Habanero Hot Sauce

Habanero peppers are HOT. One tiny bite sets your mouth on fire so it’s a challenge to use them in a recipe. My husband’s pepper plant produced a peck of these fiery orange bundles (don’t let their cute, lantern-like looks fool you). With all this heat, hot sauce seemed like the best option. This sauce…

Buffalo Chicken Tenders

Since I had buttermilk leftover from the other night’s dinner, I used it to marinate chicken tenders.  I added some hot sauce (about 1/4 cup) to the buttermilk and let the chicken marinate in the buttermilk sauce for 30 minutes.  I coated the chicken in bread crumbs (panko, whole wheat or regular bread crumbs seasoned…