Bitter: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Sour, tangy, fruity, earthy Texture: Thin with visible seeds and pepper bits Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Fresno Peppers, Water, Vinegar, Garlic, Salt, Ghost Peppers, and Xanthan Gum I first learned of Hot Drops from Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars television show. The…
Bitter: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Garlicky, oniony, vegetal, fruity Texture: Medium with some small chunks Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Red Bell Pepper, Garlic Breath Organic Romanian Red Garlic, Distilled Vinegar, Water, Habanero Pepper, Knob Onion, Alaea Salt, Himalayan Salt, Black Lava Salt, Organic Cane Sugar, Ground…
Bitter: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Fruity, tangy, smoky, deep Texture: Medium-thin with some pepper bits Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Healdsburg, CA grown habanero, carrot, Preston’s olive oil and white vinegar Mateo Granados, now a private catering chef, has previously helmed multiple Bay Area and California Wine…
Bitter: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Salty: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Floral, bitter, citrus, rich Texture: Medium-thin and mostly smooth Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Cherries, Vinegar, Chile Peppers, Brandy, Spices, Cocoa Powder, Vanilla Extract, Lemon Peel, Orange Peel I’m no stranger to Ed Currie’s hot sauces. His Unique Garlique is one of…
Bitter: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Fresh, tangy, bright, earthy, smoky Texture: Medium-thin with some seeds and garlic bits Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Chile Peppers (Cayenne, Ghost), Vinegar, Water, Sugar, Garlic, Xanthan Gum, Vitamin C Hailing from Nebraska Volcanic Peppers’ origin started way back in 2009 with…
Bitter: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Heat: ⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Chile oil, sweet, protein, cumin Texture: Chewy and meat-like Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Soybean protein, water, vegetable oil, pepper, salt, sugar, sesame, spices, etc. Translating the names and even the identities of Chinese snacks from the Chinese market can be difficult….
Bitter: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Heat: ⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Tangy, rich, smoky, bitter Texture: Medium consistency with some nice pepper bits Recommended: Yes Ingredients: White vinegar, Quill Hill Farm Boldog Hungarian peppers, Honey Field Farm maple wood smoked Carmen peppers, Full Moon Farm onions, maple wood smoked eggplant, Pete’s…
Bitter: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ✰✰✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Heat: ⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Rich, dried chili, onion, umami, dark Texture: Crunchy and oily Recommended: Conditional Ingredients: Soybean Oil, Chili, Onion, Fermented Soybean (soybean, water), Monosodium Glutamate, Salt, Sugar, Pepper Powder, Sulfur Dioxide, Sodium Sulfite Founded in 1994, though with a recipe dating back…
Bitter: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰ Salty: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐⭐⭐⭐✰ Sweet: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Horseradish, lemon, vegetal, astringent Texture: Thin and mostly smooth Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Habaneros, Lemon Juice, Vinegar, Water, Garlic, Fresh Horseradish, Spices I first heard about Actually Food from a post on Reddit extoling the virtues of their very hot Primotalii…
Bitter: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Salty: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sour/Tangy: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Sweet: ⭐⭐✰✰✰ Umami: ⭐✰✰✰✰ Heat: ⭐⭐✰✰✰✰✰✰✰✰ Quick Flavor Notes: Bright, nutty, tiny bursts of tangy sweetness Texture: Oil heavy chili crunch Recommended: Yes Ingredients: Chiles de Arbol, Cranberries, Walnuts, Peanuts, Pumpkin Seeds, Sesame Seeds, Oil, Sea Salt, and Spices Salsa Macha is the Mexican equivalent of a Chinese chili…