Dat'l Hook Ya Cocktail Sauce

 Low Calorie Low Carb Cocktail Sauce

Do you love cocktail sauce but you can't have it on your low carb or keto diet? We have the most perfect and delicious recipe for you! You will not miss those sugars at all and you will not believe the complexity of all the wonderful flavors that can be had with only 14 calories and 3.5 carbs for the whole recipe. Even if you're not on a low carb diet, you'll throw away all your other cocktail sauces!

1/2 Cup Dat'l Hook Ya
2 tbsp Horseradish
1 lemon

Mix Dat'l Hook Ya, horseradish, and a squirt of lemon. That is it! The heat level is medium and gives a nice kick to your dish.

You love low country boils, but most recipes are for a large gathering. Follow the instructions and you will have perfectly cooked seafood and vegetables! Nothing over or under done. 

6 Baby Dutch yellow potatoes
8 Pearl onions
2 Links sausage
2 Celery stalks
¼ Pound shrimp
¼ Pound scallop
10 little neck clams
2 Clusters of snow crab

1 Corn on the cob cut in half
4 Tbsp Dat’l Hook Ya Mild or medium Blackened seasoning
3 Qts water

You will need two large pots. One to cook the meal and the other with a lid to place the cooked items into to toss. Add to large pot 3 qts of water and 2 Tbsp of Dat’l Hook Ya blackened seasoning. Bring to a boil. Follow the below cook time :
a. Start a timer and add potatoes
b. At the 8 min cooking mark add onion
c. At the 10 min cooking mark add sausage that was cut into 2 inch pieces and the corn
d. At the 14 min cooking mark add celery cut into 3 inch pieces
e. Once you hit 22 min cooking mark, scoop out all ingredients and place into the other large pot and cover
f. The boiling water should have nothing in it at this point.  Add shrimp, scallop, and crabs and cook 3 min. Remove them and place into the other pot.

g. Add the clams. They cook very fast! Check them every 30 seconds and pull out once they are open. Over cooking them will cause them to fall out of the shell and get rubbery.
h. Add clams to the other large covered pot and add sprinkle 2 tbsp of Dat’l Hook Ya Mild or medium blackened seasoning onto the ingredients. Toss a few times to cover everything uniformly. 

Tip: If you are cooking a large party Volume, make sure the large pot is a                                                          good rolling boil. Don't start early! Place ingredients into a cooler to keep food warm and to make easier to toss.

Enjoy this very easy to make low country boil for two ( or more 😁 )  

Who doesn't love nachos? We know you probably don't need a recipe for this, so don't forget to add Dat'l Hook Ya to yours! In case you're wondering, this is how me make it:

2 Tsp Mild Dat'l Hook Ya blackened seasoning

1 Pound ground meat

1 Diced tomato

1 Diced small onion

1 Green onion head diced

1/4 bottle Dat'l Hook Ya

Sour cream

Guacamole

We add 2 tsp mild Dat'l Hook Ya blackened seasoning into 1 pound ground meat. Brown the meat and drain. Place tortilla chips on a baking sheet 1-2 layers thick. Add the ground meat and cover with your favorite cheese. Bake at 375 until cheese is melted. Pull out and place  chips on a plate or in a bowl. Add  diced onions, diced fresh tomatoes, green onion, sour cream, guacamole, and Dat'l Hook Ya. Dig in!

A very delicious soup that is easy to make. Our recipe is heavier on the chicken to give a nice hearty spoonful that keeps you full!

2 Chicken breasts butterflied or 5 thighs (we prefer the thighs)

29oz Canned Fire Roasted diced tomatoes

15oz Canned Black Beans (drain and rinse the beans)

1.5 Cups Frozen corn

1 large onion diced

4 cloves garlic chopped

4 Cups chicken broth

8 corn tortillas

1 Cup Dat'l Hook Ya

1 Lime

1 Tbs Olive oil

You can cook this in an instant pot or large pot. We prefer the instant pot as it gives deeper flavors. Put instant pot on sauté (or sauté in a large pot) and put in olive oil and diced onion. Cook until slightly clear. Add in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1-2 min. Add in diced tomatoes with the juice, rinsed black beans, corn, chicken broth, fresh squeezed lime juice, Dat'l Hook Ya, and chicken. Turn instant pot on high pressure and cook 1 hour (or 4 hours covered in a large pot). Once instant pot is complete (or 4 hours large pot), remove chicken and pull apart with a fork. This will shred the chicken. Place chicken back into soup

To make Tortilla strips, take corn tortillas and cut into 1/8 to 1/4inch wide strips. Place into a bowl and drizzle with olive oil and a pinch of salt. Toss until evenly coated. Place on a baking sheet and bake at 375 for 5-6 min. Every oven is different, so what you are looking for is a crisp tortilla strip.

