Diluting chilli sauce thats too hot for me?

mattyfez · 22 Aug 2022 at 17:31

So I want to make some milder sauce out of a hot one I have that is just too hot for me for casual use... but I also want it to keep for a long time, I was thinking of quadrupling the volume of sauce with finley chopped onions, tinned tomatoe , vinigar and lime juce.

But I'm unsure of ratios, especially natural preservatives as I'll probably end up with about a litre of the stuff that I'll keep in a glass jar/in the fridge and it will take a whle to get through!

Any ideas appreciated, thanks

mattyfez · 22 Aug 2022 at 22:28

Thanks.
But how much though.. I don't want to make it taste like a sickly sweet chilli sause.

mattyfez · 23 Aug 2022 at 00:27

Thanks. I was thinking lime juice and vinigar. But also thought about adding tomatoes and onions to bulk it up so maybe its more of a salsa /chutney type thing I'm going for.

mattyfez · 23 Aug 2022 at 15:49

Tony Edwards said:
Yes if the chilli that was used is very hot you cant really make it milder. As the heat is from the chilli used itself.

That is why you get mild and hot chilli powder.

I think you can.. When I make curry and overdo the chilli I can add bulking ingredients to make it milder.. Tomato, creamed coconut, plain yoghurt etc.

Want to try to avoid adding dairy though as it will drastically reduce it's shelf life.

I'm now thinking of making a kimchi style thing so it won't go off before I use it.

mattyfez · 2 Sep 2022 at 17:11

Ok update, it turned out quite well.. I had some Carolina Reaper sauce which is a bit too hot for me.

Caramelised 1 large finely chopped onion
Added salt, sugar, black pepper, lime juice and rice vinegar
dumped a tin of chopped tomatoes in and reduced it down so it was nice and thick

Added a sensible glug of Reaper sauce.. tasted bloody lovely! like a hot home made ketchup but nicer!

I basically made approx 1 litre of spicy ketchup/salsa and i've still got 3/4s of the reaper sauce left in the bottle, so can make 3 more litres of sauce from that just with onions and tomatoes, but I think im gonna dump a load of garlic onto the next batch, maybe some finley sliced carrot and lettuice.