How to make a pepper jelly dipping sauce

Tracey Koch

Photography by Amy Shutt

August 23, 2025

Pepper jelly dipping sauce

Yields 1¼ cup

1 cup Tabasco Brand Classic Pepper Jelly

2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

2 teaspoons low-sodium soy sauce

1. Place the pepper jelly in a microwave-safe dish and heat on high for 20-30 seconds. Stir until the jelly is no longer congealed.

2. Add in the apple cider vinegar and soy sauce. Stir until all is well incorporated. Serve.

This article was originally published in the August 2025 issue of 225 Magazine.

By Tracey Koch

Tracey Koch has been creating recipes, instructing cooking classes for both kids and adults, and writing food columns in the Baton Rouge area for over 25 years. She began writing her favorite column, “Dining In,” back in 2013. Find it featured in the Taste section of 225 Magazine every month. When she is not in the kitchen developing and testing new recipes, she is writing stories for her children’s book series about a little goose from Toulouse.