Cooking with tabasco

You'll love these easy-to-prepare hot and spicy recipes for pork chops and oriental roll-ups. Included is a recipe for delicious homemade Tabasco sauce.

Tabasco sauce is a unique and tasty condiment made from tabasco peppers. It's very flavorful, and it adds just the right amount of gusto to recipes calling for hot sauce. The unequaled taste of this popular condiment is a favorite of many. Tabasco sauce is a component in many spicy recipes, and it is often used in the same manner as other popular condiments.

To create a perfect Tabasco sauce, ripe red tabasco peppers are combined with salt and vinegar. They are commercially processed and blended into one of the most delicious sauces available. This name-brand hot sauce is sold in most grocery stores, and it has been a staple in a great number of households for many years.

The following recipe is for a mouth-watering tabasco pepper sauce comparable to commercial varieties. It can be used in recipes calling for Tabasco sauce or hot sauce, and it can be used as a condiment on beef, pork, and chicken. Use it sparingly until you discover how much spice you prefer. There is a lot of heat in just a few drops of sauce made with tabasco peppers!

Tabasco Pepper Hot Sauce

6 ripe tabasco chile peppers

½ clove garlic

1/4 cup chile vinegar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon granulated sugar

Wash and prepare the tabasco peppers by cutting off the tops and removing the seeds and membranes. Slice the peppers, and place them in a sauce pan along with the vinegar and garlic. Cook them until they are tender and the skins are falling off. Remove the pepper skins, and discard them. Puree this mixture in an electric blender along with the sugar and salt. Keep the sauce refrigerated until you are ready to use it.

Tabasco sauce is especially tasty on pork chops. Adjust the amount in the following recipe according to your personal preference. Alternately, the sauce may be cooked separately and served on the side so guests can use the amount they desire.

Tabasco Pepper Pork Chops

6 center cut pork chops

3 tablespoons vegetable oil

6 thin slices lemon

6 thin slices white onion

2 tablespoons brown sugar

½ cup catsup

1 tablespoon Tabasco sauce

½ cup water

Preheat the vegetable oil in a large frying pan. Brown the chops on both sides. Place one slice of onion and one slice of lemon on each pork chop. In a small bowl, combine the catsup, Tabasco sauce, and water. Pour this mixture over the pork chops. Place a lid on the pan, and cook the pork chops over a low flame for approximately one hour or until they are tender.

The next recipe combines the hot and spicy flavor of Tabasco sauce with other popular condiments. The results are a hearty and delicious oriental dish that everyone is sure to love. It can be served as an appetizer or as a main course.

Oriental Roll-ups with Hot Tabasco Mustard Sauce

1 pound ground meat, beef or turkey

1 can water chestnuts, chopped

1 package instant onion and mushroom soup

1 tablespoon chopped onion

1 tablespoon granulated beef bullion

1 can bean sprouts, drained

3 cans ready-to-bake crescent rolls

1/4 cup yellow prepared mustard

1/4 cup mayonnaise

1 clove garlic, chopped

1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce

2 teaspoons horseradish sauce

In a large skillet, brown the ground meat. If necessary, drain off the excess grease. Stir in the water chestnuts, dry instant soup mix, chopped onion, beef bullion, and drained bean sprouts. Simmer them for approximately 5 minutes. Carefully open and place the crescent rolls on a baking sheet, Put approximately one tablespoon of meat mixture in the center of each one. Bring the corners together in the center, and pinch the dough to seal the edges. Bake them in a preheated 350 degree oven for approximately 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Make sauce for the roll-ups by combining the mustard, mayonnaise, garlic, Tabasco sauce, and horseradish. Keep the sauce refrigerated until you are ready to serve the roll-ups. Warm it in a microwave oven on a low setting if you prefer heated sauce.

If you love the flavor of Tabasco sauce, use it as a substitute for other hot sauces in your favorite recipes. Experiment by adding a little to dips, gravies, and ready-made soups. You'll create hot and spicy original recipes that are sure to become family favorites.

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