The best hot sauce
You Tapatio lovers over in the Fried Egg Sandwich thread are nuts! The best, the only, hot sauce for eggs and otherwise is Cholula!
Who's with me?
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35 Comments:
tuff one.
I haven't tried enough of them but my ex used to make an excellent batch.
I need some convincing :)
hungrychristel at 3:32PM on 10/08/09
I will always be a Tabasco fan.
dozertx at 3:35PM on 10/08/09
Tamazula is my favourite, but I'm flexible and will use Valentina, Cholula, Bufalo or El Yucateco because variety is the hot sauce of life.
I've never tried Tapatio, though.
SqueezeBottle at 3:38PM on 10/08/09
Siracha; TUONG OT to be exact
nhfoodie at 3:43PM on 10/08/09
Mexican food loves tabasco, Asian loves sriracha. I think on a homemade burrito I must use 3 tablespoons of tabasco, I may need help :S
Beanalicious1 at 3:50PM on 10/08/09
Pickapeppa Hot Red Pepper Sauce !
VerasTastyFreeze at 3:52PM on 10/08/09
Inner Beauty Sauce. Sadly, it is no longer for sale.
Lately, I'm enjoying Cholula brand hot sauce for daily use (eggs and things). It seems a bit more complex than Tabasco.
Amandarama at 4:04PM on 10/08/09
There are so many kinds and flavor profiles.
I like them all.
CJ McD at 4:10PM on 10/08/09
Srirachi definitely my favorite.
Alm25 at 4:17PM on 10/08/09
@gretchin - i do love cholula, but for flavor, not heat - it's not spicy enough for me! on eggs and such, tapatio is the way to go (and never, ever, ever tabasco! that stuff belongs in bloody mary's, maybe, but never on a plate.).
billyburgwife at 4:53PM on 10/08/09
different ones for different uses, definitely. Cholula with Lime is awesome awesome stuff...
Cary at 5:16PM on 10/08/09
Siracha on some things, Tapatio on other things, Red Rooster hot sauce on fried chicken.
PumpkinBear at 5:27PM on 10/08/09
I adore Tabasco for it's vinegary tang for many things, but my newly discovered fave this year was Miss Anna's sweet and sassy sauce AND their mellow pepper sauce. Oh frag they're good.
http://www.missannashotsauce.com/flavors.html#S
tatianak at 5:56PM on 10/08/09
I beg to differ, but I prefer Crystal. It's the only one that has flavor, not just heat.
dmcavanagh at 6:03PM on 10/08/09
At least comparing Tapatio with Cholula is comparing apples to apples. Siracha, Tabasco and others are great, just not the same type of sauce. Each has its use. This is why I have, like, a dozen hot sauces in my fridge.
Lorenzo at 6:47PM on 10/08/09
a friend of ours once brought us back some hot sauce from Spain (of all places) and it was the best hot sauce I've ever had. Not too hot, but enough to give you a kick and also really flavorful.
Sadly, I didn't save the bottle and don't even remember what it was called.
violetcassis at 7:05PM on 10/08/09
Love Cholula!!
Sriracha has a slightly sweet flavor that I can't always get into.
Tabasco is great for seasoning as I cook, but I don't use it as a condiment.
soozm32 at 8:19PM on 10/08/09
Two of our new favorites are the Big Papi (baseball player David Ortiz) sauces. The Original En Fuego (red) and Monster Double En Fuego (green) are very good!
jdbknits at 8:54PM on 10/08/09
Sriracha sauce will always be my favourite. It just goes so well with EVERYTHING
jo_wang at 12:39AM on 10/09/09
Another vote for Crystal Hot Sauce for all around use. Love sriracha on hot wings, and use Tabasco for lots of cooking, but Crystal is good for marinade or to add to food after cooked. Not so much heat, lots of flavor.
Remander at 12:59AM on 10/09/09
I love all types, Dave's Insanity is a good one to blow you to mars.
pjracz10 at 2:21AM on 10/09/09
@ pjracz... dammit... How did you get a hot sauce to blo..... errrr.... nevermind. Where can you find Dave's Insanity again?
Pavlov at 8:01AM on 10/09/09
I wish it could be as easy as "either/or." For eggs, whatever hot sauce is on the table. For potstickers and boiled shrimp, Sriracha. For my cocktail sauce, Tabasco. For my wings, Frank's Red Hot.
@pjracz - LOL @ the Dave's Insanity products. I will never forget the first time I tried DI. I was with a friend at a fish store (of all places) that had a wall of hot sauces. Both being fire breathing dragons, we began filling a basket. When we got to the checkout, the store manager saw the DI in our basket. "Have you ever tried this?" When we said we hadn't, he reached in the cold case, pulled out a ginormous boiled shrimp and ran a small bead of DI down the back of it. He handed us the shrimp and said, "Here...Share it." My friend wound up hiccuping and I felt like someone shoved a bunch of chiles under my tongue. Since then, I've used DI products as a food additive vs. a condiment. Nothing perks up a pot of chili or a batch of salsa quicker!
therealchiffonade at 8:31AM on 10/09/09
Sriracha
flavacrisp at 10:59AM on 10/09/09
Crystal is my all-purpose hot sauce pick
leighana at 1:33PM on 10/09/09
@tatianak - thank you for that link .... that sweet n sassy sauce looks so amazing I just bought a bottle. I can't wait til it gets here!
caramel at 1:36PM on 10/09/09
@Cary - WITH LIME?! Looks like a trip to the Mexican market is in my immediate future. I have the garlic one and whoooo boy! is it ever garlicky.
GretchinF at 5:26PM on 10/09/09
Franks for wings, my 15 year old loves tobasco on cheddar popcorn, and I just picked up a peppadew hot sauce to try. I love peppadews!
dhorst at 5:36PM on 10/09/09
I'm a Tabasco lover too. My favorite is the Chipotle Tabasco. Wooeee! Delish!
yankeesgal at 7:10PM on 10/09/09
At any point in time, I probably have 10 to 15 different bottles of hot sauce open. I am not one of those "how hot can I eat" people, but I do appreciate different levels of heat and flavor. Perhaps we are spoiled here in Florida, but the best hot sauce for eggs - scrambled or fried - is a Datil Pepper Hot Sauce. It's also great on wild rice. Datil Pepper Sauces come in mild and hot. They are slightly less hot than a Habanero, but with a sweeter, fruitier taste. A lot of my friends who are not hot sauce eaters like the Datil Pepper Sauce after tasting.
ArmadilloPepper at 7:37PM on 10/09/09
I love Texas Pete's Hotter Hot Sauce...great flavor and a decent burn for the heat lover...
Wimpy at 1:05AM on 10/11/09
@ wimpy - I agree. I had Texas Pete's in little packets accompanying some BBQ in NC and it was goooood. So sad I can't find it in the Chicago area.
Other than that, I like me some Tapatio. So much that a large bottle of it made its way into my suitcase for a long term assignment I had in India. Bring my own hot sauce to southern India? Hells yea.
ChickenDumpling at 12:06PM on 10/11/09
This is a matter of personal taste, like mustard, or anything else, obviously.
I like Crystal. Cajun Chef green is good, too. Tabasco is too hot for me, sometimes.
My everyday, go-to commercial/supermarket hot sauce is Frank's Original Red Hot. It goes great on everything, even vanilla ice cream!
salpico at 12:14PM on 10/11/09
Tabasco or Cholula work for me!
Chew on That at 11:41PM on 10/11/09
DL Jardine's Texas Champagne has an amazing flavor. I've been using it nearly everyday since I was 12 years old.
mangabanga at 1:49PM on 11/03/09