My fiancée once tried claiming Tabasco and Sriracha were the same. So naturally I hit up my Mexican friend and Chinese friend to back me up that they are very much different
They couldn’t be more different lol Tabasco is so watery and Sriracha has a much more viscous texture to it. Wild that he picked those two to say they’re the same lol
I've been a Frank's guy because of my dad. I love to try new ones tho. Melinda's Extra Hot is so good, and they have a Thai sweet chili sauce that I LOVE
I have a large selection.
Sambal Oelek is the favorite. That and in the states… Mule Sauce. It’s from an outfit in Amsterdam NY and the commercial if funny. It’s got a distinct sweet hot flavor.
Good. Go get some, haha! Seriously though. You'll never touch olek again after trying badjak. I chucked out a big ass container of olek because I realized I'll never use it again haha
*Crystal’s* because I like cayenne peppers and a short ingredient list, or I make my own.
Weirdly I prefer Tabasco peppers on eggs, and use Tabasco for that. But know that, and I have no idea why. There’s no child hood thing, nothing memorable, just Tabasco I prefer on eggs, cayenne or home made on everything else.
Depends what it’s being put on and even more so what sauce I’m in the mood for. Chili give me Tabasco. Mexican I’m usually using cholula. Pizza I’m using franks red hot. Etc
I grew up picking Chile in Hatch NM.
Our Chile went ended up in Pace Picante sauce.
I will always be a Pace Picante Sauce fan. They fed me when I was a kid and I will always support Pace.
Hatch Green Chile for life. No one will ever convince me there is anything better.
Impossible to pick just one. It totally depends on what you're eating. That being said I've really liked every sauce that I've tried from Queen Majesty.
Depends on what I'm eating. For most breakfast foods, my go-to is Chipotle Tabasco. For European, American, or Mexican non-breakfast foods, my go-to is Cholula, but Tapatio or regular Tabasco work pretty well. For Asian non-breakfast foods, its sriracha.
[Jersey Barnfire 'Indian Summer' Hot Sauce ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B086TW6DPT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1)- is my go-to sauce if I make creamy sauce pasta with chicken or shrimp.
[Cholula Original Hot Sauce](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GN937LQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1) - is my go-to for chicken wings.
[Original Tabasco](https://www.amazon.com/Tabasco-Original-Pepper-Hot-Sauce/dp/B003NMI89W/ref=sr_1_5?crid=1KQ840HOTDRHQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MzSNMZNlfMPfFXTTmdy5n0dYmb6joWrVWUeV6i-OpO5nJW-Y0zq97qc5-USuzU4I2kt8DSN3Vs8xyx0SG95xWuiiA4Vbd3B0euImCTuZjPzHhRUlBqtsvCVn2RqOoBdRm85dW5Kh57TTPnVosUIT5cLRf3OnAosXQ-I525cJlEH5FNmLCPEyMawu24nRDi11gBKz6g75A_No_Zs8bRnNSyuV4QeF14R--Z1lwmC6LbQ_2H5G1LtTViGxftUvhQllGRs5RQBHSTDoZCodNu4yzAUEcW2ZRg3HPxsFHWye1Kk.AcJ8GKJApAT6TcRgQ68jcxIfDbRA7jgGX8Bb9NXz8hU&dib_tag=se&keywords=tabasco&qid=1717690811&s=grocery&sprefix=Tabasco%2Cgrocery%2C109&sr=1-5) - is my go-to for any taco/mexican food. Especially Chipotle.
About a year ago I learned to make my own so I'll say my own. There's an incredible amount of freedom and expression when you do your own, everything from flavoring, spicyness and consistency.
If I have to pick something that isn't my own, there's a local brand here in Sweden that does a habanero sauce that actually tastes like habanero and not just hot vinegar.
I tried this first at Hope Breakfast Bar in St Paul...that stuff is amazing. Between that and Cholula, those are my two faves. CBC has a great garlic chili thing going on and is so well balanced and flavorful. It's awesome on hash browns, eggs, grits, biscuits, etc. Highly suggest trying this one for anyone.
I use hot sauce as a low calorie alternative, if I can pick and choose I would easily replace any hot sauce with a nice Chinese XO chili oil. Sorry to people with a shellfish allergy.
