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Hot pepper sauce

1
Points® value
Total Time
40 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
30 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Easy
This is a fat-free tomato-based hot pepper sauce that’s great for dipping, but you can also ladle spoonful's generously over any protein. Depending on how spicy you like your hot sauce, adjust the amount of chillies accordingly.

Ingredients

Chilli, green or red

4 individual, Scotch bonnet chillies

Calorie controlled cooking spray

4 spray(s)

Onion

1 small, roughly chopped

Garlic

3 clove(s), chopped

Tinned Tomatoes

1 can(s), large

White Wine Vinegar

50 ml

Honey

1 teaspoon(s), level

Vegetable stock cube

1 cube(s)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the grill and arrange the chillies on a small baking sheet and grill, turning once, until charred, 2 to 4 minutes.
  2. Coat a medium saucepan with calorie controlled cooking spray. Heat pan over a medium-low. Add the charred chillies, onion, garlic, and ¼ tsp salt. Cook for 10-15 minutes stirring occasionally, until the onion softens. Add 200ml water, the tinned tomatoes vinegar, 2 tsp honey and the stock cube. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until flavour's meld, about 15 minutes. Using a blender, blend until sauce is slightly chunky. Add more salt and honey to taste. Transfer sauce to jar with lid. Let cool, uncovered. Cover jar and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.

Notes

Makes 200g - 50g per serving