I like Franks – that’s my day to day hot sauce but lately it isn’t hot enough for me. I don’t like how vinegary Tobasco is. So my options are to add cayenne to Franks or find a sauce like it but hotter.
How can you use just one hot sauce?
I use at list 6 depending on what it is going on.
French Fries, Eggs, Humus etc. Sriracha
Grits - Tobasco or Crystal
Gumbo - Tobasco
BBQ - Tobasco Chipotle
Oysters - Tobasco Green
Wings - Texas Pete or Franks
Pork Rinds - Crystal or Texas Pete
Black eyed peas - Crystal
Black Beans - Cholula
Greens - Pepper Sauce made from hot peppers and vinegar
Sambal Olek for all kinds of recipes etc. and Mae Ploy on things like broccoli
Cholula, if I was only allowed one. But also really like Tobasco Green and anxious to try their new Buffalo.
Yep, probably my two faves
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My go to hot sauce is Tabasco Chipotle.
But if you want hot, get some Dave’s Ghost Pepper or Melinda’s Naga Jolokia.
I love Cholula with fried chicken. I like it better than Sriracha or Crystal which are both excellent too. I too like Texas Pete’s.
Fried chicken is the world’s best use of hot sauce to me.
For pork, I like the Sriracha which is mildly sweet. On the Momofuku pork buns it is absolutely the best
If it is eggs, I would rather have Crystal for that. For grits, I only use sawmill gravy or butter. No hotsauce.
Gotta try Tobasco Green it appears.
Maybe try not to recommend Tabasco products.
Cholula gets a lot of requests when I’m putting together hot stuff. It’s pretty popular.
This place gives you a big selection.
http://www.hotsauce.com/
* spelling point taken
It’s Tabasco, folks.
Tabasco.
Secret Aardvark Habanero Sauce. http://www.secretaardvark.com/products.html It’s hot but not insane like a lot of Habanero sauces (but definitely hotter than Franks) and has great flavor from roasted tomatoes. It’s a local Portland brand but it looks like you have to order 6 bottles if you buy it from them online, but you can find other retailers on their website.
I don’t find the Tabasco Chipotle vinegary at all, but that was why I threw out some alternate brand, ridiculously hot, hot sauces.
yeah…that is my favorite all purpose sauce, though…the green is good for pork…and the others fine, too. Isn’t this really a matter of trying them and figuring out one’s own tastes…sort of like wine…
I have them all at home…or most of them mentioned…i often put a couple or few out on the table at a meal. I’ve got some black bean cuban style going now…so…maybe I’ll have to see if Milton’s mix with Cholula suits me…Of course, I only have the one with chilli.
Funny how I’ve liked hot foods more and more as I’ve aged. I would have guess just the opposite when I was younger. Anyone else find this to be the case?
And, I don’t like any hot sauce with oysters…only lemon or lime…for me it kills the subtlety…
Bob…at first, I thought you were answering the question posed…not correcting the spelling. I thought it was a little authoritative…even for you.
We had a long discussion about all known hot sauces and whether to refrigerate or not last August. for reference and to add to the discussion at hand:
We usually have Tabasco, Cholula and Tapatio at any given time. I used to have red and green Pico Pica on hand since it is a tomato based sauce and a nice change from the vinegar sauces.
I use a wide variety, like the various Cholula sauces a lot, and Tabasco especially the “special” family recipe. Sriracha, Crystal, Frank’s, all have a place.
And while this is not technically a “sauce” I am getting addicted to this stuff. Just exactly hot enough for me and majorly delicious for marinating stuff for a stir fry. You need to go to an Asian market and get lucky to find it. Lan Chi chili garlic paste. The name means something like “Orchid Record.”?
Yes, I forgot to mention Sriracha. Local California product with an Asian influence!
Sriracha (spelling?)
Tapatio (def. less vineagary than Tabasco, but maybe not as hot as you’d like — that said, take a flyer - a bottle shouldn’t run you more than a buck).
i like Tapatio and Tabasco Chipotle for every day.
Saw this in the store recently - can’t imagine what would warrant its use however. Any ideas?
Wife got me this for XMAS…
Pretty hot.
I have one of the hotter Dave’s Insanity sauces, and I only use it for soups or stews- a VERY little goes a long way. I am nearing the end of a bottle I have had for probably close to 2 years. I guess in that respect it is a good QPR. lol
If you want chipotle, try Bufalo brand rather than Tabasco. Or just buy a can of chipotles en adobo and use up the liquid.
Yeah, I gotta agree (God help me) with Bob. Bufalo is highly recommended by hot-sauce geeks. So is El Yucateco Chipotle.
El Yucateco Chipotle Hot Sauce