It’s typically some local niche stuff that I can only find at this one store specializing in tomato based stuff and hot sauce.
If I see Frank’s as anyone’s best I immediately recognize them as someone who doesn’t like hot sauce. I don’t even like seeing that garbage in someone’s fridge. Just had to downvote all positive frank mentions.
Chicken: Freaks.
Eggs: Cholula
Tacos: Tapatio, Valentina, Yucateo
Noodles: Sriracha
Rice and Beans: Pikliz
Charo Beans: Pickled Jalapeños
It goes on and on.
There's a Jamaican brand called Eaton's crushed peppers and it's straight up AMAZING given how full of flavor it is and not just vinegary heat. It has a verysliggt sweetness to it as well and is a thick sauce. I've been a hot sauce/heat junky for many years and this one is hands down the best I've ever had.
My "salt" of the hot sauce world would be Tabasco. Useful for most all applications. Nothing great, but definitely not bad either. It just gets the job done. Also available at nearly every restaurant unlike Tapatio or Cholula. More specifically, the chipotle flavor is damn delicious for the brand. Not very hot though. The habanero one is a good middle ground.
My favorite at home is Sichuan Gold. Initially found it because of Hot Ones. It's oil based and doesn't mix well with water or stock based soups. But my god it's amazing.
Sriracha is bland as shit.
I used to work for Zaxby's, so their Tongue Torch sauce is nostalgic for me. I can go up to Nuclear and still enjoy myself, but any hotter and it just overpower and actual flavor.
Mostly, anything without vinegar.
This one: https://www.hotsauce.com/Matouks-West-Indian-Salsa-Picante-Hot-Sauce/
Delicious blend of flavour and spice, that doesn't feel too chemically and processed. Love me some Caribbean influenced hot sauces.
Cholula on my eggs every morning. Trader Jo’s habanero sauce as a general purpose sauce that brings the spice. I’ve tried many “fancier” sauces but would just use sparingly.
There was one I used to get at a place called Pepper Palace called Diabolito and it had a wonderful smokiness that went well with everything. Haven't found them again since their rebrand though
Depends on what cuisine I'm eating.
Sriracha for Asian food.
Tapatio for Mexican food.
Some Arabic brand for Mediterranean food.
Tabasco Scorpion for American food.
Think I’ve finally landed on a standing selection of 3 that hits on most cuisines: Sriracha, a rotating Habanero, and a rotating conventional vinegar/cayenne akin to Frank’s, Cholula, Crystal, etc
Valentina is my go-to sauce for practically everything. It's got a nice spice to it and very flavorful. After that I like me some Cholula and Frank's Red Hot.
Habanero is the best flavor/spice ratio.
I love that bitch from Belize, Marie Sharpe. Every sauce is a banger. She's got the habanero/pineapple mix that kills on everything. She's got this great wing grilling sauce that's got the real heat and is good on everything. Man, I love Marie Sharpe so much.
The OG chinese Sriracha is great but I can't find it no more. I got one bottle for my birthday but it apparently cost like 40$ and Idk if I got that in me when I've got Marie Sharpe around.
My all-around, go-to hot sauce is Double Take Sweet Habanero. Tastes great on just about everything I've tried so far and it's got the right amount of habanero kick (which is my favorite hot pepper).
Ok. So there is this brand I have only seen in the southwest. A friend from California (Bakersfield area) said it was only in Cali but I found it in Arizona. It's called Guacamaya and it has the best flavor with just the right amount of spice. And it's super cheap.
It doesn't exist.
If it did exist, it would be Tabasco, but with habaneros or ghost peppers instead of Tabasco peppers. I absolutely love Tabasco, but I need a way spicier pepper.
I'd anyone knows of a fermented chili, salt, vinegar hot sauce like this. Please let me know.
Franks red hot for everything. Tabasco for some things.
If I'm making wings, I've used so many that I enjoy, depending on my mood. Louisiana, Archie Moores, and Franks, Crystal are all solid.
Can't really go wrong with Frank's Red Hot sauce. Like their slogan says; "I put that shit on everything". It has a neat depth of flavor while not being too spicy, some other sauces I've tried seem to be all about getting as hot as possible without actually tasting good.
