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Southern Pepper Sauce Recipe

This pepper sauce recipe is a Southern family favorite. Perfect to serve with cornbread, greens or peas, this pepper sauce recipe is one you'll turn to again and again.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 32 tablespoons
Calories: 21 kcal
Course: Condiments
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

  • 1 cup distilled white vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt or pickling salt
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil optional for extra hot pepper sauce
  • about 30 about 30 small peppers

Instructions

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  1. Clean jar, lid, and band and rinse well. Keep warm.
  2. Mix together sugar, salt, vinegar, and optional olive oil in a stainless steel saucepan.
  3. Cook over medium heat until it begins to boil.
  4. Fill jar with peppers and pour hot vinegar mixture over the peppers. Leave about 1 inch of headspace from the top of the jar
  5. Remove air bubbles in the jar by tilting jar slightly to allow bubbles to escape as press peppers against opposite side of the jar.
  6. Wipe jar rim to clean. Place lid on top of jar and tighten ring.
  7. Allow jars to seal by setting on countertop to cool with about 1 inch in between each.
  8. Test seal after about 12 hours by pressing finger to the center of the lid. If sealed, it will not pop back. If not sealed, refrigerate and use.
  9. Store in dark, cool cabinet or pantry for up to a year.

Notes

  • Makes 1 pint.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1 tablespoon Calories 21kcal (1%) Carbohydrates 6g (2%) Protein 1g (2%) Fat 0.3g (0%) Saturated Fat 0.02g (0%) Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1g Monounsaturated Fat 0.1g Sodium 77mg (3%) Potassium 136mg (4%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 3g (6%) Calcium 6mg (1%) Iron 0.4mg (2%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 32tablespoons

Amount Per Serving

Calories 21

% Daily Value*

Serving 1 tablespoon
Calories 21kcal 1%
Carbohydrates 6g 2%
Protein 1g 2%
Fat 0.3g 0%
Saturated Fat 0.02g 0%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1g 1%
Monounsaturated Fat 0.1g 1%
Sodium 77mg 3%
Potassium 136mg 3%
Fiber 1g 4%
Sugar 3g 6%
Calcium 6mg 1%
Iron 0.4mg 2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.