Pique (Puerto Rican Hot Sauce)
Pique (Puerto Rican Hot Sauce)

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Heat oil in a saucepan over medium heat. This Puerto Rican hot sauce recipe, called Pique, is a national staple, with a different version for every household. Pique is an interesting hot sauce.

Pique (Puerto Rican Hot Sauce) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Pique (Puerto Rican Hot Sauce) is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have pique (puerto rican hot sauce) using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pique (Puerto Rican Hot Sauce):
  1. Make ready 12 oz White Vinegar
  2. Prepare 2 slice Pineapple Rind (or 20z of the jiuice)
  3. Take 4 clove Garlic, sliced in half
  4. Prepare 4 Ajices Caballero (or habanaro)
  5. Prepare 4 Whole cayenne peppers
  6. Make ready 10 Peppercorns, cut in half
  7. Get 4 Sprigs of Cilantro
  8. Take 2 Racao leaves
  9. Prepare 4 tbsp Olive Oil
  10. Get 1 pinch Oregano
  11. Get 1 pinch Salt

There are two types of Puerto Rican pique: pique verde (Puerto Rican green hot sauce) and pique criollo. Pique verde is usually made with green Caballero hot peppers, green Cubanelle peppers, culantro, cilantro, onion, garlic, olive oil, and lime juice. Not really, with the exception of pique, pronounced PEE-keh, Puerto Rico's all-time favorite vinegar hot sauce. A small glass bottle with a shaker top sits on just about every table and every bottle is different.

Steps to make Pique (Puerto Rican Hot Sauce):
  1. Carefully cut Ajices in half. Keep seeds if you like it hot. (Wash hands good afterwards.)
  2. Cut the pineapple rind into 6 pieces 1x2 inches each. (Bout the size of postage stamp.)
  3. In a small sauce pan, simmer the ajices in the olive oil about 1 min. on medium low. This brings out hotness of the pepper, without leaving it sit for months. Let cool.
  4. Place rest of ingredients in jar or old whiskey bottle. If you use two bottles, divide ingredients into each one.
  5. Add the ajices and olive oil to bottle(s). Shake and let sit for at least a day before using.
  6. BUEN PROVECHO!

Everyone has their own recipe adding everything from culantro leaves to whole cloves to a generous splash of rum. Pique (Puerto Rican Style Hot Sauce) Pique is a style of Puerto Rican hot sauce made with vinegar that previously had hot peppers soaking in it. Some recipes call for habanero peppers and pineapple juice. Others, which choose the more traditional route, call for aji caballero. While the heat will vary, recipes will consist of chili peppers, garlic cloves, and varying spices.

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