Top 20 Hot Sauces

[Spinaker]

Aardvark, Maria Sharpes, Karma, El Yucateco and Melindas are great sauces.

Truff is terrible. (Subjective)

They need to add Queen Majesty, Matouks and Baron West Indian Hot Sauce.

There are so many great sauces out there for every palate. These lists are generic, but they also have sauces that a lot of people have not tired but should. Aardvark is great, but I would have never seen it if I did not read an article just like this back in the day. Now it is one of my favorite sauces.

[SheilaAnn]

Agree on Truff

[Spinaker]

That sauce is social media marketing at its finest. SheilaAnn

[surfdog]

You dissing on Truffle?! LOL
I was…well, let’s say intrigued when the GF picked up a bottle.
And then we tried it…and then we didn’t. Doh! It had so much potential.

[SheilaAnn]

May I add that being in the shared kitchen/food maker arena, I have tried at least double that list! Too many to name, let alone remember.

[Spinaker]

I am in the same boat. There is a hot sauce store at the Mall of America, that is where I go when I am dragged there by my better half. I just stay in the store and try samples for hours on end. LOL

[surfdog]

There used to be a pretty good hot sauce shop down in Shoreline Village. Not sure if it’s still there. There is/was another in Seaport Village in San Diego…but I’m not certain if they’re still around. Both had some unique offerings.

[SheilaAnn]

surfdog that hot sauce shop has been there since Yard House opened (I worked there). I haven’t been to shoreline village in forever, I’ll have to swing by soon.

[FireMan]

Well lemme see, my wife Sara's hot sauce from Sat is #1, #2 is the batch she made the Sunday before, #3 is the batch she made the week before that. I think ya'll get the picture.

[klflowers]

I have had 10 of them. Tapitio is really good. Sami sauce is a pretty good one that i was exposed to in a hot sauce club. My right now favorites (behind Texas Dave's) are Melindas Fire Roasted Garlic and Habenero and Pepper Palace Smoky Mountain Hot Sauce. Like Spinaker, whenever I am near a Pepper Palace store I browse forever.

[ecowper]

Army mess halls stocked Crystal back in the day and we lived off that stuff! Nowadays, I keep Valentina, Texas Pete, Huy Fong, Tabasco, Tapatio, Cholula, and Frank's in the cupboard :-)

But there was nothing better than scrambled eggs, potatoes, breakfast gravy and crystal with several mugs of coffee in the mess hall on Monday morning to get the week going right

[klflowers]

I have an entire shelf of hot sauces in my pantry. Right underneath the shelf of Rancho Gordo beans lol

[ecowper]

klflowers I knew I liked you!

[58limited]

Ration wise - the best thing the military did was add those little bottles of Tabasco to the MREs - easy way to add some flavor to them. Plus, I collected all of the ones from people who didn't want them and had a multi year supply - I added one bottle to any recipe that called for a "dash" of Tabasco.

[LA Pork Butt]

Try this recipe for Crystal Hot Sauced Buffalo Bites. https://crystalhotsauce.com/recipes/...iflower-bites/

Ingredients
1 large cauliflower(cut into small florets)
½ cup Crystal Hot or Extra Hot Sauce
2 tbsp butter(melted)
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
½ tsp garlic powder
1 tsp salt


Directions
1 Preheat oven to 425°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.

2 Whisk together the Crystal Hot Sauce, melted butter, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic powder and salt in a large bowl.

3 Add cauliflower florets, and toss until completely coated.

4 Spread the cauliflower in a single layer over lined baking sheet.

5 Bake for 25-30 minutes (until cauliflower is fork tender and browned slightly around the edges).

6 Plate and serve with ranch or blue cheese dressing.

[fkrall]

I shall give it a go!

[klflowers]

Thanks for this one. I make buffalo “wing” cauliflower all the time. I usually use a bbq rub, air fry them about halfway done, toss them in sauce and finish in the air fryer. I will try this version next

[LA Pork Butt]

klflowers This is a really good one! I have never used the dip. I can’t stop eating it as is. A simple formula I’ve used over the years is 1/3 cup olive oil, 1 Tablespoon of a seasoning our your choice and hot sauce to your taste. Mix well toss to coat and I roast on one of my cookers.

[Murdy]

I've had 13 of them.

Of the Torchbearer sauces, I've only had one, but it's one of my favorites, Headless Horseradish Sauce. It's excellent, quite a bit of kick to it, and, unsurprisingly, a horseradish flavor, so it's not really as universal as a traditional sauce, like Tabasco, but it's awful good.

[dpearce]

Hmmm. I've probably had about half those sauces. Have several in the cabinet right now. I'd be interested to see how many of those are red pepper and vinegar based. Seems to be the favorite of my kids, anyway.

[RichieB]

I didn't read the text for everyone of them. I did scan and they're highlighted with some of the ingredients such as the type of pepper and sometimes noting vinegar.

[surfdog]

Well, I’ve had more than a few of those.
Valentina Black Label is the go to around here. Second would be a toss up between regular Valentina or Cholula. Followed by Tapatio. Are we seeing a trend here? Depending on my mood El Yucateco can easily slide into the number 1 or 2 spot.

If I’m doing something Asian or Asian inspired…it’s Huy Fong Sriracha or their Sambal Oelek.

If it’s Cajun, gotta be Crystal. SOOO much better than Tabasco IMO. I attribute that to the order of ingredients. Crystal is peppers, then vinegar, and finally salt. Tabasco has the vinegar & peppers switched around. So much more vinegar forward to my taste. It’s also great on a Philly cheesesteak. ;-) If the restaurant has jalapeño on the menu for any dish…I will ask that they griddle up some for my Philly as well. Not traditional in the least…but that’s how I like ‘em. I make them that way at home as well.

Frank’s is absolutely situational for me. I love it as part of my traditional wings…but it doesn’t see a lot of use beyond that.

Funny story about El Yucateco. A few years ago my GF’s son “discovered” it one day and purchased one or two of each flavour online. The bill was kinda huge IMO. When they arrived, I exclaimed, “Oh El Yucateco! Awesome!” He asked if I had actually heard of it. “Well, yeah!” And then he told me what he paid. Probably like $4 a bottle. O_o “Eh…Dude, they’re like $1.37 at the grocery store down the street.” DOH!

[jfmorris]

I guess I am a hot sauce guy, as I’ve bought 12 of these top 20 sauces over the years, along with others. I think at any moment in time, I have 5-6 types of hot sauce in the house.

[Carolyn]

I didn't realize how well known Crystal was. I just thought it was a local thing. Everybody knows Tobasco, so that is no surprise.