Best Hot Sauce: Sriracha, Tabasco, Cholula?

[LostInAnomie]

[JanMichael]

1. Why are we limited to only three sauces?

Holy crap you could at least find five more!

one hit on Google: http://www.rachaelraymag.com/video-how-to/how-to-cook/supermarket-101-grocery-store-tips/taste-test-the-best-hot-sauces

Five of the six on this list - not one of the three. This of course isn't intended to prove all with a RR website list but you should get my point.

[flying rabbit]

2. I like Pico Pica

Frank's Red hot is damn good too.

[MiddleFingerMom]

3. Cholula, by FAR.

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Can't STAND Tabasco -- I think it just overpowers all other flavors
and you end up eating a bowl of Tabasco-flavored... stuff. Except in
Bloody Marys and Bangers (shot of tequila/mescal, good splash of
grapefruit soda - Fresca - and Tabasco to taste -- cover with napkin,
slam it on the bar, and drink it while it's foaming).
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I visited Tucson for almost 20 years before moving here (1-2x/yr),
and ALWAYS had a huge percentage of my luggage space taken up by
bottles of hot sauce for friends back East.
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AJ's here in Tucson (an upscale gourmet SUPERMARKET) is probably the
best local source that I've found.
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[tango-tee]

10. My ex-father-in-law in SE Texas made his own hot sauce

but refused to share the recipe with anyone. That stuff was G-O-O-D. It was clear, so I guess he used white vinegar to soak the hot peppers in. A bit of salt, maybe? I have no idea what else went in there, but I've never had a better hot sauce.

[MiddleFingerMom]

14. A friend of mine in Pennsylvania...

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...bottled and marketed his own habanero hot sauce out of his
basement.
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EXCELLENT.
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The only ingredient I remember is mango (besides the habanero).
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He had to wear a Scuba-type breathing apparatus and some pretty
heavy industrial protective clothing and gloves.
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[tango-tee]

18. My feeble old mind is wandering

and when I read

"He had to wear a Scuba-type breathing apparatus and some pretty
heavy industrial protective clothing and gloves"

it sounds like good sex to me.

Just my 5 cents worth.

[AwakeAtLast]

4. I'm a Frank's person

I like it on just about anything.

[MrScorpio]

13. That's what I grew up on

Not too hot, just spicy enough.

I'm not a hot sauce pain freak.

[PassingFair]

23. I was hot sauce deprived (WASP upbringing). But I am addicted to Frank's now.

My kids got me started on it.

[nickinSTL]

5. I'm not a big connoisseur of hot sauces

but I really like El Yucateco's Chipotle hot sauce.

Their habanero hot sauces are too hot for my taste, but the chipotle (which is hard to find) is about right and has a good flavor to it.

[klm55500]

6. tabasco

[hobbit709]

7. Tabasco sucks-way too much vinegar.

Sriracha is not bad but needs more heat for me.

[XemaSab]

8. Tapatio

:9

[pitohui]

9. tobasco is the best

they support the birds of avery island, to me hot sauce is hot sauce but they do a world of good for breeding birds in louisiana

[LeftyMom]

11. Secret Aardvark.

http://www.secretaardvark.com/

[ccinamon]

12. nam pla pik

fish sauce and thai peppers

[yellowdogintexas]

15. I like Crystal. Cheap and to the point. Grew up on Gold Dollar Louisiana

Hot Sauce.

however I have a bottle of Dave Barry's Bat's Breath which is pretty damn good

[MiddleFingerMom]

16. Brand New Asshole Hot Sauce

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Their motto? "Hot Sauce So Freakin' Hot It's Guaranteed to Rip You a New One".
(Check out the side of the bottle.)
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I'm not against change.
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[Kali]

17. El Pato - the jalapeno version in the green can.

We use a couple cans a day. But I use all kinds, depending on the dish. Just tried Siracha in the past year and it is fantastic - on our second big bottle now. Gotta have Tabasco for hot wings (I usually get Franks) and Cholula is SO good on pork, although there are others too.




Herdez is good too, but a little more expensive

[MiddleFingerMom]

26. I see those in the store alla time...

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...but I never heard anything about 'em. Thanks. Will try -- they're
really CHEAP, aren't they?
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[Kali]

29. the el pato is 50 cents or less, usually

it is just a basic salsa - fast and easy good with tortilla chips for a fairly low fat snack

the red and yellow can versions come in quart size cans but I have never seen the green jalapeno in the nice big size

the herdez also comes in glass jars and it is pretty tasty, but I only get it when it is on a real good sale, because we go through it too fast for the regular price

we also use it as a "base" for fresh salsa - a can plus chopped onion, various chiles, tomatoes, cilantro

[Bucky]

19. Cholula is for people who haven't heard of Valentina

Try them both side by side. Valentina (red label, not black label) is massively better.

<== and bigger, too! ==>




everything counts in large amounts

[MiddleFingerMom]

27. As I said before, Cholula is by far my favorite...

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...but I've seen Valentina in grocery stores in Tucson, so I'll
give that a try.
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. And I DO go through enough hot sauce to welcome the idea
of a really BIG bottle of it.
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Thanks.
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[Kali]

30. valentina is what you get on "snacks" in Mexico

muy autentico - at rodeos and fairs you get potato chips with that all over them in a container like movie popcorn here

[HopeHoops]

20. Melinda's XXXX Special Reserve Habanero Sauce

Best tasting sauce I've ever had (and trust me, I've tried a shitload of them).

[Gormy Cuss]

21. Cholula packets are included with some Continental Airlines snack meals.

THAT is a big plus.

[Xipe Totec]

22. Salsa Taquera La Costeña

[unpossibles]

24. my own

but all three of those are ok for what they are, although Tabasco is too vinegary for most uses imo.

[mike_c]

25. Tabasco is the ONE TRUE HOTSAUCE....

I like different hot sauces for different purposes and tastes-- vinegar based or not?, fiery or mild?, fruity or astringent?

But for day-to-day sprinkling on just about everything from eggs to seafood, you can't beat good ol' Tabasco, IMO. Of course, I like vinegar a lot. My personal favorite hot sauce is:

A bunch of minced Thai bird's eye chilis
3 parts distilled white vinegar
1 part nuoc mam fish sauce

Combine, stir, let sit for an hour before serving.

[BlooInBloo]

28. Tapetio for me thx.