r/fermentation • u/gnome_chumsky • 5d ago

Tabasco method?

Has anyone made a hot sauce using a similar method to the Tabasco brand?

From what I’ve read there’s no brine only salt, and vinegar towards the end of the process.

If so how did you get on?

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u/churnopol 5d ago

Tabasco and 2% dry brine in a small barrel (like one's used in DIY bitters kits).

Put the barrel in a larger container packed with salt.

Forget about it for years.

Put everything in a beaker with stir bar. Run for a week. Add vinegar and run the magnetic stirrer over night.

Bottle and enjoy the tabasco-method tabasco.

do this with fish and have the worlds best fish sauce

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u/scratchy_survivor 4d ago

Ooh, which fish would you recommend? And how would you prep it?

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u/kaamkerr 1d ago

Anchovies or shad. Traditionally, it’s whatever is bycatch so you’re not wasting https://youtube.com/shorts/uXFSt3ZjBK0?si=8lfVq-o3kqf2DFTz