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I have a guilty pleasure with fast food that keeps me humble and fills my packet drawer with the best single-serve condiments. While McDonald's is stingy with its sweet and sour sauce, Taco Bell generously provides hot sauce packets, which I have accumulated quite a lot of.
This is part of Eating Trash With Claire, a Mytour series where Claire Lower shows you how to turn kitchen scraps into something edible and delicious.
Having an abundance of FIRE! sauce might not be considered a real problem, but this condiment does have a very specific flavor, one best suited for Taco Bell-inspired foods like chips and popcorn. Since using sauce on these snacks makes them soggy, the solution is simple: dehydrate it and create Taco Bell salt.
Making Taco Bell salt is easy. All you need to do is mix the sauce with salt, dry it in the oven, and grind it up. Here's what you'll need to create Taco Bell salt:
6-10 sauce packets, depending on your desired flavor intensity. Six packets will give you a mild Taco Bell aroma, but for a stronger heat, you'll need to add a few more.
1/4 cup plain table salt
Blend the sauce and salt together in a food processor until the mixture resembles sand and is evenly colored. Spread it on a parchment-lined baking sheet and bake at 200 degrees for at least two hours, until the salt is completely dry. Then, return the mixture to the food processor, pulverize it, and sprinkle the essence of your favorite fast food flavor on crunchy snacks to live más.
