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i was able to convince people at my favorite restauraunt in the world to fill me in, on how to make this amazing hot sauce that they make, and got the gist of most of the cuisine, but im still taking it slow. anyway, you can make it a few ways, you can make it REALLY hot so that its more of a topping, or you can make it a bit mild and cook meat/seitan in.

anyway, take about 4 inches of ginger, a can of canned tomato sauce(preferabley the kind with garlic), a couple cloves of garlic, a habenero pepper, and some salt. BLEND in BLENDER till ginger is almost invisible. if you want it hotter, add more red peppers or habanero. i then cook on really low heat for a while, and serve with plain spinach, a rice pilaft, and most importantly black eyed peas(black eyed peas mashed cooked with salt & garlic).

i cant stress how easy and good this hot sauce is. they use a different pepper in africa, but habenro or even jalapeno works fine. the flavor combination between black eyed peas and this.... forget about it.

hell yeah dude.no vinegar?I made some hot sauce with a habenero , a tomato , some vinegar , garlic powder and a packet of oriental top ramen flavoring.kind of like a prison recipe my bummy friend taught me.

so thats how he does it.

i wouldnt reccommend you run in there and say that i broadcast this knowledge over the internet. it is, after all, a secret art.

So is this hot sauce better than that harissa that you've posted a couple times? There is only enough room for 1 hot sauce in my life, so I want to make the right decision.

yeah you gotta add quite a bit of salt to this one.

the harissa is more for sandwhiches/falafels.

this is for everything else. but yeah. this is much better... but its different. i just like the way ginger/habanero warms my insides.

word. i had some at the restaurant today and then got inspired to make the sauce, went to berkeley bowl came home and made some just a few hours ago. its sooo good.

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5 months later I'm finally getting around to trying this...

I noticed there was no size on the can of tomato sauce and when I went to the store they came in a couple different sizes. I ended up buying 2 of the smaller 8 oz cans so I could start with 1 and then add the other if you meant a larger can. After 1 can it seemed like a lot more just blended up ginger/peppers than a sauce so I added the other can which seemed to look better. When it was all done I thought it tasted kinda bland but I realized I forgot the salt, now it's pretty badass. I have a feeling that like most sauces this will taste even better after a day or 2 once the flavors have had a chance to mingle a bit.

On a sidenote, after blending the ginger, garlic and peppers I opened the blender and took a big whiff which then sent me into a coughing fit. So be careful, that stuff is potent.

that just means it's good for you.

Has anyone had Secret Aardvark Trading Co. Habanero Hot Sauce?
It seems to be predominant in Portland, OR.
I was hoping to make something similar at home.
Is this sauce sweet? I was looking for something more sweet and spicy.

it's pretty hot, kind of overpowers everything else... sort of sweet.

it's local, that's why it's all over the city.

after blending the sauce in the blender,

take a skillet that will fit all the sauce with some room.
fill the skillet with corn or vegetable oil about 1/3-1/2 inch up. put on medium high heat until the oil almost smokes. turn it off, take the blender full of sauce and the oil skillet. go outside and slowly at first then quickly pour in the sauce and let bubble away. once it stops, stir it up and add a little more salt and more powdered chili forms if you want it even hotter.

also, be careful when pouring. be careful!

but this is by far one of the best ways to have this sauce.

finally got around to making this. slammin! i did like you said and served it ontop of some rice (short grain brown, not a pilaf), steamed spinach and mashed black eye peas. i felt like i was eating at the house of some african lady and her kids. very wholesome yet exotic. mmmm. looking forward to cooking it with some seitan next time.

cheers!

ps. anthony the way you say is the best way to heat the sauce sounds mad but im definitely gonna try it.