Garnish your soup to your liking . We love cheese, sour cream, avocado, and the tortilla strips. This is truly a mouth watering dish!

What is better than making a tasty chowder? How about a very easy to make chowder using your fresh catch that will knock your socks off!  You can use fish, clams, conch, or any seafood of your choice.

2 Tbsp Olive Oil

1 Green Pepper

1 Large Onion

2 Peeled Carrots

5 Celery Sticks

4 Strips of Bacon 

5 Medium Size Red Potatoes

32 Ounces Chicken Broth

56 Ounces Diced Tomatoes

8 Ounces Fish Stock ( optional but dawg gone it kicks it up a notch )

As much seafood as you want to Add!

1 Bottle of Dat'l Hook Ya Green Label (Add more as desired for increased heat and flavor)

Dice bacon into small pieces. Cook on medium heat with olive oil in a large pot stirring frequently. Get bacon to a nice light brown color about 8-10 min. Add in nicely diced green pepper, onion, carrots and celery. Cook until onion turns slightly clear and vegetables are tender but not soft, about 10 min. Add in undrained diced tomatoes, chicken broth, fish stock, and a bottle of Dat'l Hook Ya Datil pepper sauce.  Simmer covered on low heat for 1 hour. After the 1 hour simmer add potatoes that are diced to about 1/2 inch. Cook for 20 min at the same simmer covered. The potatoes at this point will still be semi hard. Add in your seafood and cook until seafood and potatoes are at consistency you prefer. Enjoy!

Such a delicious sauce to add on top of chicken or pork. Make the protein your way of choice and top it with this whiskey mushroom sauce to make it exceptional.

1 Shallot diced

1 Small onion diced

8 oz Sliced mushroom

2 Cloves Garlic diced

1 Tbsp Mild Dat'l Hook Ya blackened seasoning

2 Tbsp flour

2 Tbsp butter

2 Tbsp Olive oil

1/2 Cup milk

1 Cup chicken broth

1/3 Cup whiskey

Bring a pan to medium heat and add 1  tbsp olive oil. Once oil is hot add shallot and onion. Cook until slightly clear. Add the last 1 tbsp of olive oil, mushrooms, and blackened seasoning. Mix until everything is evenly coated. Continue cook on medium heat for 5 min, stir frequently. The mushrooms should be cooked. Remove mushrooms and onions from the pan and set aside, do not clean the pan. Now add the butter to the pan. Once melted add the flour and mix until drippings are in the roux and it is evenly cooking. Cook for 3 min. Add whiskey and cook 1 min for alcohol to burn off, it will be thick. Add chicken broth and milk. Cook and stir frquently until sauce thickens, about 3-4 min. Add in mushrooms.

Add this mushroom sauce on top of your chicken or pork. Gourmet cooking at home.

Do you need a tasty appetizers for your party? Spice up your night with Dat’l Hook Ya pizza rolls. You’ll be treating your guests to flavors no frozen product could contend with. Recipe makes approximately 25 rolls and takes 15-30min. It depends how good you are at wonton wrappers 😊  

¼ Cup finely diced onion 

¼ Cup Finely chopped bell pepper 

¼ Cup Mozzarella cheese (finely chop it) 

¼ Cup Finely chopped peperoni slices 

1/3  Cup Dat’l Hook Ya 

12oz Package Wonton wrappers 

Deep fryer  

Mix onion, bell pepper, cheese, pepperoni, and Dat’l Hook Ya in a bowl. Wet the edges of the wonton and place in the middle 1/2tbsp of the filling. Place filling in a rectangular shape. This next part takes practice so go slow at first. Gently fold over the wonton and press edges gentle. Do not tear the wonton. If you get a hole, the filling will cook out. You should have the filling about 1/3 inch from the edge.  Fry at 375 until golden brown which is about 1-2 minutes.  