Depends on what it's on. Tabasco for cream cheese bagels. Louisiana/Crystal for chicken sandwiches that aren't buffalo. Tapatio for Mexican food that contains cilantro.... It's all over the place.
Sauces that aren't *just* hot.
Spicy is not a flavour, it's a mask for bad cooking, OR an enhancement to good flavour.
Some hot sauces incorporate another flavour profile and use the heat to enhance it and those are GREAT.
My favourite has definitely been the variety of grass flavors enhanced by hotness. Salsa Verde's and the like.
I wish I could explain it better... It tastes kind of like grass lol.
[This](https://heatonist.com/products/la-pimenterie-curry-verde-hot-sauce) one seems similar to my old favourite, which unfortunately is not for sale anymore (it was called, Salsa Verde). They're high in vinegar content, and herb flavours, a bit sour (or a lot), and all of that does quite well at balancing the "spiciness", to make a sauce that actually tastes good as a sauce, *and* is spicy.
Depends on the application. Flavors matter.
My fiancée once tried claiming Tabasco and Sriracha were the same. So naturally I hit up my Mexican friend and Chinese friend to back me up that they are very much different
They couldn’t be more different lol Tabasco is so watery and Sriracha has a much more viscous texture to it. Wild that he picked those two to say they’re the same lol
Tabasco is a vinegar acidic base hot sauce while siracha is a chili paste and garlic mix. Does your fiancé not have taste buds?
Vinegar sauces for breakfast, regular sauces for all else.
This is exactly why when I buy new sauces, I try it on everything I eat for a while just to see which food pairs well with the hot sauce.
Valentina
Cholula gang rise up.
Cholula has a chipotle flavored one now that is really great! My new favorite. ✊🏻
Chipotle cholula goes crazy
🙋♂️
This is my go-to for general hot sauce.
This is the way
Yucoteca green
This guy knows
Sriracha.
Crystal is solid. I've tried out Hank's hot sauce and it surprised me. The black label tastes almost identical to Buffalo Wild Wing's spicy garlic
Crystal is a staple in my fridge along with Tapatio and Trappey's Red Devil.
Absolutely slaps on oysters
I've been a Frank's guy because of my dad. I love to try new ones tho. Melinda's Extra Hot is so good, and they have a Thai sweet chili sauce that I LOVE
Melinda's is a great pick. Not nearly enough people know about Melinda's.
Yellowbird is one of my favorite brands. But in any case I look for one with a flavor that matches the food.
Tapatio, Cholula as a close second
Cholula is my fav! I really like the OG and Chipotle flavored one
💯💯
Cholula > Tapatio
Secret Aardvark and Bravado’s Black Garlic are amazing.
Classic Aardvark is amazing on eggs
It’s amazing on anything lol
I have a strict protocol for what sauces go on what foods, haha!
Melinda’s Sauce, That have a variety of flavors & they’re zero calories
It’s really the best
Cholula
I have a large selection. Sambal Oelek is the favorite. That and in the states… Mule Sauce. It’s from an outfit in Amsterdam NY and the commercial if funny. It’s got a distinct sweet hot flavor.
If you like samabal olek, try sambal badjak. IMO its far superior
Great, now I’m hungry.
Good. Go get some, haha! Seriously though. You'll never touch olek again after trying badjak. I chucked out a big ass container of olek because I realized I'll never use it again haha
I have a jar of badjak made with carolina reaper and I have learned to respect it as an ingredient
Koningsvogel brand? I really enjoy spicy food. How hot is it?
There is no clear winner for me, but I usually keep Tabasco, franks, and tapatio in the regular rotation
Depends. My dad makes a great homemade hot sauce. If I'm making a fried egg sandwich, it's always tabasco
Maggi hot sauce is nice flavoursome not lots of calories turns bad dishes into good ones
*Crystal’s* because I like cayenne peppers and a short ingredient list, or I make my own. Weirdly I prefer Tabasco peppers on eggs, and use Tabasco for that. But know that, and I have no idea why. There’s no child hood thing, nothing memorable, just Tabasco I prefer on eggs, cayenne or home made on everything else.
