What's your preferred method for testing a new hot sauce?
I realized every time I get a new hot sauce, I usually make potatoes and eggs for breakfast and try the sauce on that for the first time. Not that I think it's a superior method, I just noticed it's something I do.
What about you?
What's your go-to method when you get something new?
Picamas Salsa Brava
From a local Mexican grocery, this bottle is not going to last very long.
Numb & Spicy Hot Pot Lay's
I found these randomly at a candy store. Not very hot but an interesting flavor.
Favorite hot sauces that don't contain garlic or onion?
My poor brother, a man who likes flavorful foods, has recently been diagnosed with some food sensitivities that cause severe gastric distress (use your imagination).
One of these sensitivities is to fructan (?), which is apparently in both garlic and onion. Both fresh and dry/powdered.
Unfortunately, most of his favorite sauces contain garlic. "Simpler" sauces like Tabasco are fine, but he wants to also find some sauces that are more complex than pepper and vinegar.
So, what can this community suggest for your favorite sauces without garlic or onion in them?
Thanks!
My homemade Serrano Habanero Hot Sauce recipe
Been experimenting with making hot sauce lately. Quite like this one. Makes one bottle. Feel free to play with the ratios.
1/2 tomato
10 Serrano peppers
4 garlic cloves
1/4 Cup garlic vinegar
1tsp salt
1 lime
1tsp habanero, minced
- Add everything into a saucepan
- Bring to a boil
- Simmer until peppers are soft (30 mins or so)
- Blend in a blender
- Filter into bottle
- Let sit in fridge for ~24-48 hours
The Pepper Plant - My favorite breakfast Hot Sauce, made in Gilroy California
I went to high school in Gilroy and discovered The Pepper Plant original sauce while living there. It quickly became my favorite. As my heat tolerance went up, I learned to love their habanero version. Very good on everything, but especially breakfast!