Best Hot Sauce

[jmaher]

My new favorite is Huy Fong "Sambal Oelek" paste. It is slightly thicker, & a little more chunky than Sriracha, but a lot more flavor.

Ciao (Chow) for Now ! Greg


Oh damn! Now I have something new to search out!

 

[GregManning]

My new favorite is Huy Fong "Sambal Oelek" paste. It is slightly thicker, & a little more chunky than Sriracha, but a lot more flavor.
Ciao (Chow) for Now ! Greg
Oh damn! Now I have something new to search out!

Should not be too hard to find.
This Huy Fong "Sambal Oelek" paste is the same manufacturer as the very popular Huy Fong "Sriracha" with the red bottle, green tip.

 

[LimbLoppa]

I'm not really into stupid hot, just hot enough with great flavor. It's hard to find that combo.

I have some homemade habanero hot sauce that I cut with any Louisiana hot sauce.....yummmm amazing flavor with just enough heat to keep everyone out if my stash!

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Always at hand...

Challula
McIlhenny Tobasco
Siracha

Then, in order to get my vegetables for the day, I'll have some sort of chunky salsa. In some households salsa is a condiment, not mine, veggie!

 

[Leroy]

Man I'm jealous of some of you. I had to give up the spice due to frequent and excessive toilet time

Now I go for the flavor and can only handle poquito fuego...

 

[KTSmith]

Yes indeed, the sambal oelek, is my "go-to" thick sauce. Same as or similar to that thick mix of pulped chili at your thai/viet restaurant.
As for a thinner sauce for Mexican or central American dishes, I'm extremely partial to El Yucateca red habanero sauce. Hotter than Franks', less hot than Dave's Insane Hot. From the same maker, the Kutbilik xxx is also good and is hotter. But the ratio of heat to flavor is less good than the regular red. The Green habanero is certainly OK, but less good.
20 years ago, I went daily with the Huy Fong Sriracha, and I still have it in my fridge, but I don't use it much. The sambal oelek and/or yucateca I use daily.

 

[LimbLoppa]

This one is good:

 

[LimbLoppa]

This one is so good it hurts:

 

[LimbLoppa]

Sometimes it's hard to pick
I'm kind of a hot sauce junkie!

 

[Leroy]

Nice!!!

That Melinda's is some tasty stuff, I like the Yucatan as well, nice collection.

 

[LimbLoppa]

Nice!!!

That Melinda's is some tasty stuff, I like the Yucatan as well, nice collection.

My poop has 500,000 scoville units

 

[easyphloem]

Texas Pete, anyone?


SZ

 

[LimbLoppa]

Texas Pete, anyone?


SZ

I loves me some Texas Pete and hotter Texas Pete and garlic Texas Pete etc

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Texas Pete, anyone?


SZ

Hard to find TP up here...uh...Texas Pete that is!

 

[tc262]

I have this on my fried eggs most mornings

 

[GregManning]

In addition to hot sauces & pastes, I also use a lot of dried chile peppers.

Several years ago a bought a manual spice grinder/mill; Swedish made cast iron.
(https://www.kaufmann-mercantile.com/products/swedish-cast-iron-spice-mill)

I have also used a cheap, dedicated, coffee bean grinder.

I buy bulk dried chiles, then grind them as needed.
e.g.
Japones dried chiles - "Frieda's" brand, 1 lb, less than $6. Nice heat; good flavor. (Wal-Mart)
Thai Chiles - hot
Szechuan pepper corns - Not hot; just great, unusual flavor. If you haven't tried these, do so !

 

[evo]

I have this on my fried eggs most morningsView attachment 38768

I second this, I do reach for others but this is my main staple

 

[evo]

In addition to hot sauces & pastes, I also use a lot of dried chile peppers.

Several years ago a bought a manual spice grinder/mill; Swedish made cast iron.
(https://www.kaufmann-mercantile.com/products/swedish-cast-iron-spice-mill)

I have also used a cheap, dedicated, coffee bean grinder.

I buy bulk dried chiles, then grind them as needed.
e.g.
Japones dried chiles - "Frieda's" brand, 1 lb, less than $6. Nice heat; good flavor. (Wal-Mart)
Thai Chiles - hot
Szechuan pepper corns - Not hot; just great, unusual flavor. If you haven't tried these, do so !

A client of mine has two Szechuan pepper bushes.. They are amazing, you can use the leaves too. Great in beans for some reason. Every time I'm there I prune them off the clock and bring the brush home.

 

[frashdog]

One vote for plain ole Tabasco.

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I drink the stuff to get my stomach going.

We always have a bottle or two floating around in the truck!

Wife went to New Orleans and brought me back a bunch of different kinds.

 

[frashdog]

Man, I went nuts with the Sriracha sauce last year. Used it on way too many delicious foods. Burnt me out on it, because I overused it. I knew the end was near when I put some on apple slices. It was gross.

SZ

Me too, not me any more, same with habanero.