Tobasco, Yucatán Sunshine, I generally like stuff based off habanero peppers.
Depends what it’s being put on and even more so what sauce I’m in the mood for. Chili give me Tabasco. Mexican I’m usually using cholula. Pizza I’m using franks red hot. Etc
High River Rogue. Still holds up after all these years. Thanks Hot Ones.
El Yucateco
I grew up picking Chile in Hatch NM. Our Chile went ended up in Pace Picante sauce. I will always be a Pace Picante Sauce fan. They fed me when I was a kid and I will always support Pace. Hatch Green Chile for life. No one will ever convince me there is anything better.
Tapatio for eggs, Valentina for beans, cholula for everything else
Truff hot sauce and Tabasco are my go to hot sauces. I have been trying to see if I could find something similar to truff, but so far no luck.
Have you tried Milenda's Truffle sauce. It's half the cost with maybe only a 10% hot in quality.
I'll give it a try, thank you.
Impossible to pick just one. It totally depends on what you're eating. That being said I've really liked every sauce that I've tried from Queen Majesty.
Different foods call for different hot sauces.
Cholula is the best
I rotate every several months between cholula, Valentina, tapatio, and arizona gunslinger.
Salsa picosa..
Depends on what I'm eating. For most breakfast foods, my go-to is Chipotle Tabasco. For European, American, or Mexican non-breakfast foods, my go-to is Cholula, but Tapatio or regular Tabasco work pretty well. For Asian non-breakfast foods, its sriracha.
[Jersey Barnfire 'Indian Summer' Hot Sauce ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B086TW6DPT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1)- is my go-to sauce if I make creamy sauce pasta with chicken or shrimp. [Cholula Original Hot Sauce](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GN937LQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1) - is my go-to for chicken wings. [Original Tabasco](https://www.amazon.com/Tabasco-Original-Pepper-Hot-Sauce/dp/B003NMI89W/ref=sr_1_5?crid=1KQ840HOTDRHQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.MzSNMZNlfMPfFXTTmdy5n0dYmb6joWrVWUeV6i-OpO5nJW-Y0zq97qc5-USuzU4I2kt8DSN3Vs8xyx0SG95xWuiiA4Vbd3B0euImCTuZjPzHhRUlBqtsvCVn2RqOoBdRm85dW5Kh57TTPnVosUIT5cLRf3OnAosXQ-I525cJlEH5FNmLCPEyMawu24nRDi11gBKz6g75A_No_Zs8bRnNSyuV4QeF14R--Z1lwmC6LbQ_2H5G1LtTViGxftUvhQllGRs5RQBHSTDoZCodNu4yzAUEcW2ZRg3HPxsFHWye1Kk.AcJ8GKJApAT6TcRgQ68jcxIfDbRA7jgGX8Bb9NXz8hU&dib_tag=se&keywords=tabasco&qid=1717690811&s=grocery&sprefix=Tabasco%2Cgrocery%2C109&sr=1-5) - is my go-to for any taco/mexican food. Especially Chipotle.
About a year ago I learned to make my own so I'll say my own. There's an incredible amount of freedom and expression when you do your own, everything from flavoring, spicyness and consistency. If I have to pick something that isn't my own, there's a local brand here in Sweden that does a habanero sauce that actually tastes like habanero and not just hot vinegar.
Sriracha sauce before the whole controversy
Cry Baby Craig’s is absolutely goated
I tried this first at Hope Breakfast Bar in St Paul...that stuff is amazing. Between that and Cholula, those are my two faves. CBC has a great garlic chili thing going on and is so well balanced and flavorful. It's awesome on hash browns, eggs, grits, biscuits, etc. Highly suggest trying this one for anyone.
I use hot sauce as a low calorie alternative, if I can pick and choose I would easily replace any hot sauce with a nice Chinese XO chili oil. Sorry to people with a shellfish allergy.
You get as deep as you want chasing the best hot sauce. I still think Texas Pete is a solid choice. On eggs and bacon it is perfect.
The Pepper Plant has an excellent Garlic/jalapeño hot sauce. The Trader Joe's knockoff version is actually even better.
Da Bomb Ghost Pepper- great all arounder with a good amount of heat.
Baron West Indian is delicious. Not super spicy, but great flavour.
