Favorite hot sauces?

baubisson
baubisson Posts: 11 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I've been on a spice kick lately, though the hottest raw pepper I can take a chomp of is a serrano. Hot sauces are a really calorie-cheap way of making dishes taste more interesting, gotta watch out for the sodium though.

I'm really liking Tapatio-brand. It's not vinegar-based like Tabasco or Frank's, so it's got this fuller, more peppery flavor that's just what I've been looking for.
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  • ryanwood935
    ryanwood935 Posts: 245 Member
    I love sriracha sauce. It's more of a paste than a sauce, and has a fuller flavor compared to Tabasco. I do like the chipotle flavored Tabasco sauce, though.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    I have three that are ALWAYS on hand at home.

    Sriracha
    Chipotle Tabasco
    Tapatio

    one more I like is sambal.
  • JoshD8705
    JoshD8705 Posts: 390 Member
    Cholula, it's not very hot but it makes everything taste better.
  • SusuAtta22
    SusuAtta22 Posts: 3 Member
    For me, Sriracha all the way. I also really like the chili garlic sauce Huy Fong Foods makes (same brand as Sriracha) and I love Valentina on Mexican food.
  • akchildress24
    akchildress24 Posts: 6 Member
    I love them all Sriracha, Franks, Tobasco Red and green. Also great are hot mustards and wasabi.
  • libbydoodle11
    libbydoodle11 Posts: 1,351 Member
    Right now I have a Thai Kitchen brand of sriracha and Cholula hot sauce in the original version on hand. I pretty much always have some form of hot sauce in the kitchen at all times. I love sriracha on my sweet potatoes.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,344 Member
    I love Franks, and Crystal because I LOVE vinegar, but Sriracha and sambal are also delicious.
  • Marcel182
    Marcel182 Posts: 143 Member
    I'm a total hot sauce nut, got a whole slew of them.

    Classic Cholula is mild, but has great taste. I like the Chipotle flavored one too.
    I use the Thai Kitchen Sriracha style sauce for a lot of things, on burgers, eggs, dim sum...
    Then there are the really hot ones most people I know can't handle :
    I love 'Endorphin Rush' which has a nice zing to it, with a great taste. Not a fan of the too sour ones, personally.
    Dave's Insanity collection I use to spice up my salad sauce (yeah, weird I know).
    The hottest ones I own are Mad Dog's '357' (with a bullet on a key chain around the bottle neck) and Da Bomb's 'Beyond Insanity', where 1 or 2 drops suffice to turn a whole pot of chili super spicy!
  • shani_m
    shani_m Posts: 8
    My favorties have to be Sriracha and Valentina! :P
  • spirit095
    spirit095 Posts: 1,017 Member
    I like Siriacha, Chinese mustard, and the chili sauces you get in Asian restaurants lol
  • SassyCalyGirl
    SassyCalyGirl Posts: 1,932 Member
    Sriracha
  • nicailyzee
    nicailyzee Posts: 183 Member
    My favorite is Grace hot pepper sauce
  • Targetx130
    Targetx130 Posts: 58 Member
    Frank's Buffalo hot sauce
  • mythopoeic
    mythopoeic Posts: 24 Member
    I like the heat and love Heartbreaking Dawn's catalog!
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,961 Member
    I vote Sri Racha AKA Rooster Sauce. If it comes in a glue bottle, it must be good.
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
    Franks, the Green Tobasco, the cheapo stuff at Aldi that's identical to Louisiana.

    Dave's Insanity sauce is great for chili.
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    sriracha if on stuff like eggs, etc. Sambal if I'm mixing it into something like a sauce or dip.
  • tabicatinthehat
    tabicatinthehat Posts: 329 Member
    Crystal, Louisiana and Tobasco. I love the vinegar taste. I put it on so many things.
  • RollosJ
    RollosJ Posts: 30 Member
    Tapatio , sriracha and cholula are my staples with some castillo salsa habanera when im feeling brave.
  • MysteriousMerlin
    MysteriousMerlin Posts: 2,270 Member
    Cholula is my fav, but I like Sriracha as well.
  • jmc0806
    jmc0806 Posts: 1,444 Member
    Alex's Ugly Sauce (local brand) their habanero and dragon sauces are so good
    Trader Joes Habanero
    Louisiana
    Sriracha
    Cholula
    Tobasco


    Basically the hotter the better but I am a hot sauce addict and have spent ridiculous amounts of money on bottles lol
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,708 Member
    For oriental foods I use the Rooster Brand Sri Racha sauce and my own home made sauces for anything else. Here in Mexico we make our own hot sauce in five minutes and very few people buy store brand. However I do like Valentina, just wish it was a bit hotter.
  • rgrady33
    rgrady33 Posts: 48 Member
    Chalula and Siracha top my list. I also like the Chiptole Tobasco.
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
    Do you put that sh** on everything?
    :laugh: that ad cracks me up
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,708 Member
    For oriental foods I use the Rooster Brand Sri Racha sauce and my own home made sauces for anything else. Here in Mexico we make our own hot sauce in five minutes and very few people buy store brand. However I do like Valentina, just wish it was a bit hotter.
  • rgrady33
    rgrady33 Posts: 48 Member
    Tried to find a GIF but couldn't. Love those adds.
  • sofulnaturalee
    sofulnaturalee Posts: 391 Member
    Original Louisiana Hot Sauce (hands down)
  • soopaang
    soopaang Posts: 27 Member
    I love all hot sauces. The dish indicates the kind of hot sauce I prefer. For eggs, I like a Tapatio or Valentina sauce. For Chipotle style dishes I like a Tabasco or vinegar based sauce. For Asian foods I like Sriracha. The list goes on but hot sauces make everything better.
  • getitgirl6
    getitgirl6 Posts: 11 Member
    Franks hands down. keep some at home and work
  • LeslieTSUK
    LeslieTSUK Posts: 215 Member
    I love chilli of most kinds, and spices, hot smokey cayenne, and yeah a friend from mexico sent me some local sriracha sauce once, omg i was addicted to it.

    Now I still love them, but have to be careful due to my health conditions as it really affects my reflux badly if not careful.

    Can't eat rice without some chilli in it though, need that bit of fire at back of my throat hehe.

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