Chipotle Fermented Hot Sauce With Garlic, and Cumin Recipe

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Ingredients (11)

  • For The Brine:
  • 3 cups (720ml) bottled, filtered, or distilled water
  • 3 tablespoons (30g) Diamond Crystal kosher salt; for table salt use half as much by volume or the same weight
  • 2 ounces (55g) dried chipotle morita peppers (about 20 chile peppers), stems removed and peppers cut in half
  • 1 1/2 ounces (45g) garlic (about 6 medium cloves), thinly sliced
  • 2 teaspoons (5g) cumin seeds, toasted in dry skillet until fragrant
  • To Finish the Hot Sauce:
  • 3/4 cup (180ml) distilled white vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon (15g) sugar
  • Kosher salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon (0.25g) xanthan gum (optional)

Directions

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