Best Tabasco Mayonnaise Copycat Recipes

TABASCO MAYONNAISE (COPYCAT)

Steps:

• Pour the mayonaisse into a small mixing bowl.
• Whisk in the Tabasco sauce.
• Taste and adjust until you think it's just right.

HOMEMADE TABASCO SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• First, ferment the tabasco peppers. You can process them to coarsely chop them or rough chop them with a knife. Pack them into a jar, leaving at least 1 inch of head space. The peppers may rise a bit when fermenting.
• Next, mix 1 quart unchlorinated water with 3 tablespoons sea salt. Pour just enough brine over the peppers to cover them, pressing them down a bit as you go. Itis important to keep the peppers covered with brine to avoid spoilage. Check this daily.
• Screw on the lid and set the jar away from direct sunlight to ferment for at least 1 week. Ideal temperatures are between 55-75 degrees F. The most active fermentation period is between 1-2 weeks, so be sure to monitor it during this time. "Burp" the jars often by unscrewing the lid a bit to let out some of the accumulating gases. Or, use an airlock or membrane for easier fermenting. See our page, "How to Make Fermented Pepper Mash", for further instruction.
• After 1-2 weeks, the fermenting activity will diminish and the brine will turn cloudy and taste acidic.
• Pour the fermented tabasco peppers, including brine, into a pot along with vinegar. Alternatively, you can strain and toss the brine, then add the solids to a pot with vinegar and 1/2 cup water or more as desired + 1/4 teaspoon salt. Or use only a part of the brine for a thicker sauce. More brine = more salty. Bring to a quick boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Cool slightly then add to a food processor. Process until smooth.
• Strain the mixture to remove the solids. Pour into hot sauce bottles and enjoy. You can adjust the volume with additional water and/or vinegar.
• Add the tabasco peppers, vinegar and ¼ teaspoon salt to a small pot.
• Bring the mixture to a quick boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes to soften.
• Cool slightly, then add to a food processor. Process until smooth.
• Strain the mixture to remove the solids. Pour into hot sauce bottles and enjoy. You can adjust the volume with additional water and/or vinegar.

HELLMANN'S (COPYCAT) MAYONNAISE

Steps:

• Whisk the egg yolk by hand for 15 seconds.
• Combine vinegar, water, salt, sugar, and lemon juice in a small bowl or glass measuring cup.
• Stir until salt and sugar are dissolved.
• Add half of this solution to the egg yolk and whisk for another 15 seconds.
• Pour 1 cup of canola oil (or soybean oil) into a plastic squirt bottle.
• This bottle will allow you to dribble the oil into the egg yolk with one hand while whisking with the other.
• Squirt a few drops of oil into the yolk and whisk, and continue to add oil a little bit at a time while whisking non-stop.
• When you have used about half of the oil, your mayonnaise should be very thick.
• Add the remaining vinegar solution.
• Whisk.
• Now you can add the remaining oil in a steady stream while whisking until all of the oil has been added.
• Your mayonnaise should be thick and off-white in color.
• Put the mayonnaise into an old mayonnaise jar and seal it with a lid.
• Leave this out on your kitchen counter for 8 to 10 hours so that the vinegar and lemon juice can kill any potential bacteria in the egg yolk.
• Keep up to 2 weeks in your refrigerator.

TABASCO SAUCE

Steps:

• Add 1 cup water to the peppers and garlic. Cook until tender, then press through fine sieve. Add remaining ingredients. Simmer until blended. Pour into hot jars; seal at once. Use a water bath for 10 to 15 minutes.
• The sauce may be used as it or thinned per use with either vinegar or salad oil.