Favorite hot sauce???

[TallPaul]

I have mellowed out with age. My favorite, and in fact the only one I use regularly, is Tabasco Green.

One that I used to use and was excellent, albeit extremely hot, was Mezitta (sp?) California Habanero Hot Sauce, Twist and Shout.

 

[harrydog]

For a while I was into buying lots of different hot sauces. I like hot, spicy food.
But the hot sauce market has become a joke in a way. As popularity grew, new hot sauces continued to appear, each trying to out do the other with ever more attention getting names and outlandish claims of heat. It's all good fun though, I guess.
In reality, most of them are not very good. Just hot, in varying degrees, but not really very tasty. It's probably not very difficult to make a really "hot" sauce, but to make one with a good balance between heat and flavor is probably more challenging and also more expensive.
I agree with Pablo that the Yucatan Sunshine Habanero Pepper Sauce is pretty good.

 

[Mamala Bay]

I use Tiger Sauce. Good stuff with lots of flavor. Also Hawaiian chili peppers doesn't have the heat like the habanero
peppers, just the right heat. web page

 

[Julian]

Originally Posted By: stringsattached
I've had a bottle of "Dave's Insanity" in my fridge now for a few years, and while it's too hot [for me] to use on regular stuff, I find that it's great for cooking. Made a big pot of soup last night, and put about 1/16th tsp. of it in there, gave it a nice slow burn without making the whole thing taste like hot sauce or chilies.
That stuff is pretty potent indeed. Keeps the critters away from your pumpkins too! Has anyone tried any of their other sauces? A few of them look interesting.

 

[urrlord]

texas pete,crystal,franks red hot for everyday use.
valentina for the tex-mex foods.
sriracha or chili garlic paste for oriental.
tabasco green for special items.esp fried fatback/salt pork.deep fried death,but so tasty.

 

[hpichris]

I'm boring. I drink Tabasco. Kid you not. I have 4 large bottles in my kitchen as I type this.

 

[greenaccord02]

There is an entire shelf in the door of my refrigerator devoted to hot sauce. They all have their place. Some are better for cooking, some for fried chicken, some for fish, some for gumbo, some for mexican dishes. There's even one I prefer on smoked oysters. Tabasco is probably the most versatile, but my favorite is one discovered by my grandfather: Panola.* I think it pairs best with fried catfish or seafood gumbo. It strikes the balance between vinegar and pepper just right. I don't really go for the boutique hot sauces that have outlandish names. They generally aren't terribly good and the ones that claim to be strong are just overpowering for the sake of it.

*-this reminds me of a conversation I had with him the other day. We were talking about hot sauces and he made the observation that Tabasco is really more of a main ingredient than a sauce because it's flavor is so distinct. You can use other hot sauces and they impart some flavor and heat, but you can't spot them in a dish in the same way you can with Tabasco. This is why I don't use a whole lot of the regular tabasco in cooking.

 

[Mamala Bay]

Overall I like Tiger sauce as an add on. Gives good spice and if I want heat I'll just use fresh chili peppers mostly Thai.

Also I mix chili peppers with sugar cane vinegar with a pinch of sea salt.

 

[hpichris]

http://www.missannashotsauce.com/flavors.html#G

Miss Anna's hot sauce from the Virgin Islands in another one of my favorites.

 

[01rangerxl]

I don't know if it's really my favorite, but I usually get Texas Pete. It's a good all around hot sauce that makes nearly anything better.

 

[greenaccord02]

It's really good on fried chicken.

 

[jimvegas]

I really like Dat'l pepper sauce from Florida. Thick, ketchup like consistency with medium heat.

 

[zoomzoomlx]

In my fridge, you will find Franks, Tabasco and also a couple generic (but great) hot sauces from Dollar Tree.

 

[tenderloin]

My favorites...
1. California Chili Hot Sauce
http://www.justchili.biz/

2. Red Rooster
http://www.huyfong.com/frames/index.htm

3. Red Rooster Red Dot
http://www.louisianapepper.com/original-lahs.html

4. Cholula
http://www.cholula.com/

 

[Stanley Rockafeller]

the one and only Cholula!

I got hooked on the stuff while in SoCal...


sure, I've tried hotter ones, but for full flavour, you can't beat Cholula!

 

[zoomzoomlx]

The name of it escapes me but it is Chinese and has the rooster on the front of the bottle and a green top/cap.

 

[StevieC]

I like that one too...

 

[hpichris]

That is seriously good stuff...Especially with a good bowl of pho

 

[philobeddoe]

you ain't kidding ...

Sriracha on the Asian stuff
Tapatio on the Mexican stuff
and Frank's on everything else

 

[wander2039]

Originally Posted By: StevieC
I like that one too...

I think my wife uses this one.. she puts more peppers in it though. You have to be very cautious what you eat in my house.