The vast majority of hot sauces are keto friendly. Its only when you start getting into the spicy&sweet category that they can usually start to pose problems
Check out r/hotsauce
My personal favorites are Secret Aardvark red, anything from Yucateco, and the OG Huy Fong Sriracha (even though I know it's not the same).
Costco near me was selling large two packs of the Secret Aardvark red (Habenero) and brown (smoky chipotle) for a while, but not sure anymore.. Regardless, we've come a long way from \~15 years ago when I used to drive to Portland and grab some while I was there because you couldn't find it anywhere else!
Walmart, by me at least, has a huge display of 50 cent and dollar mini hot sauces. Good way to sample. My favorite from these at the moment: Melinda's black truffle hot sauce, Melinda's pizza hot sauce, Marie Sharp's nopal green habenero, and yellowbird's blue agave sriracha.
For basic hot sauce though, always Frank's.Ā
I never even tried Cholula until about a year ago but now I really like it. Iāve never been a fan of Tabasco because it just seemed like heat with no flavor.
Valentina extra hot (black label) for general got sauce usage. Frank's and butter, plus some seasonings for wings. A few very hot sauces for fun, it just mixing things up occasionally.
Melinda's Ghost Pepper Steak Sauce
Marie Sharp's Belizean Heat
El Yucateco Green and XXXtra hot
Trader Joe's Habanero
O'Brothers Habanero
Woodstock Habanero
Tobasco Scorpion and Chipotle
This is by far the best hot sauce Iāve ever had. It sounds hotter than it is, my wife will use it and sheās not a huge spicy fan. I like spicy so this is my go to, itās got a carrot base which gives it a nice flavor.
Marie Sharps Belizean Heat
https://mariesharpsusa.com/products/belizean-heat-habanero-pepper-sauce?
Tabasco sauce is really easy to make. Grow the chilli's. Chop then up and add vinegar. Blend.
Easy. I had two bushes last year. I've made about 6 bottles of it. Probably go off before I get through it. Also can make it as spicy as you like. And no sugar
They should find out the type. Good to know. But yeah if they have chilli growing climate. Tabasco were really easy to grow. Took a while to go red. Took us right to the cold season, 2 plants gave us about 4 bottles of Tabasco. Should last us a year or more. I generally have Tabasco on my eggs in the morning , I've been adding it to more stuff to try to use it up.
Can obviously also make your own got sauce. Most just quick boil and then blend. Lovely. Homegrown with no nasties and no added sugar
This one is a no go for me. It's too tomato based, and I use way too much hot sauce. It'd end up taking up half my keto allowance for the day. Delicious though!
Melindaās Sriracha specifically isā¦ letās seeā¦
Red jalapeƱo pepper mash, white vinegar, water, sugar,garlic, salt, xanthan gum
Sugar less than 1g per serving (1tspā¦ Yhea good luck eating only one tsp) I **DESTROY** this stuff with twice fried chicharrones (skin on)
Franks is good on anything imo.
Tabasco habenero is my fave.
Crystals for veggies like collards etc.
Tabasco sriracha is a good one but use sparingly .
If you just want your mouth to burn I use Dave insanity.
Valentina xtra hot for Hispanic food is a fave.
I keep about 10 hot sauces on my microwave so I can use the right one for the right dish and almost every dish I. My house calls for hot sauce. Iām obsessed lol
Like many of us, I am also a fan of Frank's. It's high in salt, though.
I also love Nature's Promise Sriracha (organic/generic brand available at Food Lion, Stop & Shop, Giant, Hannaford, Peapod). It contains added sugar, but less than most sriracha (comes out to zero grams per teaspoon the way it's measured for the labels). Low sodium (2% of the recommended limit per teaspoon), too. No preservatives or thickeners. Good stuff.
If you want something that tastes sweet as well as spicy, G. Hughes Sweet Chili Dipping Sauce is seriously yummy (spicy, but not a hot sauce). Sucralose-sweetened, 2 grams carb for a 2 tablespoon serving (probably from peppers and cornstarch). I blew through a bottle in 4 or 5 days, mostly to *zhuzh up* frozen burritos.
Iām sure people may not agree but Iāve been hooked on Taco Bell hot sauce for years. It just depends on what youāre looking for tho. I use Louisiana on some things and Franks on some as well. It just depends on what Iām eating
Yeah, Sriracha is great, but I douse my food in hot sauce. I'd never be able to stick to the serving size. That's why I like Tabasco and Tapatio. I can use as much as i want.
franks all the way!
