Find more growing tips & recipes: Read all Blog Posts »

No Salt Hot Sauce Recipe

No Salt Hot Sauce Recipe

So if you're like us, you like to put Hot Sauce on EVERYTHING. If you're worried about your salt intake, and you like vinegar, this No-Salt Hot Pepper Vinegar Sauce is great on food and doesn't add any salt to your diet! It's a great way to spice things up with great flavor without sodium. 

Sandia Seed's No-Salt Hot Sauce Recipe:

  • 1 glass bottle with cap or cork
  • 1 cup of hot peppers (roughly, use any type of hot pepper, such as Goat Horns, or Cayenne Peppers . You can even use super hot peppers like the Carolina Reaper if you want really spicy pepper vinegar sauce!) 
  • Vinegar such as White Wine Vinegar (enough to fill jar, you can fill jar, and pour into pot to measure, any vinegar you want to use will work, so try out Apple Cider vinegar or Rice Vinegar for an Asian twist.)
  • 1 tablespoon black peppercorns (optional)
  • 4-6 cloves garlic, chopped (optional)

In a non-reactive pot such as a stainless steel, ceramic, or metal cookware with enamel coating, bring your vinegar to a simmer, being careful to not boil. Rinse enough peppers to fill the bottle, removing stems if preferred, and either chop them up into strips to fit into the jar, or you can cut a small slit with a knife in each of the peppers so that the vinegar can permeate the peppers to bring out the spice. Stuff all of the peppers, garlic and black peppercorns into the bottle, then fill the bottle with the hot vinegar. We like to use old empty hot sauce jars that we disinfected with boiling water first. 

    Now you can add spice and flavor to any meal with this no-salt Hot Pepper Vinegar sauce – it lasts for a long time, just top off with more vinegar over time and your jar will last for months. 

    Pepper Vinegar Recipe


    Bonus: because it's so acidic, you don't need to refrigerate this no-salt vinegar hot pepper sauce (although we do as we have room). You can store it out of light and excessive heat and you'll be enjoying it for many months to come. This is a great way to use up some of your hot peppers during harvest time to preserve them for later use. These hot sauce pepper vinegar jars also make great gifts! Especially for those in your life that are watching their salt intake. 


    No Salt Hot Sauce Recipe
    Back to blog
    • Spicy Refrigerator Pickles Recipe

      Spicy Refrigerator Pickles Recipe

      This is a simple recipe that you can make in smaller batches to use up your cucumbers and some peppers in the summer months. Quick and easy, you don't have...

      Spicy Refrigerator Pickles Recipe

      This is a simple recipe that you can make in smaller batches to use up your cucumbers and some peppers in the summer months. Quick and easy, you don't have...

    • Garden Quotes

      Garden Quotes

      Here's a collection of Garden Quotes to brighten your day: Love people. Grow them tasty food.Gardening adds years to your life, and life to your years. Life Hack:Allow yourself 8-12...

      Garden Quotes

      Here's a collection of Garden Quotes to brighten your day: Love people. Grow them tasty food.Gardening adds years to your life, and life to your years. Life Hack:Allow yourself 8-12...

    • List of Peppers by Heat

      List of Peppers by Heat

      Here is a list of all of our peppers from around the world based on their heat level, from sweet to super hot!Find the perfect pepper with the just the...

      List of Peppers by Heat

      Here is a list of all of our peppers from around the world based on their heat level, from sweet to super hot!Find the perfect pepper with the just the...

    1 of 3
    Fastest Growing Peppers

    Fastest Growing Peppers

    These are the fastest growing peppers that you can grow from seeds... 

    Discount Seeds: 50% Off Seeds + Free Shipping on US Orders over $30

    50% OFF SEEDS

    Check out our 50% off Seed Discount deals below.  Signup for our... 

    Best Peppers for Containers

    Best Peppers for Containers

      If you want to grow peppers in containers, below are our...