HOT Mango Habanero Sauce Recipe [DIY]

Helene Dsouza

Super hot mango habanero sauce with whole fresh ingredients. This sauce will bring you tears of happiness!

Total Time: 15

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 10

1 jar

RECIPE

My super hot Mango Habanero Sauce with real fresh habanero chili peppers and mango fruit.

This sauce is irresistibly hot and sweet, plus it also looks stunning!

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This is part of my homemade hot sauce series, which also includes the Thai sweet chili sauce and Buffalo sauce.

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🔪 How to make it?
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🔪 How to make it?

Here is a quick overview to give you an idea of how this sauce is made. The full recipe is on the recipe card.

Step 1

Blend mango, habaneros, ginger, garlic, and water to a smooth paste.

blend mango habanero peppers garlic and ginger

Step 2

Transfer and heat up in a small saucepan.

Stir in vinegar, salt, and black pepper and cook until it bubbles.

Step 3

Take from the heat and mix in lime juice.

Transfer to a clean bottle or jar.

take from heat and stir in lime juice, bottle up

🥭 Ingredients

The habanero mango hot sauce is prepared with real whole ingredients, you will need fresh Mangoes and habanero pepper chilies.

Mango - fresh
Habanero Pepper Chilies - fresh
Vinegar
Ginger - Helps in preserving and adds flavor
Garlic - Ginger's best friend. Helps to preserve as well and compliments the ginger.
Salt
Black Pepper
Juice of a Lime - Adds some more acidity but also a touch of citrus, which will complete your hot sauce.

Mango

Pick a Mango variety that is super sweet.

The sweeter, the better, and I love using deep orange mangoes because the color of the sauce turns out vibrant and fuller.

Use Mangoes that are ripe, but never ever use mangoes that are getting spoiled and mushy because these can turn your sauce bad faster and that would beat the purpose of storing this sauce for a prolonged time.

If you don't get fresh Mangoes, then you have the option of using Mango Pulp/Puree.

Habanero Peppers

Use whole fresh habaneros peppers. Those are some of the hottest chili peppers out there!

I use yellow habaneros and I don't use more than three of those hot babies, because they are seriously naughty.

I advise that you use gloves to use habaneros because they can irritate your skin (and eyes!). Yet, you don't really need to cut open the chili peppers, I add them whole (with the stem removed) to the blender jar. So, if you are careful, you don't need to use gloves.

I tried to make this sauce with other peppers, including African bird eye chilies and Thai bird eye chilies. It never turned out that strikingly good.

However, I think you can substitute the habaneros here with scotch bonnets which are also very hot. They are also Caribbean peppers.

yellow habanero peppers — Yellow Habanero Chili Pepper

Vinegar

The vinegar you choose for this sauce will determine the pungent flavor of the hot sauce.

This is a taste preference; however, I do believe that some vinegar is more suitable than others.

Vinegar has an important part in this hot sauce. It makes sure that the sauce can be stored for a prolonged period of time, as it kills germs and anything bad that could turn your hot sauce bad.

Vinegar preserves the mango habanero hot sauce.

White vine vinegar might just be the best choice for this hot sauce if you want your vinegar to remain in the background to enrich the flavor profile.

I tend to use Asian rice vinegar for sauces because it's mild, but it might be too mild. If you want it less pungent, then use rice vinegar.

Another option is to use apple cider vinegar.

This one is not everyone's favorite, but I love the result of my mango habanero sauce with apple cider vinegar.

I also love using coconut vinegar, homemade fruit vinegar, or plain old white vinegar.

💭 How hot is this sauce?

Well, let's say this sauce is not made for the heat sensible.

It's a super hot sauce thanks to the habaneros and the sweet Mango, which kind of enhances the sauce all the more with its natural sweetness.

This Mango habanero hot sauce is hot, spicy.

You will mostly use 1–2 Tablespoons for your food.

That means the whole bottle/jar will last you an eternity!

Hot sauce with habanero peppers and fruity mango

💡 Tips

To prepare the mango habanero sauce you will need a good blender such as a Vitamix so that the mango, habaneros, garlic, and ginger are ground properly.

I wouldn't use a hand blender because it's not that powerful compared to a good blender and the chili is hot, so you don't want parts accidentally flying around.

Also, the moment you blend those chilies, you will be able to smell them.

My eyes started to itch slightly when I opened the jar, after the blending process.

Once all ingredients are smooth, transfer the paste into a saucepan and add the remaining ingredients.

I love using a non-stick PFOA-free saucepan. The sauce won't burn, and the flavors stay pure.

