This hot sauce isn’t just “hot”, it’s blazing!
This fabulous fermented hot sauce was named Hot Nicky by the Heal Your Gut Cookbook authors, and we definitely tasted why!
It’s just one of many amazing fermented recipes from this cookbook, which was just one section amid meat, vegetable, snacks, condiments and pantry staples, and (thankfully!) desserts for the different stages of the GAPS diet.
I was seriously drooling over this book for over an hour on a long car ride, trying to decide which recipes we hoped to test and share with our community!
I especially enjoyed the essential ingredients and techniques section in the beginning, with easy to follow step by step photos.
Your Hot Nicky hot sauce goes well with any Mexican dish, on burgers, roast beef or fish, eggs, or as a yummy topping to oysters – you name it!
It has a unique flavor profile: imagine a thicker, green Tabasco-type sauce with more heat, with an added depth of flavor from the mango and apples.
It tastes and smells wonderful, and our recipe testers really enjoyed the balance of heat and fruity.
This recipe can be customized for how hot you want it just based on how many habanero peppers you use.
But be careful, because you don’t need much on your plate – just a teaspoon on the side, unless you’re really daring!
A single batch will go a long way, so this makes a wonderful homemade gift!
For Blendtec: Place the first 8 ingredients in your jar, secure lid and press "Pulse" 4–6 times. Add the onion, peppers and apples to jar and secure lid. "Pulse" 8-10 times. Press the SMOOTHIE setting. If blade spins freely at any time, stop the machine, use a spatula to scrape ingredients towards the blade, and continue to Pulse/Blend until you reach a consistency you like.
For Vitamix: Place all ingredients into the blender in the order listed and secure lid. Start on VARIABLE Speed 1. Turn machine on and slowly increase speed to VARIABLE Speed 10/HIGH. Blend until it's a consistency you like, using the tamper to ensure all ingredients are blended.
Store in pint-sized mason jars. Leave on the counter for 5 to 7 days. Store in the fridge.
“I really love all the fresh ingredients used.
I love hot sauce especially when it packs a punch along with a great taste, and this has both!
” and “I am not a big fan of spicy things, but I found the fresh-blended sauce to have a complexity, even with incredible spice, that I was impressed by.
Garlic is a plant from the Allium family, closely related to onions, shallots and leeks.
Calorie for calorie, garlic is incredibly nutritious and has little calories.
Combat sickness: Garlic supplementation is known to boost the function of the immune system.
Reduce blood pressure: Garlic supplementation can have a significant impact on reducing blood pressure in people with high blood pressure thus thwarting cardiovascular diseases like heart attacks and strokes.
Improve bone health: studies have shown that it can minimize bone loss by increasing estrogen in females.
This recipe & image has been excerpted from Hilary Boynton and Mary G. Brackett’s The Heal Your Gut Cookbook (September 2014) and are printed with permission from Chelsea Green Publishing.
I would use this in and in everything. Dips, burgers, tamales, all Mexican food, eggs, as a spread on sandwiches, stews, chicken, casseroles, just everything.
Just bought the Blendtec and LOVE it. Can’t wait to make this.
Yay Theresa! Sounds like you’re primed to be a stellar Blendtec Blender Babe!! 🙂 Please let us know if you make this recipe and enjoy it. It’s HOT!
I would use it as on enchiladas, top y chalupas or even pour over softened cream cheese as a dip- veggies or corn tortilla chips.