There are endless variations of Fermented Hot Sauce Recipes. You can make hot sauce with any type of pepper and add in your favorite herbs, spices and even fruit.
Traditional hot sauce is fermented and some of the best on the market are fermented too. Fermentation adds complexity and a richness of flavor that can’t be obtained using any other method.
Here are the Top Fermented Hot Sauce Recipes from my fellow Fermentationists.
Easy Lacto-Fermented Hot Sauce – Fermented Food Lab
This is my own fermented hot sauce recipe that uses only 3 ingredients. You can make it as hot as you like and use a variety of peppers too.
How To Make Fermented Hot Sauce – Grow, Forage, Cook, Ferment
Described as unbelievably good, Colleen’s recipe uses dried chilis, onions and garlic to make the “Best Hot Sauce In The World”.
Homegrown Cayenne Pepper Hot Sauce – Frugally Sustainable
Andrea makes this simple fermented hot sauce using cayenne peppers from her garden.
How To Make Homemade Hot Sauce – Homestead Honey
Complex flavors, live-cultures, and probiotic goodness make this homemade hot sauce a must try.
Fermented Jalapeño Hot Sauce – Fermentation Podcast
Learn how to make this deliciously, tangy, flavorful green hot sauce.
We can Phickle That Hot Pepper Sauce – Phickle
Fermented, Aged Hot Sauce with variations.
Fermented Hot Chili Sauce – Nourished Kitchen
Seasoned with fresh garlic this fermented hot chili sauce is rich with flavor, bright and fiery.
Fermented Mango Habanero Hot Sauce – Health Starts In The Kitchen
Sweet mangos and hot peppers come together in this fiery hot sauce.
Fermented Louisiana-Style Hot Sauce – Joy of Cooking
Made from Tabasco peppers, its one of the most iconically Southern condiments.
Lacto-Fermented Hot Sauce With Nasturtiums – Nitty Gritty Life
This hot sauce uses fresh peppers from the garden and nasturtiums. There are two variations of this hot sauce; one mild and one hot.
Give some of these Top Fermented Hot Sauce Recipes a try while the peppers are plentiful. These make great gifts to friends and family too.
If you’re interested in learning how to make spicy fermented foods, such as hot sauces, spicy chutneys and kimchis, I highly suggest getting the book, Fiery Ferments here.
If you need the tools to get started making your own hot sauce at home, check out our Fermented Hot Sauce kit here.
Happy Fermenting!
Danielle
Hi Danielle. Could you tell me where I can get the lids that hold the airlocks please ? thanks
I sell airlocks in the store here: https://www.fermentedfoodlab.com/store/#!/Sauerkraut-&-Pickles/c/23349534
If you just want the lid rings that hold a waterless airlock in place, they come with the mason jar. Is this what you mean?
Hi there. I have some questions for you related to fermented chili sauce. Primarily if you can ferment the sauce in the sun and when to add ingredients ie lemon juice.
I’m not sure about fermenting in the sun. My method for fermenting hot sauce is in this post here:
https://www.fermentedfoodlab.com/easy-lacto-fermented-hot-sauce/
Most ingredients you can ferment with the chilis. You can add lemon juice or vinegar at the end when you blend it all up.
Thanks for the reply. I had read your earlier article. The reason I’m asking is because I found a chili sauce that I really enjoy. On the bottle is says “placing the bottles in the warm sun to be cured and gently cooked for 10 days, shaken twice a day.” There’s also a picture which looks as though they don’t have airlocks on the top of the bottle. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0dd4d48e65f5ecf7cbc5e88e6ef1d91e85e162c6a2d763102a7b100510887e26.png
I would try doing it then. Sounds like it’s another method of fermenting chilis. Go for it!
It is somewhat similar to making gochujang.
Cool. I’ll look into that. Thanks