Favorite Hot Sauce?

[Pythagoras 2]

Some backstory: My parents aren't big on spicy foods, so when I was growing up all we had was a little bottle of Tabasco that only came out to play once in a blue moon.  That all changed when I got to college. Spent 4 years at Rutgers and the dining hall had a wide selection: 3 types of Tabasco, Frank's, and like 6 types of Cholula.

 

I'm down in South Florida now and my roommate brought home La Victoria and Crystal, which I had never heard of before, but I think Crystal is my favorite so far.  It has a nice amount of heat, but it also adds a hint of its own genuine flavor without overpowering the food (unlike Tabasco, which made me forget I was eating scrambled eggs).

 

 

He also told me the most interesting use of hot sauce I've ever heard: he puts it on popcorn!  Never seen that before.

 

tl;dr --- Oh great community of NJ Gun Forums, I beseech you to edumucate me: What's your favorite hot sauce, and what do you like to put it on?

[AverageJoe 95]

Sriracha /end thread.

 

[alec.mc 180]

Franks is my go to, but i've been getting into sriracha lately.

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot 358]

[Scorpio64 5,191]

A neighbor brought back a canister of the powder version as a gift to me for watching his house and feeding his pets while he and his family were away on vacation.  A little goes a long way.

 

[Duppie 73]

I make my own from Scotch Bonnet peppers from a grower in Florida that has Trinidadian Scorpion bonnets.But my favorite bottled sauces are Matouk's from Trinidad,Delish from Barbados and El Yucateco XXX from Mexico.

These are not what I call gimmick hot sauces that use capsicum oils and fillers but age old recipes that lend taste to dishes not destroy your taste buds with artificial heat.

[gfl216 233]

You can't go wrong with Franks

[AS350Driver 56]

Sriracha /end thread.

 

 

 

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[High Exposure 5,687]

http://www.mariesharps-bz.com

 

[checko 180]

 

Mmmmmmmm

[DSD1026 48]

Sriracha /end thread.

 

interestingly enough, i just recently discovered this (and by recently, i mean 2 weeks ago) after hearing about it from various sources for so long..  Finally decided to buy a bottle and was extremely pleasantly surprised how much I liked it.  Prior to this, Franks had been really the only hot sauce i put on anything (and i've added that to beef hash, eggs, home fries, etc).  With the sriracha, I put it on a burger from Five Guys with some ketchup and the flavor was unreal.  Not overpowering heat with a great tang to it. 

[fishnut 2,358]

+1 HE Marie sharps is one of the best! Also check out Hot mommas from Belize they are really good too. I stocked up because I just got back from Belize and toured where they make hot mommas and Marie sharps

[oneshot 45]

^^^This^^^

ditto.. great on sushi

[JayWilling 33]

Siracha is #1.

Look for Siracha with garlic...that's a nice sauce, and it's a little thicker- you have to spoon it out..

Badia is siracha with something sweet in it...it's good if you like the taste.

 

Ass On Fire from Louisiana area is good and pretty hot.

 

If you're into the "light and medium" heat sauces a couple of the Tabasco varieties are quite good. Try the Tabasco green sauce. It's pretty mild on the heat but tasty. Their smoked Chipotle is quite good and their roasted garlic is good and has medium but respectable heat,

I like Frank's if I have nothing fancy around. The other thing you should try is several brands of buffalo wing sauce. If you find one you really like you'll be putting it on everything.

[greatgunstatenj 32]

Franks is my go to but I also love Siracha and its lesser known brother "chili garlic sauce". There are so many good sauces out there, between my fridge and pantry I have about 20 different bottles.

[silverado427 10,915]

The days of hot and spicy are over for me. But i did like Dave's insanity sauce back in the day.  

[njplinker 8]

We love crystal and go through a bottle pretty quickly. I generally dislike tobasco, but got turned on to their chipotle variety. Has a real nice smoky flavor.

[jm1827 284]

For mild and tasty Cholula, for downright hot- Scorned Woman Hot sauce

 

We used to make hot cayenne based hot sauce all the time, made Scotch Bonnet based one time and had to wear scuba gear just to finish cooking it, it was that hot!

[T Bill 649]

If you like Marie Sharps, then another to try is African Rhino Peri Peri Sauce.  Flavorful, not to hot.

[PK90 3,573]

I live about 10 minutes away from the "Ass Kickin" factory and store. They produce hot everything, ie. sauces, popcorn, nuts, chips, soups, breads, etc.

 

[rightisright 3]

I make my own carrot/habanero sauce and I probably have over a dozen different bottled sauces in the kitchen.  Can't really say I have a favorite...  different sauces for different moods.  What you won't find here is Tabasco.  Blech....  watered down, tasteless crap. 

 

But I find the older I get, the more the picture below applies!

 

 

[iCARRY 0]

I use suzies devil tears. It comes from Antigua.

[iCARRY 0]

Spelled it wrong and wrong name.

[Recon Racoon 49]

Camouflage hot sauce. Nice light flavor that doesn't kill what your putting it on, and a slow heat that comes through at the very end of the bite.

 

I've had tons of bottles of hot sauce. At one point I had 15 bottles of different varieties from the countries I've visited. Mostly Mexico and the Bahamas.

 

 

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[mipafox 438]

I used to use some of the extreme stuff but nowadays I use Dave's Insanity when I use it at all. Which is probably extreme for this crowd from what I am seeing.

 

I stuck with that because it has a good flavor. Some of the extreme stuff, such as Blaine's of NJ and Dave's Private reserve just didn't have a well-balanced flavor although I used them for many years.

 

I can do better with some dried Ghost Peppers and Habbies rehydrated in a pan and thrown in a blender with a little tomato sauce and special ingredients. Just gets better flavor than most of that stuff.

 

Also consider Volcano Dust. It's got a lot of Ghost Peppers and is extremely hot but incredible flavor. And it's flakes/powder.

 

I think 302W can vouch for my taste in peppers.

[Turboprop21 12]

Recently discovered this tasty stuff in St Lucia

 

[AlexTheSane 236]

[CMJeepster 2,784]

Sriracha

Great stuff!

 

I live about 10 minutes away from the "Ass Kickin"

Love that stuff but haven't been able to find it in a while. Gotta keep my eyes peeled.

[SJ Shooter 10]

Being from Louisiana Crystal has been my lifelong favorite..it actually has flavor.

 

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[MedicYeti 96]

HankSauce They have a resturant in Sea Isle City and sell the sauce in a number of places in Southern NJ. It's not the hottest but it has good heat and great flavor.

Second is Endorphin Rush. I got a bottle in Virginia Beach in 1996 and am now almost out of it. Confused?? I shake it up then use the tip of a butter knife to scrape a little off the inside of the cap then apply to the desired food. 1 little dip is enough to heat up a slice of pizza. 1/2 teaspoon heats up a pot of chilli.