3-Step Jalapeno Sauce Recipe: Quick and Spicy

This homemade Jalapeño sauce recipe is the perfect blend of spicy, tangy, and zesty. Whether you’re topping stuffed Jalapeno peppers, drizzling it on tacos, or using it as a dip, this easy-to-make sauce will level up any dish. With just a few simple ingredients, you’ll have a flavorful Jalapeño sauce ready in no time!

jalapeno sauce recipe with jalapeno peppers

Ingredients

  • 4 Tomatoes
  • 1/4 Onion
  • 1 Garlic clove
  • 2 Jalapenos
  • Seeds & veins from Jalapenos (omit for less spicy)
  • Oil of choice
  • 8oz. can tomato sauce
  • Salt

Step One

Cut the tomatoes, onion, and Jalapenos into small chunks.

You don’t have to chop them finely since you will be blending everything in the end. Everything just needs to fit nicely in the pan.

Step Two

In a pan, drizzle a bit of olive oil thinly coating the bottom of the pan, and start heating on medium.

Add the tomatoes, onion, Jalapenos, garlic clove, and seeds/veins from the Jalapeno peppers.

Let everything heat. When the onion is caramelized and the tomatoes and Jalapenos are soft, add the tomato sauce.

Continue heating until it comes to a boil and all the vegetables are soft.

Reduce heat and add salt to taste.

tomato jalapeno sauce prep

Step Three

jalapeno sauce finished

Pour everything into a blender and blend. The tomato Jalapeno sauce is done and ready for action!

Topping Stuffed Jalapeno Peppers

If you’re coming from the Jalapeno rellenos recipe, just spoon a bit of the tomato Jalapeno sauce over the peppers, add a bit of shredded cheese on top, and enjoy.

Don’t forget to remove the toothpicks!

Jalapeno Sauce In Action

finished jalapeño pepper rellenos with tomato sauce
Jalapeno Sauce on Rellenos

Besides the Jalapeno rellenos, you can use this sauce recipe to top:

  • Scrambled eggs
  • Huevos rancheros
  • Tacos
  • Whatever else you can think of

And in my opinion, the sauce tastes better warm, but you decide!

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Jesse has been eating hot peppers since her earliest grade school days when she and her friends would come up with spicy challenges. Now, she is our hot sauce expert and spicy challenge tester. She is also a certified bartender, and uses her knowledge to craft delicious spicy cocktails where the flavors of alcohol and peppers complement each other.