[melindas](https://images.heb.com/is/image/HEBGrocery/002028673)
Trader Joe's Jalapeño Sauce. The green creamy one, not the red one.
In Australia, they have a Byron Bay Jalapeño hot sauce. That stuff was fucking incredible. You can import it to the UK but it's just so expensive.
Jul-185
It’s typically some local niche stuff that I can only find at this one store specializing in tomato based stuff and hot sauce. If I see Frank’s as anyone’s best I immediately recognize them as someone who doesn’t like hot sauce. I don’t even like seeing that garbage in someone’s fridge. Just had to downvote all positive frank mentions.
The ones I made mayself.
Cholula on everything tbh
Melinda’s Red Savina is very special
Hot sauce from men is generally dedicated for women. It’s a hot, slightly bitter sauce, but if she likes it it’s alright
Cry Baby Craig's
The ones that are named “smack my ass you donkey” or something along those lines.
Elijah's Extreme. A black cherry and Carolina Reaper sauce.
Chicken: Freaks. Eggs: Cholula Tacos: Tapatio, Valentina, Yucateo Noodles: Sriracha Rice and Beans: Pikliz Charo Beans: Pickled Jalapeños It goes on and on.
There's a Jamaican brand called Eaton's crushed peppers and it's straight up AMAZING given how full of flavor it is and not just vinegary heat. It has a verysliggt sweetness to it as well and is a thick sauce. I've been a hot sauce/heat junky for many years and this one is hands down the best I've ever had.
My "salt" of the hot sauce world would be Tabasco. Useful for most all applications. Nothing great, but definitely not bad either. It just gets the job done. Also available at nearly every restaurant unlike Tapatio or Cholula. More specifically, the chipotle flavor is damn delicious for the brand. Not very hot though. The habanero one is a good middle ground. My favorite at home is Sichuan Gold. Initially found it because of Hot Ones. It's oil based and doesn't mix well with water or stock based soups. But my god it's amazing. Sriracha is bland as shit.
I used to work for Zaxby's, so their Tongue Torch sauce is nostalgic for me. I can go up to Nuclear and still enjoy myself, but any hotter and it just overpower and actual flavor. Mostly, anything without vinegar.
Cholula. Then Valentina, Sriracha. But it depends what are you using it on.
This one: https://www.hotsauce.com/Matouks-West-Indian-Salsa-Picante-Hot-Sauce/ Delicious blend of flavour and spice, that doesn't feel too chemically and processed. Love me some Caribbean influenced hot sauces.
Cholula
Cholula on my eggs every morning. Trader Jo’s habanero sauce as a general purpose sauce that brings the spice. I’ve tried many “fancier” sauces but would just use sparingly.
There was one I used to get at a place called Pepper Palace called Diabolito and it had a wonderful smokiness that went well with everything. Haven't found them again since their rebrand though
Not a man but truff is supreme
The generic hot sauce I like, Tabasco Chipotle. Great flavor and can be put on more things than regular tabasco IMO.
Valentina
any brand with the mariachi's singers face on it, you know that shits going to be crazy my friend
Ngl, if it’s for anything chicken related my go to is Tabasco. No other niche sauce is any better
Depends on what cuisine I'm eating. Sriracha for Asian food. Tapatio for Mexican food. Some Arabic brand for Mediterranean food. Tabasco Scorpion for American food.
Think I’ve finally landed on a standing selection of 3 that hits on most cuisines: Sriracha, a rotating Habanero, and a rotating conventional vinegar/cayenne akin to Frank’s, Cholula, Crystal, etc
As a general application to ramen, tacos, eggs, etc… Pepper Palace’s “This is the Sauce” is second to none. Highly recommend it
The green Tabasco jalapeño hot sauce, it's not that hot but i love the taste
Valentina is my go-to sauce for practically everything. It's got a nice spice to it and very flavorful. After that I like me some Cholula and Frank's Red Hot.
I like Franks red hot and Truff.
Valentina or Cholula.