Man oh man, do we love wings! Here is an easy way to get them just right. This is more of a crispy wing

4-5 pounds of wings

1 bottle of Hook Ya or Hook Ya too

Into 1 gallon ziploc bag add 2 pounds of wings. Add half a bottle of Hook Ya sauce. Toss wings in the sauce. Squeeze out all of the air. Marinade a minimum of 24 hours in a refrigerator. 

Heat grill to 300-325 degrees. Cook wings on indirect heat for 90 minutes. Flip every 20-30 min to keep from overcooking each side. Once you see the color you like, you're done! Slow and low is the best way to get juicy tasty wings. High heat will char the sauce.

Do you prefer a wet sauce? Here is a recipe from one of our loyal customers

1/4 cup Dat'l Hook Ya

4 tbsp. Melted butter

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1/2 tsp Garlic powder 

Fry wings in oil to your liking

In a large bowl whisk to combine Dat'l Hook Ya, butter, Worcestershire sauce and garlic powder. Add in wings and toss until covered. Enjoy! 

You are having a party and you want the ultimate cheese dip. Look no further! The flavors are so amazing that your guests will be craving more. Easy to make. Total time 2.5hours serves 8+ Adults

1 Bottle of Dat'l Hook Ya

1 tbsp. Olive Oil

15oz can of black beans (drain and rinse)

15oz can Fire roasted diced tomatoes (Use the juice)

1 Onion Diced

1 Bell pepper diced

1/2 cup Milk

8oz Mexican cheese blend

20oz Chorizo

Avocados

32oz Velveeta cheese (cut into 1/2 inch thick slices)

2 bags Tortilla chips

It is best to use an instant pot set to slow cook or a crock pot. You can use a large pot on low heat that is covered but it is not ideal. In a sperate large skillet add chorizo that has been removed from the casing. Brown until looks like ground beef consistency. Drain the drippings and set aside. Set instant pot to sauté and add the olive oil, peppers, and onions. Sauté until slight clear, about 5 min.  Set instant pot to slow cook and add all remainder ingredient's including the chorizo. Cook in instant pot or crock pot for 2 hours. 

Top with diced avocado and get your favorite tortilla chips and enjoy the best cheese dip ever!  

For a tasty spin on a favorite cocktail from one of our loyal customers.

2 Cup V-8 Juice (low sodium)
1/2 Cup Vodka
1 tbsp Horseradish
1 tbs Pickle juice
2 tbs Worcestershire
1 tsp Ground pepper
1 tsp Lime juice
1 tsp hot sauce (Frank’s or Louisiana style for flavor more than heat)
2 tsp (or to taste) Dat’l Hook Ya

Garnish: My standards are lime/lemon wedge, 1/2 celery stalk (depending on size of glass) pickled pepper of some type (whole or sliced), pickled onions, green olives, pickle wedge or slices, shrimp, or anything else that floats the boat (crab leg?!).  

Rim the glass: celery salt is classic but you can also mix in some dat’l powder, ground pepper, etc. mix and put on small plate.  Before filling the glass with dat’l bloody mix, wet the edge and push the edge into the powder mix.

Mix up all ingredients. Taste. Then add vodka. Add ice to glasses. Add things like pickled peppers, pickles, olive, onions then fill with the mix. Ground a bit of pepper, then put lime/lemon wedge, shrimp, etc. on glass edge. Add celery stalk.

Makes 2 good size servings plus some extra to top off later. Or 4 smaller servings.

This is so simple and so amazingly good! It maybe the only way you make your fresh burger patties

1 Pound ground beef (can use bison, chicken, turkey, or meat alternatives)
1.5tsp Dat'l Hook Ya Blackened Seasoning
A few ice cubes

Mix 1 pound ground meat with 1.5 tsp of Dat'l Hook Ya Blackened seasoning. Mix well for a few minutes. Put back in fridge in a covered bowl for 2 hours. Remove from fridge and make patties to your size liking. Before putting on the grill, place 1 ice cube on the top center of each patty and slight press in. Flip only once, usually 8 min per side at 400 degrees. Cook to your liking and only flip once and DONT PRESS AND SQUEZZE OUT THE JUICES!!!! 

You are done! The ice cube trick is amazing for keeping your burgers SUPER moist.

