PIckled Banana Peppers

Pickled Banana Peppers

You love them on your deli sandwiches, so why not have them ready and waiting at home? This pickled banana peppers recipe is easy to make and surprisingly quick, especially if the focus is immediate eating and not canning (like this recipe expects.) Though the longer you …

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Jalapeno Fried Chicken

Jalapeño Fried Chicken

There’s so much fiery flavor in this jalapeño fried chicken recipe. The jalapeño pepper brining ensures moist and spicy meat, and the breading, with the addition of cayenne pepper, adds its own crispy kick. It’s spicy through and through, and that’s pure yum in our book. This …

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Spicy Peanut Butter Cookies

Spicy Peanut Butter Cookies

For those that love peanut butter (who’s not raising their hand?), get ready for a cookie evolution. Introducing cayenne pepper to the ever-popular peanut butter cookie will make your taste buds scream and shout. It’s earth and fire, sweet and spice, nutty and naughty all …

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Smoked Paprika Potato Chips

Smoked Paprika Potato Chips

When you have a hankering for smoky or spicy chips, skip that snack aisle and head over to those fresh vegetables. Making smoked paprika potato chips takes well less than an hour, and will bring a heck of a lot more earthy flavor to your …

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homemade sambal oelek

Homemade Sambal Oelek

For all the bold flavor in a jar of sambal oelek, there are actually only a few ingredients here. Just a little salt, a touch of vinegar, and chilies. Lots and lots of chilies. This simplicity makes making your own homemade sambal oelek very easy! …

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Daltjie Chili Bites

Daltjie Chili Bites: An A1 Appetizer

These three-chomp flavor-bursts are wonderfully addictive. Daltjie chili bites are fiery, spicy, crunchy, and smooth — all at the same time. And it’s their irresistibly moreish mix of tastes and textures that makes them such A1 appetizers. A daltjie—sounds like dul-chee—is an outstanding vegetarian fritter …

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Honey Sriracha Wings

Honey Sriracha Wings

Any time honey is paired with something spicy, we get excited. It’s one of those super-matches – culinary foils that are so different yet come together so deliciously. Honey Sriracha wings deliver that sweet and spicy perfectly here, and the rooster sauce also adds a …

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homemade yum yum sauce

Homemade Yum Yum Sauce

You’ve likely had deliciously creamy, slightly spicy Yum Yum sauce at Japanese hibachi steak houses. It works so well with so many things – steak, shrimp, fries, fried rice, and vegetable crudité just to name a few. It’s very tasty and—good news—very simple to make at home. …

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Hawaiian chili pepper water

Hawaiian Chili Pepper Water

Listen, you won’t be reaching for Hawaiian chili pepper water as your next favorite big-bodied hot sauce. That’s not the point of this popular Hawaiian condiment. It’s simply water with chili pepper, a touch of vinegar, some ginger, a pinch of garlic, and a dash of salt. …

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