There are three types of hot sauce lovers. Pussies, psycho's, and men with taste. Tabasco/Franks/Cholula/etc. are ok enough, but who are you kidding? That's just flavored salt sauce. I'll start at the bottom and go up:
5. Lee Kum Kee Siracha: What you thought was Siracha is great, but Lee Kum Kee makes an even better siracha that you can get for a buck at Costco. Check it out. Spicy, but not very, and it's full of flavor.
4. Louisianna Supreme Habanero: 2 bottles for $1. I used to think it was spicy, but not anymore. Don't know if they changed or I changed, but it's still tasty and has noticable spice. It's a fantastic workhorse hot sauce.
3. Breckenridge Ghost Chile & Extract Hot Sauce: Hot as balls, best used in 2-3 drop doses to kick up small bowls of whatever. But unlike some of these potent hot sauces, it actually tastes good by itself. It's just concentrated.
2. Lee Kum Kee Hot Chili Oil: Not exactly a hot sauce. It's crushed peppers in oil, but I could eat this by the spoonful. More salty than spicy, but it's tasty as a mother****er and I can't eat pizza without it.
1. Matouk's: The mack daddy of hot sauces. It's more viscous than you'll be used to, and spicy by any man's measure, but it's a goddamned revelation. There are 5 types, I believe, but the West Indian Salsa Picante is the leader by a good margin. Though all are fantastic. Don't buy it online. Your local Asian market should have it. Same goes for the Lee Kum Kee Chili Oil.
Last edited by Thug Bubbles; 03-02-2014 at 03:59 AM.