This takes a little effort, about 30-40 min to prep and cook. The result is an AMAZING dish! Recipe is for 2 people. Scale up as you need to feed more.

1 Poblano pepper 

2 Scallions

4 Cloves Garlic

1 Roma Tomato

1 Chicken breast

1 Tbsp Dat'l Hook Ya Blackened Seasoning mild or medium

6oz Penne pasta

4 Tbsp Cream cheese

1/4 cup Monterey Jack cheese

1 Tbsp Olive oil

3 Tbsp Butter

Save 1/2 cup of the pasta water

Salt water to cook pasta. You have to salt the water until it tastes salty for the perfect pasta. Add penne to boiling water. Follow instructions on the pasta box for al dente. Save 1/2 cup of of the pasta water later for the sauce

While the pasta is cooking, core and seed the poblano pepper. Slice into 1/2 inch pieces. Chop garlic to a fine chop. Thinly slice the scallions. Core the roma tomato and finely chop.

Cut chicken breast into 1/2 inch wide and 2 inch long pieces.  Dry with a paper towel. Place into a bowl and add the Blackened seasoning and olive oil mixing until coated even

Start a pan on medium high heat and add small amount of olive oil. Wait for pan to reach cooking temperature and add poblano peppers. Do not stir the pepper and allow a char to develop, usually 2-3 min. Add chicken and toss every now and then and cook until no longer pink. Stir in scallion whites only and garlic. Cook for about 1 min. Do not over cook as garlic can burn. You will know when done as it has a nice fragrance. 

Reduce heat to medium low and whisk in cream cheese and 1/3 cup of the pasta water. Keep mixing until mixed smooth. Turn off heat and add cooked pasta, Monterey jack cheese, and butter. Mix until sauce is smooth. If the dish seems too thick, add more pasta water until desired sauce consistency.  Add the tomato and green scallion.

Enjoy!

Super easy tacos! That's it!

12 Hard or soft taco Shells

1 Pound Ground meat

1 Diced Tomato

1/2 Head of Shredded letuce

2 Tsp Mild Dat'l Hook Ya blackened seasoning

Sour cream

Dat'l Hook Ya

Cheese

Add blackened seasoning to ground meat and brown. Drain drippings. Build tacos to your liking. You are done! 

Did you know Dat'l Hook ya is a rare datil pepper sauce with no added sugars? Most datil sauces use sugars which are not friendly for our waist lines or hearts. Here is a Pizza that is near zero carb that will blow your mind. Finally a guilt free Pizza night.

1 Pound Ground Chicken

1/2 cup grated Parmesan and Romano mix (dry section in grocery store)

1/2 cup Sargento 6 Cheese Italian mix

1 Tbsp Dat'l Hook Ya Blackened Seasoning

1 Ripe Tomato

1/8 cup sour cream

1/4 cup Dat'l Hook Ya sauce

Sargento 4 cheese Mexican for topping

Any Pizza Toppings you would like!

Mix ground chicken with grated parmesan and romano mix, 1 tbsp Dat'l Hook Ya Blackened seasoning and Sargento 6 cheese Italian mix. Let sit for one hour in a bowl in a refrigerator.  

Pre heat oven to 400 degrees. Take out and spread on a cookie sheet on parchment paper till about 1/4 inch thick. We use cling wrap on the meat and a roller to spread even.

Place into preheated oven for 10 min. You will notice a lot of moisture from the chicken at the 10 min point in the oven, pull out and drain moisture from pan. Place back in and cook 10 more min and pull out to drain additional moisture.  Place back in oven for 5 more min. Remove and blot any moisture and add Sargento 4 cheese Mexican, diced tomatoes, and any toppings of your choice.  Cook another 10 min or until toppings are a nice crisp color you like. 

While the pizza is in the oven for the last time mix the sour cream and Dat'l Hook Ya sauce in a small ziploc bag. Mix in the bag and seal. Cut a corner of the bag very small. When the pizza comes out drizzle the Dat'l Hook ya sauce on it. 

It may be a complicated pizza, but there is no regret!

Enjoy!

A low carb chili? Yup! Packed full of flavor that won't' have you missing those carbs.  Our low carb chili with approximately 6g of carbs per serving vs 23g of carbs of a traditional chili. Easy to make and so satisfying. Makes approximately 14 one cup servings. 

