Hot Sauce Thread
What are your favorite hot sauces? I've gone from 0 heat tolerance and have worked my way up to enjoying Cholua, Tobasco, and Frank's Red Hot. Would like to try more. Preferably flavorful ones and not just hot.
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I always keep a bottle in my purse!
It's sad that no one gets the reference. +1 sb
I'm an under-appreciated gem on this forum smh ha
dude i get the reference and i dont even listen to beyonce
Alright, this is good.
Big fan of the McDonalds Szechuan from '98
would you say it has come to define your entire story arc?
Dank
el yucateco habanero
I'll second el yucateco. stuff is the bomb
Big Franks guy
Sriracha is under-appreciated
it's really not though. It's popular with everyone I know.
That being said it's awesome
My top 3 are: Cholula, Frank's and then Sriracha
D'Elidas Tobasco and most habanero hot sauces have a really good flavor if they aren't overdone with spice.
Trader Joe's, don't even look back
But which Trader Joe's hot sauce? They have a variety. I trade Trader Joe's version of Sriracha and it was no where near as good.
Franks Red Hot fucks
Get yourself some Nnado's peri peri, i think they only bottle the mild and hot for safeway/giant but the restaurant has even better ones. Or some Yucatan Sunshine Habanero.
Nando's peri peri truly is bomb
Yea i don't know how regional they are, so it might completely miss the mark for the OP but it's roasted chicken, beer, and dope sauces, i couldn't leave it out.
Alex's Ugly Sauce El Yucateco Habenero Texas Pete Tapatio Piri Piri Sauce
Can definitely second Alex's Ugly Sauce
Hmm I definitely need to try Alex's Ugly Sauce. I tried their "Dragon" special edition flavor but I didn't like the sweet finish.
Franks, big fan of it, i hardly eat a meal without it. Texas Pete is not bad and siracha as well.
Careful man, buddy of mine was like that and it ended up fucking him up for a little
He was eating pretty healthy, grilled chicken every meal and whatnot, but used franks or Texas Pete, can't remember, with it every time.
You should check out the youtube channel Hot Ones. They interview celebrities while eating hot wings of varying degrees of hotness. The first 5 sauces look pretty decent and are flavorful and have some heat. they start off with sriracha, tobasco, tapatio and they have there own sauce called hot ones which is apparently amazing.
Yucateco Valentina Tapatio Tabasco Grand Reserve
While not exactly hot "sauce", Trinidadian cuchela can kick things up a notch and is addictive. It is like a green leaf paste, homemade stuff is the best.
I live on Valentina, everyone needs to get their hands on that. I put it just on about everything, from cup of noodles to chicken to Doritos. Thank me later.
P.S. - for those college students living on cup of noodles maruchan + valentina + lemon
El Yucateco all the way
Take a look at Mazi's Piri Piri sauce. They are a small batch hot sauce company out of Asbury, NJ. Great flavor and heat.
Alright. I'm seeing some real light-weight choices in this thread. Time to kick it up a notch or 12.
Get yourself some Dave's Insanity Sauce. It'll hurt, you'll probably cry the first few times. That's alright, that's just hot sauce weakness leaving your body. It's perfectly normal.
Once you've tried that, realize that this is the least-hot sauce they make.
Frank's is the head honcho on the east cost. West coast is a different story. I did my banking years in SF and no one I worked out there with had even heard of Frank's. Tapatio and Cholula are the big ones out there. Sriracha is in it's own category.
Louisiana. I think you can only get it at Walmart though. Good for wings
Louisiana pairs very nicely with eggs, I'm not a fan of it outside of that
I AGREE!
Louisiana is a solid.
Nobody has mentioned it yet, but Aardvark is pretty awesome
http://secretaardvark.com/sauce-locator/
The hottest sauce at Casa Enrique is my favorite hot sauce ever
I still have to try this place, been on my list for a while. Just quite a trek to Long Island City
Best fish tacos in non-hampton NY
Tabasco's Chipotle hot sauce is amazing. It's shocking how few people know about it.
trinidad scorpion
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Momofuku's ssam sauce is good. Not extremely spicy, but very flavorful
BEST HOT SAUCE (Originally Posted: 07/23/2014)
What hot sauce do you like? I wanna branch out from Tobasco.
Sriracha. For BBQs I'll make my own BBQ sauce and spicy sauce.
cholula is pretty unreal, you can steal them from any qdoba
cholula is the best and readily available at all qdobas
you don't have to refrigerate hot sauce, right? I've had tobasco at my desk for a month
no don't think you need refrigerate
No it's totally fine at room temperature for years and the expiration date is BS it really doesn't ever expire. It's not really hot sauce but all the stuff I use has already been mentioned and I wanted to throw my opinion out on the interwebz so if you ever need anything for BBQ pick up some Rudy's (or Tom's depending on how old you are) sauce.
Tapatio will change your life - similar to cholua
but worse
I love Jardine's Sontava! XX Habanero Hot Sauce
Sweet baby Ray's for BBQ and Franks Red Hot for Hot sauce.
Those are the two my fiance's dad uses and he makes the best BBQ I've ever had so he knows what's up.