The sauce needs to be heated, to kill all the germs because you want the hot sauce to remain for a longer period of time.

🍱 Storing

You can store your DIY hot sauce in glass sauce bottles or simply in jars.

Wash out your bottles or jars, scrub them if necessary, and sterilize the jars in cooking hot water or in the oven so that all the germs die out.

If you do that, you will extend the shelf life of your hot sauce!

You can choose to extend the shelf-life of your hot sauce further by water-bath canning it.

Store your jars on a shelf away from direct sunlight, heat, and humidity. Keep your hot sauce in the fridge once opened.

If you live in a tropically hot and humid climate, store them in the fridge at all times!

The sauce will keep well for 10 months at least in your fridge.

📜 Uses

to coat wings to make buffalo style chicken wings
to dip in fried chicken, nuggets, chicken tenders
over BBQ meat, ribs, and sausages
drizzle over pork carnita wraps or tacos
in lentil soups (one of my favorite unlikely uses)
in a gourmet burger
to pep up your hot dog
to enhance a salad, dressing
over scrambled eggs for a change
in mash potato
on a freshly baked pizza
in your pasta sauce just before serving
shrimp, fried fish and fish sticks dipping sauce
dip for french fries and baked potato wedges
as a salmon topping
over jerk chicken
as a dip with peri peri chicken
as dip for egg rolls or spring rolls

💭 FAQs

What does it taste like?

The sauce tastes fruity, super hot (I'm not exaggerating!), sweet, flavorful, and pungent.

How to make this hot sauce sweet or less hot?

Pick a sweet mango variety (i.e. Indian mangoes are very sweet!) and reduce the chilies to the minimum heat that you can take. If you want to add only 1 chili or half of it, you can do this. You can also add a 1 tablespoon Honey to make this hot sauce sweeter.

How to make a sugar-free mango habanero sauce?

You won't be able to make it completely sugar-free, because mango is a naturally sweet tropical fruit. But you can reduce the sweetness by picking a mango variety that isn't that sweet.

Can I use mango nectar too?

Mango nectar is not suitable because it contains a lot of water and sugar. You would have to cook it down a lot more to get to a thick sauce consistency. Also, the water content in the nectar would reduce the shelf-life of your mango sauce. Commercial mango nectar may also contain artificial preservatives.

What other fruits can I add to this hot sauce?

You can try reducing the mango quantity in the recipe and adding some peach or pineapple instead.

Can I make this sauce with mango jam instead of fresh mango?

Theoretically, yes, but your sauce will turn out super sweet with mango jam. It will have a different consistency too.

Is this sauce, gluten-free or vegan?

Yes, this mango habanero sauce is both gluten-free and vegan.

Dear Reader, how are you planning to enjoy your mango habanero sauce?

📖 Recipe

Mango Habanero Sauce Recipe

Super hot mango habanero sauce with whole fresh ingredients. This sauce will bring you tears of happiness!

4.83 from 23 votes

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Course: Condiment

Cuisine: Caribbean

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 10

Total Time: 15

Servings: jar

Calories: 157kcal

Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

Ingredients

US - Metric

Instructions

Peel and cut your mango into smaller chunks.
1 Cup Mango
Add to a blender jar, mango pieces, whole habanero peppers, ginger, garlic, and water.
1 Cup Mango, 3 Habanero Peppers, ½ Inch Ginger Fresh, 2 Large Garlic Cloves, ¼ Cup Water
Blend to a smooth paste.
Keep a saucepan ready and transfer the blended sauce to the pan. Heat up the pan with its contents. Keep over low heat setting.
Add the vinegar, salt, and pepper.
½ Cup Vinegar, ½ Teaspoon Salt, ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
Mix the content well and heat up gradually so that the sauce thickens.
Cook until the sauce bubbles on low heat. Take from heat and let cool.
Stir in lime juice.
Juice of one Lime
Let the sauce cool a little more for 5 minutes and then bottle up. Please use only clean sterilized bottles or jars.
Store in a cool and dry place.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Mango Habanero Sauce Recipe

Amount Per Serving (31 g)

Calories 157 Calories from Fat 9

% Daily Value*

Fat 1g2%

Saturated Fat 1g5%

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 1g

Sodium 1178mg49%

Potassium 542mg15%

Carbohydrates 34g11%

Fiber 4g16%

Sugar 25g28%

Protein 3g6%

Vitamin A 2089IU42%

Vitamin C 114mg138%

Calcium 51mg5%

Iron 1mg6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Hot Mango Habanero Sauce Recipe

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