4 Tsp Dat'l Hook Ya Mild Blackened seasoning

1  Bottle of Dat'l Hook Ya green label

2 Green Peppers chopped

1 Cup chopped onions

1 Cup chopped baby bella mushrooms

1 Cup chopped cauliflower

2 Cups beef broth

15oz Can fire roasted diced tomatoes

15oz Plain can tomato sauce

1 Pint fresh grape tomatoes chopped

1 Pound ground chuck

2 Pounds chuck roast cut into 3/4 inch pieces

2 Tbs olive oil

Mix 1.5tsp of Dat'l Hook Ya mild blackened seasoning into ground chuck. Brown ground chuck in a LARGE pan. Discard the drippings and place ground chuck into a crock pot. In same pan raise pan to high heat. While heating, evenly mix 2.5tsp of Dat'l Hook Ya mild blackened seasoning on chuck chunks. Add 1 tbs olive oil and sear chuck roast until a nice brown sear. You will need this for texture. If there is too much moisture building, drain the drippings into the crock pot and continue to sear. Once there is a beautiful sear on the chuck, place into crock pot. To the same pan on medium heat add 1 tbs olive oil, green peppers, onions, and baby bella mushrooms. Cook until onions change to a slight clear but still crunchy, approximately 3-5 minutes.  Add 1 cup of beef broth to the pan and cook 5 min. Transfer to crock pot.  Add the remainder ingredients to the crock pot and cook on high for 7 hours. Stir every so often. Add cheese or low carb fixings of your choice. 

A truly delicious low carb dish.

Can you replace traditional pasta and still enjoy dinner? Absolutely! With our recipe you can reduce your carb intake and still enjoy all the flavors. Our Dat'l Hook Ya Bolognese is cooked in an Instant Pot and we use OXO good grips hand held spiralizer to make the zucchini pasta. Get ready to enjoy a reduced carb dinner and help with weight loss while enjoying amazing flavors.

1/2 Cup Dat'l Hook Ya 

2 Tsp Dat'l Hook Ya mild blackened seasoning

3 Cloves fresh minced garlic

1 Whole yellow onion

1/4 Cup heavy cream

1/2 Cup diced carrots

1/2 Cup diced celery

1/2 Cup diced baby bella mushrooms

26oz Pomi boxed finely chopped tomatoes

1/4 Cup beef broth

4oz Diced pancetta

1 Pound ground chuck

1/2 Pound ground lean pork

3 Whole zucchini

Add 2 tsp Dat'l Hook Ya mild blackened seasoning to ground chuck and pork. Brown in a skillet and drain drippings. While you are browning the meat, in the Instant Pot sauté pancetta to render the fat approximately 6 min. Add onion, carrots, baby bellas, and celery to the pancetta and sauté until onion is clear. Add Pomi tomatoes, Dat'l Hook Ya sauce, garlic, beef broth, and ground meat. Seal instant pot and cook on high pressure for 1.5 hours. Let the pot depressurize naturally. Open pot and it should have a sloppy joe like consistency. If too watery, sauté for a few minutes until sauce is thick. Add heavy cream. Use the OXO spiralizer to make enough zucchini pasta for your dinner. Make sure to pat dry the pasta with paper towel so it does not water down the dish. Do not cook the zucchini. Place Bolognese on top of pasta and enjoy.

Get ready to be blown away with how good a reduced carb zucchini pasta dinner can be!

Did you read that right? Low carb, tasty and fast? Yup! You had a hard day at work and you need a healthy fast meal that is satisfying. Faster than making a frozen pizza and 11g of fiber per serving, wow!

Buy a Publix rotisserie chicken, a few bell peppers of different colors, onion, Ole extreme wellness tortilla wraps and Dat'l Hook Ya.

1) Cut peppers and onion to desired size and set aside

2) Pull apart desired amount of rotisserie chicken in larger pieces, don't shred. Add Dat'l Hook Ya to the chicken and coat liberaly. Set aside

3) Heat a large pan to moderate high heat. When hot, add 1 tbsp olive oil to pan and cook vegetables to desired tenderness. Push to one side and add another 1 tbsp of oilve oil to empty area and add chicken. Heat until hot then mix in vegetables.

4) Place onto Ole extreme wellness tortilla and your favorite low carb toppings

With Dat'l Hook Ya on sale Publix, this is the perfect time to stock up

That's it! We can cook it in under 10 min and have a truly satisfying dinner that is low carb and healthy.