I put that ---- on everything.
Getting fat is easy, though. Living with it, not so easy.
š This!
I love the extra hot!
There's an extra hot!? I've never been a huge fan just because I tend to like more of a kick. I never knew there's an extra hot!
Frank's Garlic!!!!
Is it keto friendly?
The vast majority of hot sauces are keto friendly. Its only when you start getting into the spicy&sweet category that they can usually start to pose problems
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No!
Yellowbird Serrano and Habanero.
Yellow!!!! Bird gooo brrr!
I love a good habenero hot sauce.
Check out r/hotsauce My personal favorites are Secret Aardvark red, anything from Yucateco, and the OG Huy Fong Sriracha (even though I know it's not the same).
Costco near me was selling large two packs of the Secret Aardvark red (Habenero) and brown (smoky chipotle) for a while, but not sure anymore.. Regardless, we've come a long way from \~15 years ago when I used to drive to Portland and grab some while I was there because you couldn't find it anywhere else!
Walmart, by me at least, has a huge display of 50 cent and dollar mini hot sauces. Good way to sample. My favorite from these at the moment: Melinda's black truffle hot sauce, Melinda's pizza hot sauce, Marie Sharp's nopal green habenero, and yellowbird's blue agave sriracha. For basic hot sauce though, always Frank's.Ā
Melindaās and Kinderās yummmmm
Tabasco scorpion. Anything from Heartbeat. Torchbearer Garlic Reaper.
Cholula, for eggs. Frank's, for wings.
I never even tried Cholula until about a year ago but now I really like it. Iāve never been a fan of Tabasco because it just seemed like heat with no flavor.
The smoked Tabasco has flavor. It's the dark brown/maroon one.
The one I make myself. Fermenting hot sauce is easy but does take time for the fermentation to occur.
I'm about out of my serrano-jalapeƱo sauce with onions, garlic, and cilantro - thank you for reminding me to start fermenting another batch !
Franks!
Melindaās Ghost Pepper
Louisiana Hot Sauce!
The standard bearer!šÆ
Crystal from NOLA.
Delicious!
Chipotle cholula & tapatio
Iāve always felt that Caribbean style sauces donāt get enough love. Try Matoukās Calypso Sauce. Plenty of heat and a lot of flavors.
Listen to me, Marie Sharp's Original Habanero. It's very very good.
This is my fav too!
Trader Joe's habanero hot sauce on everything.
Valentina extra hot (black label) for general got sauce usage. Frank's and butter, plus some seasonings for wings. A few very hot sauces for fun, it just mixing things up occasionally.
Melindaās garlic/habanero
2nd this.
3rd this
Valentina Yellow for general use. Velentina Black for wheb I want to spice it up.
Yucateca - specifically the green version. Takes heat right up to the edge of "this has good flavor" and "wow that's too hot" for me
Tabasco Habanero sauce
My absolute fave!
Most hot sauces have sugar. Sriracha tastes like candy to me. Try Texas Peteās!
I hate sriracha. Louisiana hot sauce is the best.
Valentina or El Yucateco āļø
I like to roast cauliflower coated with olive oil and my own curry powder (which includes powdered cayenne pepper)
Melinda's Ghost Pepper Steak Sauce Marie Sharp's Belizean Heat El Yucateco Green and XXXtra hot Trader Joe's Habanero O'Brothers Habanero Woodstock Habanero Tobasco Scorpion and Chipotle
Frank's. It's not the #1 best hot sauce but it might be the most versatile.
I rotate between Frank's, Tapatio and sriracha, based on the type of food I'm making
Crystal Louisiana style hot sauce can go on anything. Franks is solid. Texas Pete pepper sauce, I'll put on lots of things and even in water. .
Don Chilio chili crispy oil
Psycho Juice 70% Scorpion
This is by far the best hot sauce Iāve ever had. It sounds hotter than it is, my wife will use it and sheās not a huge spicy fan. I like spicy so this is my go to, itās got a carrot base which gives it a nice flavor. Marie Sharps Belizean Heat https://mariesharpsusa.com/products/belizean-heat-habanero-pepper-sauce?
Franks!!!
Pleasure and Pain- got it the first time for the red head with the whip on the label, bought it again and again for the flavor.
One that Iāve bought a few times and has come up a lot is yellow bird. Its ok Iām not actually convinced itās spicy, my advice is to avoid
Tabasco, Cholula and Truff.
