Tabasco Brand Pepper Sauce

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Hot sauce is like whisky and beer in the amount of custom made brands worthy of trying and the lack oppurtunities to try them all.

[StL Dan]

Yep. Go Birds nailed it. Cholula for sure!

But I really like the green jalapeno tabasco, too.

Chipotle stocks a bunch of these in the large bottles at their restaurants. Deliciousness.

[TabascoElvis]

AW is right. There's way too much small batch to enjoy it all. What I don't like is the one's that are just hot, just to be hot, with clever names. That's the dreck that people end up buying me when they feel compelled for some reason to buy me a gift and don't know what to get me.

Tabasco is my go to for almost everything. I like that thin consistency because it incorporates well into liquids, Crystal, Louisiana, Tapatio are all similar. The vinegar base cuts into fat really well.
I like Cholula a lot. It's a great salad hot sauce. A little on the thick side. To me, it's always had a little bit of smokiness (not like chipotle, more subtle) that works really well with grilled lean meats... fish and chicken. Bufalo is pretty similar, in the Hispanic section, not to be confused with Buffalo.
Sriracha is probably my most favorite at this very moment. The garlic makes the difference, I think. It's downright [expletive] awesome in chicken noodle and tomato soup.
I have a bottle of Melinda's Naga Jolokia that I use for curry. Couple of drops is enough heat and it doesn't impact the flavor much.


An incredible exotic sauce with habanero heat. Papaya, mustard, ginger, honey and turmeric are just some of the gourmet ingredients. Beware this sauce is only for the highly passionate. This is one of my all time favorites, from the same place that brings you Dave's Insanity... it's amazing on broasted chicken. The heat and sweetness work really well together.

[Smith Corks One]

What's a good sauce that packs some heat but also has great flavor? I like the taste of Tabasco, but it's not hot enough. I'm not talking Dave's Insanity or anything crazy like that, just maybe a slightly sub-habanero heat that tastes good. The serrano is probably my favorite pepper, so I want to try the one redbirdjazz posted; can I find it locally? There's an amazing hot sauce shop in old St. Charles that has about a billion different things, but it's almost too overwhelming to even know where to start.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Louisiana has a habanero sauce that has the same flavor as the original with a little more heat. It's not insane, but you'll notice the difference.

[JL21]

When it comes to this kind of thing, I don't think there are any that I dislike or won't at least try. I'm down with everything that's been mentioned so far.

I recently bought some chili paste and I've been adding it to stuff for a unique kick. It's very different from traditional pepper sauces. I started adding it to Asian dishes but I've kind of branched out now.

I'm pretty sure it's from the same company that makes sriracha. If it's not, it's a hell of a coincidence that it has the same vector chicken on the jar.

[jim]

Hot sauce is like whisky and beer in the amount of custom made brands worthy of trying and the lack oppurtunities to try them all.

And like whisky and beer, there is some really oddball tasting stuff out there which is why I've been sticking with Tabasco and Budweiser more and more lately.

[Smith Corks One]

Louisiana has a habanero sauce that has the same flavor as the original with a little more heat. It's not insane, but you'll notice the difference.

Thanks, I will try this.

And I've used that chili paste; I really like it.

[redbirdjazzz]

What's a good sauce that packs some heat but also has great flavor? I like the taste of Tabasco, but it's not hot enough. I'm not talking Dave's Insanity or anything crazy like that, just maybe a slightly sub-habanero heat that tastes good. The serrano is probably my favorite pepper, so I want to try the one redbirdjazz posted; can I find it locally? There's an amazing hot sauce shop in old St. Charles that has about a billion different things, but it's almost too overwhelming to even know where to start.

There's one store in Columbia that sells it, but it's a Boulder-based store, so they've got an in. If you're going through Columbia, Lucky's is worth a stop anyway; they focus on local and natural products, make their own sausage and bacon, and make legitimately good pizza, not just good-for-grocery-store pizza.

[go birds]

man i get the loyalty to tabasco but i've just never liked the taste. i put tapitio/cholula on everything that people put tabasco on