Frank's all day
Sriracha from Huy Fong. Don't settle for anything else. If it doesn't have the green top...it isn't the real deal.
I actually love Frank's but I am not a big fan of the Sriracha
cholula hot sauce is my go-to
If you're ever in Texas, pick up a bottle of Yellowbird from Whole Foods. It's like Srirach but made made with Habaneros, lime juice and orange juice. May be the best thing I've ever tasted.
So true
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My family's from a region that goes nuts on hot sauce and spicy food. Opinion from a regular spicy-food lover for most common ones: 1. Frank's Red Hot Sauce (I actually put that shit on everything except for Asian and Mexican, tastes weird imo) 2. Chuluha with Mexican food 3. Chipotle flavor Tabasco (that shit is amazing at Chipotle) 4. Sriracha with Asian food
Mamouns hot sauce
Never heard of that one before
Used to love hot sauce, not anymore!
Literally the worst team defense I've ever seen. Not one defensive person was in the key.
They don't bottle it, but the red sauce from Halal Guys - you will be sweating
chipotle tabasco
I grew up in a Texas border, so I am not sure how accessible these salsas are in other parts of the country; but believe me, you won't regret this.
Down in Texas, "Louisiana" brand is big. Cholula's good. I think Frank's is too salty, it's used as a chicken wing sauce. The Whole Foods type of Siracha is pretty good. I still love plain Tobasco on eggs, pizza.
Cholula, Sriracha, Texas Pete.
Lime Cholula, Sriracha, and for your DC-Maryland folks, Angry Chef.
Louisiana Original Hot Sauce is the GOAT.
old man marley.
Orginial Cholula or Franks Buffalo
There is no question. Cholula.
I like Cholula. More of a paste but if you can find some harissa, that is some hot stuff.
laoganma chili in oil
goes best with chinese food
Louisiana Hot Sauce is pretty legit
El Yucateco habanero sauce. Shit is the bomb.com
Louisiana is legit, sriracha is good too.
I used to go for the hot hot hot stuff by the way, now I am more into flavor.
I make my own sauce and my favorite pepper is the Fatali because if its unique flavor.
You can get chile pods and plants shipped to you from www.chileplants.com/. They are in NJ and the plants/pods arrive fresh if you live in the NYC area.
Harvest season is near!
Encona Hot Sauce - best on earth.
lime cholula, dave's scotch bonnet, nando's hot sauce
Nando's Hot
Why the f*** is this home paged? I'm all for @goldencinderblock's better posts, but homepaging this is pushing it.
@wallstreetoasis.com?
In my opinion, nothing quite touches Akabanga - Rwanda's answer to Sriracha.
buy that Mexican shit. actually asian not mexican. Texas Pete, Tapatio, and Franks are all great. Nothing they have at Chipotle/Qdoba though, I chug those bottles of hot sauce for free meals lol
Whataburger spicy ketchup (if your from Texas)
1)Maggi Hot and Sweet, if you can find it. Sugary as hell, but so good. 2)Cholula 3)Louisiana 4)Texas Pete's 5)Heinz makes a decent one that they usually serve at big cafeteria's. I think it's a Cholula knock off though.
Repeating on what most people said but here is my basic list:
1.) Cholula for most foods 2.) Frank's Red Hot - BUFFALO (big difference) 3.) Tapatio 4.) Tabasco
As for the BBQ Sauce - Sweet Baby Ray's is great once your food is cooked. Easily one of the best tasting sauces out there.
I agree with everything you said 100%. I'd add in Valentina sauce too someone on that list. I slow baste chicken with sweet baby rays on the grill...so good.
I'll cast my vote for Cholula as well. It's fantastic on breakfast tacos.
Hot licks suicide hot sauce.
If you are feeling brave....Dave's Insanity Sauce
Sriracha all the way
Being Asian, sriracha all day
my friend is taking me hot sauce shopping this weekend for gifts to bring back to the states, can't wait
Taco Bell Fire Sauce yo
Not exactly a hot sauce but Laoganma in China tops the list
People don't realize how good gochujang is on everything, you can mix it with mayo/miracle whip, cook it into food, put it on ribs, etc. Shit is great.
prepackaged ones:
however, the best stuff is just straight peppers mixed with a couple spices. my personal favorite is prik nam pla (thai sauce), which is just thai chilies, fish sauce, and fresh lime juice. goes great with rice, soup, anything really.
go to your local ethnic market, buy some peppers, and experiment. cook with whole peppers and then remove them, use dried peppers to infuse the oil and sauces you use, you can do a lot to kick up the heat while still having kickass flavors.
If I'm at a restaurant and I see one of these on the table, my food is about to drown in it.
I keep a bottle of Siracha and Valencia at my desk. But my favorite is the Hot Red Sauce from the Halal Guys on 53rd and 6th. I always have a few packs around. It's super hot but really great flavor.
I'd say it has a little more heat than flavor, unless you just put a little and mix it out into whatever you're eating.
Frank's or Cholula, and they got 'em at Costco
Sweet Baby Rays Buffalo Hot Sauce. Straight fire.
Your girl knows I've got the sauce no ketchup Just sauce raw sauce
Szechuan sauce.
Krystal ftw
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