450 hot garlic recipes

Creamy avocado hot sauce blends serrano chiles, garlic, and onion into a fiery, silky Mexican-style salsa. Five minutes, no cooking, pure heat with a smooth finish.

Fiery hot broiled chicken wings coated in hot sauce, vinegar, and garlic. Just 5 ingredients and 14 minutes under the broiler for crispy, spicy wings. Works on the BBQ too.

Baja-style calzones stuffed with spiced sausage, ground beef, refried beans, crushed tomatoes, and melted Monterey Jack and cheddar. Served with guacamole.

Thai Kaeng Khua curry paste made with dried chilies, garlic, lemongrass, coriander root, and shrimp paste. A fragrant homemade paste that keeps 3-4 months refrigerated.

Old-school Texas chili con carne built on rehydrated ancho and pequin chiles, cubed beef, cumin, and oregano. No tomatoes, no beans, no shortcuts. Just pure chile-forward heat the way the Lone Star State intended.

Squid is cooked in a base of delicious seasonings made with onion, garlic, hot chili peppers and paprika, which gives the squid lots of yumminess and great texture.

A tasty blue cheese dip that is perfect for crackers, tortilla chips or even burgers!

Hot dogs Provencale simmered in a rustic tomato sauce with crispy bacon, onion, and garlic. A French-inspired one-skillet dinner that turns humble franks into something special.

Pickled green tomatoes packed with garlic, celery, hot peppers, and dill in a vinegar brine. A simple home canning recipe for end-of-season unripe tomatoes.

Crispy Vietnamese imperial rolls (cha gio) with ground pork, tree-ear mushrooms, bean sprouts, and bean thread noodles. Includes a homemade nuoc cham dipping sauce.

This recipe will produce a notably hot chili. But there are plenty of points where you can modify the heat level. You can substitute a bell or poblano pepper for the fresh hot peppers, substitute olive oil for the chile oil, and adjust or eliminate the hot sauce and/or cayenne pepper.

Ga Xao Xa Ot is a classic Vietnamese stir-fry of chicken with lemongrass, chili, and caramel fish sauce. Sticky, fragrant, and bursting with sweet-savory-spicy depth.

Homemade garden pesticide using beer, garlic, hot chili peppers, and blended bugs to trap slugs and repel plant-chewing insects the old-fashioned way.

Louisiana compound butter with hot sauce, garlic, and fresh cilantro. Four ingredients, ten minutes. Melts over grilled fish, steaks, corn, or shrimp for instant Cajun flavor.

Baked eggplant strips smothered in a fiery Indonesian sambal of crushed tomatoes, garlic, onion and red chili peppers. Terong Balado is a bold, spicy vegetable dish that's naturally vegan.

Camarones al ajillo with shrimp sauteed in generous olive oil, fresh garlic, hot sauce, and lemon. A classic Spanish-style garlic shrimp appetizer ready in 20 minutes.