condiment much like we use Tobasco.  For the natives of the Caribbean Islands, being without the pepper sauce is a crime.

I know many of our readers enjoy hot, spicy pepper sauces so I found an easy recipe that you would enjoy with your Caribbean style foods.

West Indian Pepper Sauce Recipe

(makes about 4 cups pepper sauce)
Ingredients:
•    2lbs wiri wiri pepper or scotch bonnet peppers (stems removed)
•    1 green mango or … Continue Reading

With a name like Arrogant Bastard Ale Jalapeno Heat, you know this sauce is going to be really tasty or simply overly bloated bravado in a bottle. The former is the case here. Arrogant Bastard Ale Jalapeno Heat is aptly named. This is a prime example of gourmet flavor in a bottle.

Go ahead, open yours, grab a spoon, and pour a liberal amount for sampling. You’ll find a mild burn backed by the smooth, delicious taste of the Arrogant Bastard Ale that plays such an important role in the flavor notes of this sauce. The smooth taste of the ale lingers on your tongue long after you’ve tasted the sauce.This is a thin, highly pourable sauce that is rounded out with tomato paste, vinegar, honey, lemon juice, evaporated cane juice, red peppers, jalapeno, some salt, and a little garlic. Continue Reading

There is a big difference in the flavor of apple cider vinegar based BBQ sauce from the South and a traditional sweet tomato based BBQ sauce from the Midwest.  Many people have definite opinions on what Barbeque Sauce is better and tell you too.  Both are very popular in kitchen to make, but what we see on the grocery shelves is different. That is why so many people today are turning to their old tried and true, time tested recipes for great BBQ sauces.

Apple cider is a great addition to a sauce to offset the sweetness a bit.  Here is … Continue Reading

Any good chilihead knows that trying different pepper sauces is the best part of loving the pepper flavor and developing your taste buds for the taste differences. It is amazing the different types of flavors that you can create with simple ingredients and some kicking hot peppers.  Here is an interesting one that you may want to check out called Bello.

This hot sauce is manufactured by Perry W. Bellot, LTD which is a family owned business that has been making their famous hot sauce for over 40 years. The Bello Hot Pepper sauce is one of the most popular hot … Continue Reading

There is nothing quite like that taste of fresh homemade hot wings.  Making the sauce doesn’t have to be scary or hard.  Here is a good tasting simple hot wing sauce recipe that you can make easily and in very little time.   Why waste hours cooking?

4 tablespoons of your favorite hot sauce
2 tablespoons of Tabasco sauce
2 teaspoons cider vinegar
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon curry powder
1 1/2 teaspoons ground mustard
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
2 to 2 1/2 teaspoons crushed dried red pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

In a medium container mix together all of the above ingredients, … Continue Reading

The Scotch Bonnet pepper is also known as the Caribbean red pepper is a favorite in Caribbean cuisine as well as West African, Jamaican, and other Caribbean islands.  Lovers of the Scotch Bonnet pepper enjoy the spicy flavor and look for different ways to use this unique looking pepper.

Here is one great recipe that works with several types of meat and dishes.

Delicious Scotch Bonnet Pepper Onion Garlic Sauce Recipe

1 teaspoon vegetable oil
9-10 fresh Scotch Bonnet Peppers, chopped and seeded
3 Jalapeno Peppers, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
1/3 cup onion, finely chopped
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
1/8 cup of vinegar
1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar

In … Continue Reading

If you are unfamiliar with the Malagueta pepper, is here is some information so you can learn more about this cultural pepper. It is a type of chili pepper grown in Brazil, Mozambique and in Portugal and happens to be the most popular hot pepper in Brazil. The Malagueta Pepper is a small green chili shaped pepper that turns red once it fully matures and the heat level is similar to that of Tabasco peppers.

You will often find the Malagueta pepper used in various sauce recipes particularly sauces that are used to marinate or season poultry dishes.  It is also … Continue Reading

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For our chili heads that love everything hot and hotter still, many of you have been asking for a simple to prepare Ghost Pepper hot sauce recipe that you can make at home. Here is a great one that you can make and use as a sauce for ribs or shredded pork. You can even use it as a mop sauce too.

When preparing this particular recipe, you want to protect your hands, eyes and skin while handling the hot ghost pepper so please wear an apron, goggles and gloves while handling these types of peppers.

2 cups of white vinegar
1 1/2 … Continue Reading

Hot wings are so good and easy to make on the fly when you have unexpected guests show up.  Here is an awesome recipe for a creamy dipping sauce for your wings that requires no special ingredients. Your favorite on hand ingredients like BBQ sauce and Hot Sauce make this super-fast to whip up.

Here is what you will need to make the perfect creamy dipping sauce for your buffalo wings.

1 clove of garlic, minced
1/2 cup onion, finely chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 cups barbecue sauce
1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
pinch of salt
pinch of … Continue Reading

Making a hot sauce is a unique as the person creating it. There are so many different ingredients that you can use to mix your peppers with to get a tangy, sweet, spicy pepper hot sauce.  Using peaches has become a popular additive into many hot sauces and often people look for a way to blend in their peaches when making a recipe.

Here is an easy hot sauce recipe that you can use and tweak as you like.

Peach Hot Sauce Recipe

10 large orange Habanero Peppers (washed, cored and seeds removed)
5 large super ripe fresh Peaches (washed and pitted)
1/2 large white … Continue Reading