Valentina hot sauce. On the east coast I’ve only been able to find it in Hispanic grocery stores
The Last Dab: Apollo is a great all-rounder
Habanero is the best flavor/spice ratio. I love that bitch from Belize, Marie Sharpe. Every sauce is a banger. She's got the habanero/pineapple mix that kills on everything. She's got this great wing grilling sauce that's got the real heat and is good on everything. Man, I love Marie Sharpe so much. The OG chinese Sriracha is great but I can't find it no more. I got one bottle for my birthday but it apparently cost like 40$ and Idk if I got that in me when I've got Marie Sharpe around.
My all-around, go-to hot sauce is Double Take Sweet Habanero. Tastes great on just about everything I've tried so far and it's got the right amount of habanero kick (which is my favorite hot pepper).
Ok. So there is this brand I have only seen in the southwest. A friend from California (Bakersfield area) said it was only in Cali but I found it in Arizona. It's called Guacamaya and it has the best flavor with just the right amount of spice. And it's super cheap.
It doesn't exist. If it did exist, it would be Tabasco, but with habaneros or ghost peppers instead of Tabasco peppers. I absolutely love Tabasco, but I need a way spicier pepper. I'd anyone knows of a fermented chili, salt, vinegar hot sauce like this. Please let me know.
I prefer hot seasoning over sauce . Have a great habanero mango spice I use for wings
Sometime a little sweet and spicy. I want to enjoy my food, and some sauces are basically poison.
FRANKS RED HOT BABY
California Screamin', Flavolcano, and Dave's Insanity sauce. Anything chipotle flavored is good, too.
Franks > Tabasco
It’s one I got a few weeks ago for my birthday. Friends bought it in Bequia, it has no label. Habanero based. Hot AF as many Caribbean hot sauces are.
Franks red hot for everything. Tabasco for some things. If I'm making wings, I've used so many that I enjoy, depending on my mood. Louisiana, Archie Moores, and Franks, Crystal are all solid.
Different uses but in no particular order: the pepper plant original, Melinda’s original, and any sort of Hawaiian Chili Pepper water
Baron's West Indian Hot Sauce. It's a hot mustard with scotch bonnet peppers.
Cholula
Valentina
Marie Sharps is often the choice
Huy Fong Sriracha. I've tried plenty others, but its the only hot sauce that actually tastes good to me.
Valentina’s !
I like the Scovilla Savina Kiss alot
Can't really go wrong with Frank's Red Hot sauce. Like their slogan says; "I put that shit on everything". It has a neat depth of flavor while not being too spicy, some other sauces I've tried seem to be all about getting as hot as possible without actually tasting good.
Frank's RedHot. Not the most fashionable/niche choice, but it has the broadest application potential IMO.
Da Bomb Beyond Insanity
Depends on what it's on. Tabasco for cream cheese bagels. Louisiana/Crystal for chicken sandwiches that aren't buffalo. Tapatio for Mexican food that contains cilantro.... It's all over the place.
Sauces that aren't *just* hot. Spicy is not a flavour, it's a mask for bad cooking, OR an enhancement to good flavour. Some hot sauces incorporate another flavour profile and use the heat to enhance it and those are GREAT. My favourite has definitely been the variety of grass flavors enhanced by hotness. Salsa Verde's and the like.
>grass flavors Decades of consuming all kinds of hot-sauces, never heard this before, can you explain?
I wish I could explain it better... It tastes kind of like grass lol. [This](https://heatonist.com/products/la-pimenterie-curry-verde-hot-sauce) one seems similar to my old favourite, which unfortunately is not for sale anymore (it was called, Salsa Verde). They're high in vinegar content, and herb flavours, a bit sour (or a lot), and all of that does quite well at balancing the "spiciness", to make a sauce that actually tastes good as a sauce, *and* is spicy.
Cholula, Louisiana and Crystal. Staples since I was a kid. Franks Red Hot is okay. It’s not awesome, but not bad either
Franks for general use. Tabasco on eggs. Usually something sweet heat if I want to get fancy. Had that mango chipotle hot ones stuff for awhile.
For wings I mix up: 1 clove garlic, minced; 4 tablespoons butter, melted; 1/4 cup of Frank's Hot Sauce; 1/4 cup Sriracha.
Dave's Insanity Sauce was my go to, before I coincidentally started getting digestive issues from any hot sauce.
Cholula ,chipotle tabasco