Instant Pot Hot Sauce is tasty and easy to make. A versatile pressure cooker hot sauce recipe that you can make from any variety of chile pepper. Customize the ingredients to make it your own!
Cut the tops off of the peppers and discard. Chop the peppers in thirds. Add to the stainless steel inner liner of the Instant Pot.
Add in the remaining ingredients.
Close the lid of the pressure cooker and set the steam release knob to the Sealing position.
Press Manual (or Pressure Cook function, High Pressure) and use the +/- button to select 2 minutes.
When cooking cycle ends, LET IT FULLY NATURALLY RELEASE PRESSURE. Do not do a Quick Release or manually release the pressure. You don't want to inhale those pepper fumes!
After all of the pressure is out of the pot, open the lid carefully, facing it away from your face. Don't breathe in the fumes!
Let the mixture cool, then transfer it to a blender and blend until smooth. You can use an immersion blender (though I find the regular blender makes it smoother). Be very careful, and wear gloves and eye protection.
Strain blended mixture through a strainer, and fill your hot sauce bottles! You could also leave unstrained and put in jars to enjoy a thicker hot sauce.
The hot sauce gets better as it ages a bit. It will keep in the fridge for several weeks or more!
Hot sauce is fun and easy to make, but please take some simple precautions: