Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, pique (puerto rican hot sauce). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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 well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Pique (Puerto Rican Hot Sauce) is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook pique (puerto rican hot sauce) using 11 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Pique (Puerto Rican Hot Sauce):
- Get White Vinegar
- Make ready Pineapple Rind (or 20z of the jiuice)
- Take Garlic, sliced in half
- Make ready Ajices Caballero (or habanaro)
- Make ready Whole cayenne peppers
- Take Peppercorns, cut in half
- Get Sprigs of Cilantro
- Prepare Racao leaves
- Prepare Olive Oil
- Prepare Oregano
- Take 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.
Instructions to make Pique (Puerto Rican Hot Sauce):
- Carefully cut Ajices in half. Keep seeds if you like it hot. (Wash hands good afterwards.)
- Cut the pineapple rind into 6 pieces 1x2 inches each. (Bout the size of postage stamp.)
- 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.
- Place rest of ingredients in jar or old whiskey bottle. If you use two bottles, divide ingredients into each one.
- Add the ajices and olive oil to bottle(s). Shake and let sit for at least a day before using.
- 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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