pique (puerto rican hot sauce)

pique (puerto rican hot sauce)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 onion, roughly chopped, divided
  • 20 habanero peppers, halved
  • 5 aji dulce peppers, halved
  • 8 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 cup pineapple juice
  • 6 tablespoons lime juice
  • 1/4 cup tequila
  • 1/4 cup white vinegar
  • 8 sprigs cilantro, chopped
  • 2 sprigs culantro
  • 1 teaspoon white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon cacao powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin


  1. Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add 1/4 of the onion, habanero peppers, aji dulce, and garlic. Cook and stir until tender, about 3 minutes. Let cool at least 5 minutes.
  2. Transfer pepper mixture to a blender. Add pineapple juice, lime juice, tequila, vinegar, cilantro, culantro, sugar, oregano, salt, black pepper, cacao powder, and cumin. Blend until smooth. Pour sauce into a glass bottle with a lid; let stand for a least 1 week for flavors to blend.

07/23/2019
pique (puerto rican hot sauce), recipe PT15M PT1H 5 455 calories

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