{"id":598,"date":"2018-06-01T19:00:45","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T19:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milehighmitts.com\/?p=598"},"modified":"2020-09-14T18:20:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T18:20:38","slug":"creamy-habanero-sauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milehighmitts.com\/creamy-habanero-sauce\/","title":{"rendered":"Creamy Habanero Sauce (gluten-free)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever been to a restaurant and thought, how in the world do they make this?! I wish I could figure out how to do this at home! That’s how we felt with this Creamy Habanero sauce<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Before we moved to the Denver area one of our favorite Mexican restaurants had this amazing creamy habanero sauce. My husband was SO in love with it that HE decided to figure out how to make it at home.<\/strong><\/em> And – he wanted to make it gluten-free so I could eat it too (massive great hubby points right here!).<\/p>\n

You really need to understand that my husband isn’t typically this motivated in the kitchen.<\/h2>\n

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He pretty much sticks to alcoholic drinks and grilling, all those “manly” things. But, when cheese, spice and Mexican food is involved.. the story is totally different. Massive props are going to my bearded mountain man for this one.<\/p>\n

But, hold on, habanero?? Isn’t that crazy spicy??<\/h3>\n

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I’m still wondering how in the world I use jalapenos regularly in my household. But then I look at my husband and I have the answer.<\/p>\n

I guess to some degree you really do become more like your spouse after being married for a while… I literally laughed out loud as I was putting habaneros into my shopping cart at the store. I don’t think I even knew what they looked like before! Those little orange peppers usually camped out close to the jalapenos looking pretty lonely? Yup, habaneros.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I promise you this though. This Creamy Habanero Sauce is a solid medium. That’s it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I wouldn’t eat it if it was any spicier. Pinky promise. I’m not down for the whole-mouth burning spice so that you can’t even taste your food. That seems so pointless to me. I like some spice to kick the flavor in my food up a notch, not cover it up completely!\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>And the creaminess compliments the spice perfectly, almost counteracting it a bit, so you are left with that delicious creamy mouth-feel while getting the spice at the same time. It’s bomb.\u00a0I’m pretty sure my husband would bathe in it if he could.<\/p>\n

So, what does this sauce go on, you might ask??<\/h4>\n

Since everything<\/em> isn’t a really descriptive answer, I guess I’ll throw out a few suggestions.<\/p>\n

This Creamy Habanero Sauce is really great for smothering burritos, topping your favorite nachos with, and dipping millions of things in<\/strong><\/em> (tacos, quesadillas, taquitos, chips, etc.).<\/p>\n

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And, per my favorite, it’s pretty darn easy to make too.<\/h4>\n

You’ll have to chop up the habaneros, which hey, if that makes you nervous, you can always use some rubber gloves for that part. Other than that, it’s simply combining all of the ingredients into your pan at different times. The hardest part? Whisking. See? Easy peasy. So easy I just summed it up into a couple sentences! If it can get me to pipe down then it must be easy!<\/p>\n

Give this sauce a shot, and let me know, is this too spicy? Have I gone to the dark side???<\/p>\n

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