Lauren Hayes 2h ago

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Carolina Reaper hot sauce is an intensely spicy homemade pepper sauce made with roasted Carolina Reaper peppers, garlic, onion, distilled white vinegar, salt, and water. This recipe creates a smooth roasted hot sauce with extreme heat, fruity pepper flavor, savory depth, and a clean acidic finish. Roasting the peppers, garlic, and onion softens their flavors while adding deeper roasted notes before blending into a pourable sauce. Carolina Reaper peppers average about 1,641,183 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), making this sauce one of the hottest homemade hot sauces. Because of the intense heat level, it is best used in small amounts. The recipe takes about 45 minutes and produces approximately 10 fl oz (300 ml) of strained hot sauce, enough for two standard 5 fl oz bottles. Serve it with fried chicken, tacos, grilled meats, eggs, burgers, ramen, pho, noodle soups, and other savory dishes.