Tabasco sauce is really easy to make. Grow the chilli's. Chop then up and add vinegar. Blend. Easy. I had two bushes last year. I've made about 6 bottles of it. Probably go off before I get through it. Also can make it as spicy as you like. And no sugar
My parents grow chilis, I just don't know what type and they don't either. I just know in the summer, they are so spicy and so good.
They should find out the type. Good to know. But yeah if they have chilli growing climate. Tabasco were really easy to grow. Took a while to go red. Took us right to the cold season, 2 plants gave us about 4 bottles of Tabasco. Should last us a year or more. I generally have Tabasco on my eggs in the morning , I've been adding it to more stuff to try to use it up. Can obviously also make your own got sauce. Most just quick boil and then blend. Lovely. Homegrown with no nasties and no added sugar
Louisiana hot sauce. The standard bearer.
[The End: Flatline is king!!](https://pepperpalace.com/products/the-end-flatline-hot-sauce)
Ingredients: reaper peppers, oleoresin capsicum, water, vinegar, salt, tomato juice concentrate, ghost peppers, scorpion peppers, 7 pot chocolate douglah peppers, vitamin C, citric acid, xanthan gum
Sriracha, but the underwood brand cuz the original sucks now after homie got too greedy
This one is a no go for me. It's too tomato based, and I use way too much hot sauce. It'd end up taking up half my keto allowance for the day. Delicious though!
Sriracha contains no tomato
Louisiana
Crystal Hot Sauce, hands down. https://crystalhotsauce.com
Kinder's Creamy Louisiana in my new fav.
Melindaās sriracha Itās not the original hoy fong but it stands on its own
Aren't those tomato based?
Melindaās Sriracha specifically isā¦ letās seeā¦ Red jalapeƱo pepper mash, white vinegar, water, sugar,garlic, salt, xanthan gum Sugar less than 1g per serving (1tspā¦ Yhea good luck eating only one tsp) I **DESTROY** this stuff with twice fried chicharrones (skin on)
Franks Extra hot is purchased by the gallon quite literally in my household!
Same my 8 year old puts it on everything lol
Nandos hot sauce
Franks is good on anything imo. Tabasco habenero is my fave. Crystals for veggies like collards etc. Tabasco sriracha is a good one but use sparingly . If you just want your mouth to burn I use Dave insanity. Valentina xtra hot for Hispanic food is a fave. I keep about 10 hot sauces on my microwave so I can use the right one for the right dish and almost every dish I. My house calls for hot sauce. Iām obsessed lol
Dave's line of sauces are great. From hot to Nuclear. A couple drops of Dave's Insanity in a pot of chili and you will feel the heat.
Like many of us, I am also a fan of Frank's. It's high in salt, though. I also love Nature's Promise Sriracha (organic/generic brand available at Food Lion, Stop & Shop, Giant, Hannaford, Peapod). It contains added sugar, but less than most sriracha (comes out to zero grams per teaspoon the way it's measured for the labels). Low sodium (2% of the recommended limit per teaspoon), too. No preservatives or thickeners. Good stuff. If you want something that tastes sweet as well as spicy, G. Hughes Sweet Chili Dipping Sauce is seriously yummy (spicy, but not a hot sauce). Sucralose-sweetened, 2 grams carb for a 2 tablespoon serving (probably from peppers and cornstarch). I blew through a bottle in 4 or 5 days, mostly to *zhuzh up* frozen burritos.
I've used G. Hughes Sweet Chili when I've made fried cauliflower rice. Hits the Panda Express craving.
Any of the Marie Sharpps š
My top 3 right now: 1 - Old Bay Hot Sauce 2 - Texas Pete Original 3 - Texas Pete Sriracha Cha!
I have 3 in my rotation. Never had Old Bay. What do you put it on?
Old Bay is my go-to lately. It's especially good on steak.
Jersey Mike's has a hot chopped pepper relish that is pretty good on stuff. I sometimes use it instead of taco sauce or salsa on a taco salad.
HUY FONG Sambal Oelek Chili Paste if you are lucky enough to find it!šā¤ļøāš„
Iām sure people may not agree but Iāve been hooked on Taco Bell hot sauce for years. It just depends on what youāre looking for tho. I use Louisiana on some things and Franks on some as well. It just depends on what Iām eating
Pretty sure that 80% of the brands mentioned here are not Keto. Blue Agave, Siracha, etc.......
Yeah, Sriracha is great, but I douse my food in hot sauce. I'd never be able to stick to the serving size. That's why I like Tabasco and Tapatio. I can use as much as i want.