Peppers of Key West

Growing Hot Peppers, Hot Sauce Diaries

7 Gardening Tips for a Huge Pepper Harvest This Year!

If your pepper plants aren’t producing heavily, your system—not your plant—is the problem. If your pepper plants are producing more disappointment than actual peppers,…
Gardener harvesting large basket of ripe peppers from healthy high-yield pepper plants in full sunlight
Different Peppers Explained, Hot Sauce Diaries

7 Pot Yellow Pepper Explained: Scoville Heat, Flavor, Uses & What Makes This Caribbean Chile So Hot

Yellow 7 Pot (Caribbean) Pepper: Seven times the heat, one tiny pepper! How Many Scoville Heat Units is the Yellow 7 Pot (Caribbean) Pepper?…
Cooking with Peppers & Hot Sauce, Hot Sauce Diaries

A Beginner’s Guide to Fermented Hot Sauce: Let It Rot (In a Good Way)

Fermentation sounds like something that belongs in a lab, not your kitchen—but trust the process. This beginner-friendly guide shows you how to turn peppers,…
beginner guide to fermented hot sauce how to ferment peppers for hot sauce and create bold balanced flavor at home
Cooking with Peppers & Hot Sauce, Hot Sauce Diaries

Advanced Hot Sauce Pairing Techniques That Turn Meals Into Flavor Weapons (And Make Average Food Completely Irrelevant)

Advanced Hot Sauce Pairing Techniques That Turn Meals Into Flavor Weapons Advanced hot sauce pairing techniques combine sweet heat, citrus brightness, and bold spice…
advanced hot sauce pairing techniques with tropical hot sauces enhancing seafood chicken tacos using sweet heat citrus and layered spicy flavor combinations
Different Peppers Explained, Hot Sauce Diaries

Aji Amarillo Pepper: Sunshine in a pepper, spice in your soul!

Aji Amarillo Pepper: Sunshine in a pepper, spice in your soul! How Many Scoville Heat Units is the Aji Amarillo Pepper? The Aji Amarillo…
Different Peppers Explained, Hot Sauce Diaries

Aji Crystal Pepper Explained: Flavor, Heat, Uses & What Makes This Chilean Ají So Versatile

Aji Crystal Pepper: Tiny crystal, big punch of heat! How Many Scoville Heat Units is the Aji Crystal Pepper? The Aji Crystal pepper measures…
Different Peppers Explained, Hot Sauce Diaries

Ancho Pepper: Mild, Smoky, and Secretly Delicious

The Ancho pepper: like a Poblano after a sunbathing session—sweet, smoky, and slightly mysterious. Perfect for flavor without spontaneous combustion. How Many Scoville Heat…
Health Benefits of Hot Sauce, Hot Sauce Diaries

Are There Health Benefits to Eating Hot Sauce? Capsaicin, Metabolism & Wellness

Health benefits of hot sauce explored Hot sauce has evolved from a simple condiment into a cultural phenomenon, a culinary staple, and for many…
Appetizers, Hot Sauce Recipes, Pork

Artichokes Wrapped in Bacon

Artichokes Wrapped in Bacon That Make Vegetables Question Everything These artichokes show up pretending to be healthy, then get wrapped in bacon and completely…
Beef, Hot Sauce Recipes

Asian Chipotle Glazed Roast Beef Croissant Sandwich

Ingredients: 1/2 lb. thick-sliced roast beef from the deli counter 2 fresh butter croissants (sliced for sandwich use) 2 tbsp. butter (optional) 1/4 cup…
Appetizers, Hot Sauce Recipes, Pork

Bacon Wrapped Pineapple

Bacon Wrapped Pineapple: The Sweet & Salty Rebel That Stole the BBQ A wildly delicious mystery dish that somehow works way better than it…
Appetizers, Hot Sauce Recipes, Pork

Bacon Wrapped Roasted Raspberry Jalapeno Poppers

Bacon Wrapped Jalapeno Poppers That Bring the Heat and the Crunch Smoky, creamy, spicy, and wrapped in bacon—basically everything good in life rolled into…
Hot Sauce Recipes

Baja Fish Tacos

Ingredients: 2 cups shredded cabbage 1/2 lb. white flaky fish, such as halibut, orange roughy or catfish 1 ripe avacodo 4 corn tortilla’s 12…
Hot Sauce Recipes

Baked Chicken with Catch a Fire Roasted Chutney

Want a light and delicate entree that’s packed with the unique flavor of mango?  Try this–you’ll come back to this recipe time and again.…
Dessert, Hot Sauce Recipes

Banana Pudding Trifles

Banana Pudding Trifles layer creamy pudding, fresh bananas, whipped topping, and crunchy vanilla wafers into a rich no-bake dessert that is simple, sweet, and…
Appetizers, Dessert, Hot Sauce Recipes, Vegetarian & Vegan

Banana Puff Puffs

Banana Puff-Puffs That Are Sweet, Fluffy, and Slightly Out of Control Golden, fluffy bites of banana goodness that somehow vanish faster than you can…
Hot Sauce Recipes

Beef Tacos with 20 Pepper Salsa

Love Tacos?  You’ll love them even more with our Peppers of Key West 20 Pepper Salsa complementing the flavors.  Not every day fare, but…
Growing Hot Peppers, Hot Sauce Diaries

Beginner’s Guide to Growing Peppers for Homemade Hot Sauce (Because Store-Bought Is Just Showing Off)!

Beginner’s Guide to Growing Peppers for Homemade Hot Sauce (Because Store-Bought Is Just Showing Off) Growing peppers for homemade hot sauce requires full sun,…
beginner guide growing peppers for homemade hot sauce tropical garden fresh peppers and sauce
Best Mexican Street Taco Meats: The Ultimate Guide to Authentic Taco Flavor

Best Carne Asada Taco Fillings, Meat & Street Taco Pairings

Best Carne Asada Taco Meat, Fillings & Street Taco Pairings   Juicy grilled carne asada, smoky charred tortillas, fresh cilantro, onions, lime, and fiery…
Carne asada street tacos with grilled steak, cilantro, onions, lime wedges, salsa, and spicy hot sauce on charred corn tortillas
How to Build the Ultimate Taco Night Spread

Best Drinks for Taco Night: Margaritas, Mexican Beer & Sweet Pairings

Best Drinks for Taco Night: Margaritas, Mexican Beer & Sweet Pairings   Discover the best taco night drinks including margaritas, Mexican beer, aguas frescas,…
Best drinks for taco night featuring margaritas, Mexican beer, aguas frescas, tropical beverages and sweet drink pairings with tacos