How is it even possible to make a Gumbo that’s low carb when you need a perfect roux and roux’s are filled with carbs? Well, we figured out a way to give those amazing flavors and save the carbs. This recipe needs time and love and but we promise the wait will be worth it. It takes around 3 hours to make. Lets get started.

1 Cup King Arthur Keto wheat flour
1.5 Sticks butter
1.5 Cups celery
1 Large onion
3 Cloves garlic
1 Bell pepper
12oz Andouille sausage
1 Pound chicken thighs
1/2 Pound Shrimp
1 Pound Crawfish
1 Cup Dat’l Hook Ya
Dat’l Hook Ya Blackened seasoning or your favorite Cajun seasoning
8 Cups chicken stock
15oz Okra
15oz Fire roasted diced tomato
3 tbsp Olive oil

Package of riced cauliflower

Heat a pan on very low heat and start melting all the butter and adding the wheat flour to make the roux. This will slowly cook for 1 hour with frequent mixing and you will see the color darken. The dark color is what gives us the flavors. While the roux is cooking, start dicing the vegetables, sausage into ½ inch thick slices, and the chicken thigh into smaller pieces. 

On another pan, heat to medium and add olive oil then the sausage. Cook sausage until both sides are a very nice brown color with a crisp. Add the sausage to a large pot on medium heat. Sprinkle very liberally Dat’l Hook Ya Blackened onto the chicken thigh and mix thoroughly. Add olive oil to the same pan the sausage was cooked in and then add the chicken. Cook until no longer raw. Add the chicken to pot that has the sausage.

In the pan the cooked the chicken and sausage add the vegetables and sprinkle on Dat’l Hook Ya Blackened seasoning. Sauté until the onion is clear and then add garlic. Cook the garlic 30 seconds and add 1 cup of chicken broth to deglaze the pan. Add all of this to the pot with the meat. In this pan add 1 tbsp olive oil and add diced okra and cook until okra has some areas of browning. This will reduce its sliminess. Add okra to the pot. 

Now in this pot add the remainder chicken broth, diced fire roasted tomato and Dat’l Hook Ya sauce. Cook for 1 hour on a low simmer covered. After 1 hour you can pull the roux of the pan and add it to the pot and stir until smooth. Cook an additional 1.5 hours with the lid slightly open. 10 min before time is up, add Dat’l Hook Ya blackend to shrimp and sear on a pan. Once seared add shrimp and crawfish to the pot and cook last 5minutes. 

To the riced cauliflower, add olive oil to a pan place in riced cauliflower, sprinkle with Dat’l Hook Ya blackened  and cook until hot. On individual plates add the riced cauliflower and top with the Keto gumbo.

Wow, that was a lot of work! But we promise you’ll love the flavors and be shocked it’s a low carb gumbo! 

Oh boy oh boy, do we have a dish for you! Packed with immense flavors that satisfies the hunger while packing you full of vitamins. We replace the traditional potato with rutabaga. They provide an excellent source of potassium, calcium, magnesium, vitamin E & C, and antioxidants. Tomatoes in Dat'l Hook Ya sauce and canned provided lycopene. The carrots are another excellent source of antioxidants and vitamin A. The datil pepper adds capsaicin which is an anti-inflammatory.  Let's get cooking!

1 bottle of Dat'l Hook Ya
1 Onion chopped
1 Bell Pepper chopped
1 Cup chopped carrots
1 Cup chopped celery
1.5 Cups Rutabaga cut into 1/2 inch squares
4oz Diced Pancetta
32oz Chicken broth
56oz Canned diced tomatoes
1 pound seafood of your choice

Ideal is to cook in an Instant pot for the most flavors, but cooking in a regular pot will also work. Set instant pot to sauté and add pancetta until fat is rendered, about 5 min. Add onion, bell pepper, carrots and celery. Cook 4 min. Add remainder of ingredients except for seafood. Cook for 1 hour under high pressure in Instant Pot or 2 hours in a regular pot on low simmer. Add seafood and cook until its ready, which is usually 5 min.

Is your mouth watering yet? We promise you will not miss those potatoes! The heat level is upper end of mild almost medium. This recipe makes enough to feed 5-6 adults