6 Hot Sauces Every Spicy Food Lover Should Know
Spicy food: you either love or hate it. We unapologetically fit in the category of people who always crave it.
No matter what food it is, it seems like adding spice can make the flavors more vibrant, and we find that tingle in your mouth to be so satisfying. According to The Indian Express, it can even release endorphins that tell your body to feel excited.
So, it's safe to say we're the people who put hot sauce on everything. If you can relate, keep scrolling. We would like to introduce you to a few great ones we found.
Trader Joe's Chunky Garlic & Jalapeño Hot Sauce: $3.99
Trader Joe's sells many delicious items, from frozen dinners to creative dips and addicting snacks. It's easy for everything to overshadow the sauces. However, we refuse to let this one go unnoticed. It's great for anyone who is new to spicy food. The jalapeño provides that kick we love, but the garlic enriches the flavor with a savory edge.
Poor Devil Pepper Company Green Widow: $9
As much as we love green sauce, it's never that spicy. However, the Poor Devil Pepper Company might have a solution with Green Widow. It's got jalapeños, of course, but the sea salt, lime juice and cumin give it that biting effect. This sauce is also considered a probiotic, so it'll promote good gut health.
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Angry Goat Pepper Company Dreams of Calypso: $14
Angry Goat Pepper Company's Dreams of Calypso will transport you to the Caribbean Sea. It's one of the only hot sauces we found with a yellow mustard base—which is the main reason we love it. It complements its tropical ingredients, like pineapple and mango, to be the most mouthwatering, sweet-and-tangy sauce you'll ever eat. They suggest using it as a marinade for grilled chicken, and we cannot stop fantasizing about it.
Truff Original Hot Sauce: $17.98
Truff is the most luxurious hot sauce ever. The star of the show is—as you can probably guess from the name—the truffle. If you've never tried it, it's umami to a T—earthy, woodsy, and it works surprisingly well as a hot sauce, probably because the brand uses agave nectar to balance it. If you need any more proof, the reviews speak for themselves. There are nearly 6,000, still with five stars.
Hot Ones The Classic Trio Hot Sauce: $30
Hot Ones is basically the kingdom for hot sauces. The show brings on celebrities to take on sauces of all heat levels—and now, they've brought out their own line. Amongst their Classic Trio lives the Original Sauce, made with apple cider vinegar and chile de arbol; Garlic Fresno, using sweet Fresno chilis and Chili Maple, their hottest, using premium maple syrup.
Yellowbird Small Batch Variety Pack: $38
Another beloved sauce from Hot Ones: Yellowbird. They have many unique flavors we urge you to check out, but we have to emphasize their variety pack. It comes with the unusual (but yummy) bottles: Bliss & Vinegar, Plum Reaper and Garlic Shiitake. You have a sauce for every flavor family—umami, savory, salty and sweet.
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