Best Hot Sauce
Description
This tasty hot pepper sauce contains a surprising ingredient - fresh dates. A small bowl of this divine sauce is on the table everywhere in Cameroon, Africa, each unique to the person making it.
Ingredients
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10 fresh hot chile peppers, stems removed
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1 onion, coarsely chopped
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1/4 cup pitted fresh dates, or more to taste
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1/4 cup fresh basil leaves
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1/4 cup fresh parsley leaves
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1 roma (plum) tomato, roughly chopped
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2 tablespoons beef bouillon powder
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4 garlic cloves
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1/2 cup vegetable oil, or as needed
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salt to taste
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1 squeeze lemon juice
Directions
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Place peppers, onion, dates, basil, parsley, tomato, bouillon powder, and garlic in the bowl of a food processor; pour in the oil. Pulse mixture until finely chopped, adding more oil if needed to thin; season with salt.
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Pour pepper mixture into a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Squeeze lemon juice into pepper mixture, reduce heat to low, and simmer for 15 minutes.
3
Allow pepper mixture to cool; pour into a glass jar with a lid. Store pepper sauce in the refrigerator.