Readers ask: How To Make Tabasco Sauce Recipe?

What are the ingredients of Tabasco sauce?

Growing Greatness. In 1868, Edmund McIlhenny mixed up his own personal pepper sauce recipe with three simple ingredients: fully aged red peppers, salt from Avery Island, Louisiana, and high-quality distilled vinegar. Our Original Red Sauce has a uniquely pungent flavor that lets a little go a long way.

How did they make Tabasco sauce?

TABASCO^® Sauce is made from three natural ingredients: mashed tabasco peppers aged in white oak barrels, a small amount of salt and high quality vinegar. The peppers used in producing TABASCO^® Sauce are heirloom tabasco peppers that have been protected for nearly a century and a half by the McIlhenny family.

What pepper do they use to make Tabasco sauce?

The tabasco pepper is a variety of the chili pepper species Capsicum frutescens, like the Naga Jolokia. It’s a very pungent pepper grown mostly in the Gulf Coast states and Mexico. It is mostly known as the pepper used to make the very famous hot sauce, Tabasco sauce.

What can I substitute for Tabasco sauce?

Tabasco is a hot pepper sauce and if you don’t have tabasco then you could use another hot or chilli sauce, such as sriracha or a Mexican chilli sauce. As the heat levels vary we suggest adding a couple of drops first, then tasting and adding more to suit your palate.

What vinegar is used in Tabasco sauce?

Since 1868, TABASCO^® brand Original Red Sauce has been handcrafted with just three ingredients: aged red peppers, salt and distilled vinegar.

How long does it take to make Tabasco sauce?

6. It takes longer to make than wine. Wine can take just four weeks before it’s ready for consumption, but Tabasco Sauce takes five years! Most of that time is spent aging the pepper mash in white oak barrels.

What makes Tabasco different?

The Taste. While Tabasco sauce is more Cajun-inspired and is composed of only distilled vinegar, red pepper, and salt, Sriracha is more ketchup-y with a laundry list of ingredients including chili, sugar, and garlic. However, I would argue that it tastes just as good on eggs as Tabasco.

Why is Tabasco sauce so good?

This hot sauce is perfected using only three natural ingredients, peppers, vinegar, and salt — that’s it. Even the salt itself is special, as it’s extracted from the salt mines of Avery Island. Looks like you’re better leaving it to the pros and buying a Tabasco bottle instead.

Does Tabasco sauce go bad?

While original Tabasco sauce’s shelf life is five years, Tabasco Garlic Pepper sauce can’t last more than two years, for example. Always keep homemade Tabasco sauce in the fridge. It can stay usable for only a week when stored in a pantry, but you can use the refrigerated sauce for two to three months.

How do you thicken Tabasco sauce?

Take a spoon of cornstarch or arrowroot and mix it in a glass with some water. Stir vigorously to make a slurry and then add it to your simmering hot sauce. It should simmer for a few minutes. Repeat as necessary until you reach your desired consistency.

How much is the Tabasco family worth?

Meet the TABASCO® Brand Family of Flavors®. As of 2019 they had $3.3 million in revenue and $22 million in assets.

Can I substitute Sriracha for Tabasco?

Tabasco is a simple substitute for Sriracha, but any hot sauce you might have lying around works. Tabasco lacks the consistency, but isn’t far off in the spice level. While may dishes call for Sriracha due to its unique taste, the primary feature is the heat.

Can I substitute Frank’s red hot for Tabasco?

Tabasco is hotter, and tastes different than Frank’s Red Hot. I find Frank’s to be much more sour than Tabasco. If you’ve had buffalo wings before then you may have had Frank’s as a lot of places just mix Frank’s with butter. I’m selective with what I can put Frank’s on but Tabasco is pretty much good with everything.

Is Worcester sauce Tabasco?

Tamarind fruits and aged peppers mingle together in Tabasco® brand Worcestershire Sauce adding a spicy and robust flavor to any dish.