favorite hot sauce

[GASlick]

I like most of them as long as they have FLAVOR!  I don't like things that are made just to sear off tastebuds.

[Alexander215]

I usually watch that show but missed that segment.   BTW where do you get the Green Sauce, I only find red here.  I actually use so much I buy the BIG container at Sam's Club.

Sorry I meant the green label, Chile and Lime. They also have xtra hot, buffalo wings, hot buffalo, sweet heat bbq, and caeser spicer. I get mine at the local SuperStore.

[Alexander215]

I like most of them as long as they have FLAVOR!  I don't like things that are made just to sear off tastebuds.

Don't forget texture! Theres nothing worse than hot sauce that is watery and doesn't stick to your food.

[GASlick]

I like most of them as long as they have FLAVOR!  I don't like things that are made just to sear off tastebuds.

Don't forget texture! Theres nothing worse than hot sauce that is watery and doesn't stick to your food.

Excellent point.

[Mikekoz13]

My favorite everyday sauce is Frank's Original......... but I love all hot sauces.

Last September my Uncle gave me his secret recipe for his homemade hot sauce that he has perfected over the last 25 years or so.
Before he would give it to me he made me promise him that I would never give the recipe to anyone in either of the Carolinas or Georgia. My Uncle's sauce is my absolute favorite.
It's a vinegar based sauce that has about 10 other ingredients in it. Its a relatively thin, lightly sweet sauce with a nice zing to it. I can make it as hot as I like by adjusting the amounts of several of the ingredients.
That promise was a small price to pay for a recipe that has been coveted by Family members and friends for many years.

[PeripheralxMvmnt]

In brazil there is a sauce called "Pimenta Malagueta" and its basically a bunch of malaguetinha peppers steeping in olive oil. when its first made, its not that hot at all. its actually kind of sweet, with just a small hint of heat. If its an older bottle and the peppers have had a long time to steep, it will taste the same, but then it will slowly creep up on you and you will feel quite a bit of heat. But it only stays in the mouth. it doesnt hurt your stomach or on its way out.

[D.A.L.U.I.]

True to Louisiana, I like Tabasco, but different kinds on different foods, the original, with it's vinegar base is great on eggs, the new green jalepeno based sauce is good where you don't want high heat, and the habenero based is great on dishes like fried shrimp and oysters where I like a spot of heat in the mix.  There is a Vietnamese hot chili sauce that's great with pho--the traditional soup and noodle dish.  

Story--but true.  I once had a receipe published in the local newspaper for reasons entirely too long to tell.  It included Tabasco sauce.  About a week after the publication I had a call from a woman who said she was Paul McIlheney's (he's the president of Tabasco) secretary and that he had seen my receipe and wanted to send me something.  Well, he sent me a one pint bottle of the traditional sauce w/ my named inscribed on the lable--it's the gift he gives to chefs in the area.  It was nice, but before I could pen a thank you note, another package arrived that was so large we had to open both doors--we have double entry doors on the house.  In the box were samples of every Tabasco product, pot holders, cups, bowls, aprons, all with the brand all over them--and a tie!  Well, I wrote the thank you note and included a statement that the next receipe I had published would also include not only Tabasco, but a reference that the shopping for the ingredients had to be done in a Porsche!  I'm still waiting for the Porsche.

[schro]

I like alot of the home made stuff at the Taco Shops around San Diego. I like the Chipotle and Green Tabasco as well as Tapatio.

Amen! Love Tapatio. 

[tomgallagher]

Louisiana Hot Sauce

[buddha]

"Pain is Good", made with Jamaican Habanero peppers. Extreme heat but with a nice flavor balance as well. I don't pour mine, I drip it. Too much makes for much suffering!

[Dome of Steele]

The sauces are ok, but I think they are too salty and vinegary.  I like to get the heat straight from the peppers.  Crushed red, jalepenos, habenaros, chilis, whatever.  They are best when cooked into pizza, thai noodles, or just about anything. 

[Kratos]

Siracha is my personal favorite. Dump some of that on pizza and you have one heavenly meal.

[Cy]

I put Crystal hot sauce on stuff like steak and chicken.

Tabasco on pizza.

Sriracha on Italian and Asian foods.... it's by far the most IBS inducing.

[The Scottish Ambassador]

I like most of them as long as they have FLAVOR!  I don't like things that are made just to sear off tastebuds.

Don't forget texture! Theres nothing worse than hot sauce that is watery and doesn't stick to your food.

Excellent point.

I'm with these guys!

[Sly Red]

Not exactly a hot sauce, but I have friends in the southwest bring me Hatch Green Chiles for Green Chile Chicken Encaladas.  Got addicted to them when I lived in New Mexico.

Pig Pen will agree, can't live without Hatch Green Chiles.  Right Nathan?

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