Linsanity Hot Sauce

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Make no mistake, this sauce is HOT! But, it still has a lot of flavor. I splash this on barbeque and pulled pork, toss chicken wings in it, and serve it for chips and salsa.
I’ve been eating this sauce so much while watching basketball that I decided to name it after my favorite basketball player, Jeremy Lin.

Ready in: 15 mins

Ingredients

Makes: 2 cups

• 1/4 cup roughly chopped cilantro
• 1/2 cup diced red onion
• 3 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce (canned)
• 4 cloves fresh garlic, peeled
• 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
• 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 12 habanero peppers, stems removed
• 1 (5 1/2 ounce) can tomato-vegetable juice (V8(R))

Preparation method

Prep: 15 mins

1. Place the cilantro, red onion, chipotle peppers, garlic, vinegar, black pepper, cumin, salt, lime juice, tomato paste, and habanero peppers into a blender.

2. Puree until the sauce is smooth. Pour in just enough of the tomato juice so that the vegetables move in the blender without you having to scrape the sides. The thicker the mixture is as it purees, the finer the sauce will be.

3. Pour in the remaining tomato juice once the sauce is smooth to make your finished sauce runny. If you’d like a thicker sauce, you can leave out the remaining tomato juice.Man Note:

If you’re really a man, leave the seeds in the habanero peppers. If you think they’re gonna make you (or others) cry, take ’em out.

Blender Note:

Depending on your blender, you might have to strain the sauce to remove chunks.