Pineapple Habanero Sauce

Make your own Pineapple Habanero Sauce this grilling season to pair it with your favorite appetizer, or glaze your grilled veggies and protein with this homemade hot sauce. Its sweet, salty and very spicy with a nice tang to it.

Recently, I have been enjoying making a variety of hot sauces at home. Pineapple is in the season and I just love the spicy habanero.

So, I decided the combine the two ingredients and blend it into a sauce. This is so versatile and so perfect to pair it with anything.

Moreover, grilling season just started so it works as delicious glaze over your choice of grilled protein or simply smear your plate with this sauce for dipping.

The best part is that you can make it ahead of time and refrigerate.

Health benefits of pineapple

It’s packed with nutrition especially vitamin C. Along with fighting inflammation it also aids in digestion. This fruit is a great weight loss booster and is an awesome post recovery snack.

How to buy the right pineapple?

It should be golden in color with large eyes on the outside. When you smell the bottom of pineapple you should get a fresh sweet aroma and should not be super firm. When you squeeze it, you should be able to press it a tiny bit but at the same time it should not be mushy and squishy.

How to store pineapple?

Its easy to store this fruit. You may keep it on the counter at room temperature for couple of days or refrigerate it as is for few extra days. If planning to store cut pineapple chunks, then you must store pineapple chunks in an air tight plastic container in the refrigerator for about 1 week.

More pineapple recipes for you to try:

Pineapple banana smoothie
Pineapple orange salsa
Tropical smoothie
Pineapple raspberry dip

What is habanero pepper?

It’s a spicy pepper small orange colored Chile pepper that’s popularly grown in Mexico. Usually, its not eaten as a whole and so I made a creamy sauce for my roasted sweet potatoes and made habanero tofu curry also. It tastes amazing in pasta too so I made orange habanero pasta.

How to cook with habanero peppers?

It is important to carefully handle habanero peppers since its very spicy. Usually, I recommend wearing food gloves while handling habanero peppers. It is important to wash hands with soap and cold water after you are done with it. I also recommend washing the knife and cutting board with water to wash away any leftover seeds. If by any chance any seed popovers near your eyes or face or if you touch your face with pepper hands it might have a burning sensation. In that case make sure to wash that area with lots of cold water and put ice on that area for it to heal.

Ingredients for Pineapple Habanero Sauce recipe

Pineapple chunks
Habanero peppers
Lemon juice
Apple cider vinegar
Garlic powder
Salt
Mini sweet yellow pepper
Maple syrup

I used only 8 simple ingredients and in just few steps you can enjoy this versatile pineapple and habanero sauce.

Ingredients notes:

Pineapple chunks – I used fresh chunks which was store bought but you can cut your own whole pineapple.

Habanero peppers – just 2 is sufficient for this recipe. However, you may adjust to 1 as per your taste.

Mini sweet yellow peppers – orange sweet pepper also works here and gives a nice bright color to it.

Apple cider vinegar – I used this along with lemon juice to give the right acidic flavor to this pineapple sauce recipe.

Maple syrup – I added a tiny bit of sweetener to balance the spicy hot taste but brown sugar also works in this hot sauce recipe.

For detailed measurement of ingredients, please scroll down to the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.

How to make Pineapple Habanero Sauce

Firstly, in a blender, I combined all the ingredients (except maple syrup) and blended it smooth.

Secondly, I strained the sauce with the help of a sieve/strainer into a sauce pan. Then, I discarded the leftover pulp.

Thereafter, I cooked the sauce on the stove top at high flame. As soon as it started to bubble, I stirred in maple syrup.

Afterwards, I let it cook on high for 5 minutes and kept stirring at intervals.

Later, I turned it off and removed from heat. I let it cool down at room temperature.

Lastly, I poured it in a glass jar with a tight lid and refrigerated.

I have been using this sauce over almost all my recipes and enjoying the heat from its spicy flavor.

How to serve vegan pineapple habanero sauce?

It is amazing as is with crackers and chips as a dip
Vegan spring rolls
Drizzle over crispy broccoli
Pairs excellent with air fryer carrots
I even sometimes like to simply stir fry tofu or tempeh in this sauce.
Sometimes, I like to stir fry vegetables in this sauce instead of chili garlic sauce.
If you like spicy pizza then you might drizzle or dip your slice in this sauce.

Expert tips:

• It is important to blend it well in a blender but make sure to not add any other extra liquid except for the leftover pineapple juice.
• Strain it well for a smooth texture and most importantly do not overcook. It will thicken in the refrigerator.

My other sauces that you might like:

Sweet and sour sauce
Lemon Tahini Dressing
French Onion Dip
Instant Pot Cranberry Sauce

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