Hot Sauce

[GlockSpock]

Some like it hot. Some are crazy.

I eat most any hot sauce, currently in my fridge are various habanero, ghost pepper, and scorpion pepper sauces. I'm apparently crazy. However, a week ago, I discovered a sauce at Aldi. It isn't all that hot to me (my taste may be biased towards the hotter sauces), but it has an amazing flavor. I've tried the "Chipotle" so far. It isn't that hot but has an amazing smoky flavor. I've nearly been drinking the stuff. It quickly became one of my favorite sauces of all time. So today, I went back to Aldi to purchase all the flavors. Only $1.89 each.

I asked the cashier at checkout if that was something they normally stocked, she said that she didn't think so and thought it was for the Super Bowl time period. I may go back and buy all of them. 

[GlockSpock]

Just tried the other two. Amazing as well. None of them are "hot" by my standards, but the flavor it adds to a dish is amazing.

I don't base my hot sauce on food; I base my food on hot sauce.

[Garufa]

I do not need this kind of encouragement.   It’s just about impossible for me to shove another bottle of hot sauce in the cabinet, lol.

[GlockSpock]

Just now, Garufa said:

I do not need this kind of encouragement.   It’s just about impossible for me to shove another bottle of hot sauce in the cabinet, lol.

If you don't do it, I'll block you on TGO.

[Garufa]

I recently discovered Nando’s Peri Peri sauce, XX hot.  My new favorite...for now.  It’s like a party in your mouth.

Edited February 2, 2019 by Garufa

[GlockSpock]

6 minutes ago, Garufa said:

I recently discovered Nando’s Peri Peri sauce, XX hot.  My new favorite...for now.  It’s like a party in your mouth.

I haven't tried it yet, but I read some of the hype surrounding "Secret Aardvark". It's actually decently cheapish when you realize it's an 8 oz bottle:

Secret Aardvark Habanero Sauce

Edited February 2, 2019 by GlockSpock

[GlockSpock]

7 minutes ago, Garufa said:

I recently discovered Nando’s Peri Peri sauce, XX hot.  My new favorite...for now.  It’s like a party in your mouth.

Where can you purchase the Nando's?

[Garufa]

Just now, GlockSpock said:

Where can you purchase the Nando's?

Kroger’s

[FUJIMO]

53 minutes ago, GlockSpock said:

Some like it hot. Some are crazy.

I eat most any hot sauce, currently in my fridge are various habanero, ghost pepper, and scorpion pepper sauces. I'm apparently crazy. However, a week ago, I discovered a sauce at Aldi. It isn't all that hot to me (my taste may be biased towards the hotter sauces), but it has an amazing flavor. I've tried the "Chipotle" so far. It isn't that hot but has an amazing smoky flavor. I've nearly been drinking the stuff. It quickly became one of my favorite sauces of all time. So today, I went back to Aldi to purchase all the flavors. Only $1.89 each.

I asked the cashier at checkout if that was something they normally stocked, she said that she didn't think so and thought it was for the Super Bowl time period. I may go back and buy all of them. 

Take it from a veteran Aldi shopper, if you like it,check the expiration and then stack it deep. A lot of the stuff they have is temporary and just when you get in love poof it's gone. I'm curious of the sugar content. Like you I can guzzle good sauce but then find out it's basically hot corn syrup lol.

[dralarms]

I like me some hot sauce. I order mine in by the case from the manufacturer. 

[GlockSpock]

39 minutes ago, FUJIMO said:

Take it from a veteran Aldi shopper, if you like it,check the expiration and then stack it deep. A lot of the stuff they have is temporary and just when you get in love poof it's gone. I'm curious of the sugar content. Like you I can guzzle good sauce but then find out it's basically hot corn syrup lol.

A concern of mine too.

The chipotle (by far my favorite of the three) has the least sugar content.

[Raoul]

I also like some of the sauces that use gochujang.

[gregintenn]

Sounds good.

[FUJIMO]

Thank you for that @GlockSpock

It would appear I will need to make an Aldi run !

[dralarms]

36 minutes ago, GlockSpock said:

A concern of mine too.

The chipotle (by far my favorite of the three) has the least sugar content.

Ain’t got one close to me. I’ll have to check the one in CHATTANOOGA next week

[TomInMN]

Thank you for posting the backs of the labels! I was going to skip these, but I see they're an option for our house. I'm going to get some this week.

[Raoul]

Who knows more about hot sauces than a German grocery store.....

[Garufa]

I could not live without Louisiana Red Dot and Trappy’s Red Devil.  I have flirted with many others and always will but those two are my go to sauces.  

Edited February 3, 2019 by Garufa

[Jeb48]

My wife recently picked me up some gochujang based sauce from Kroger's and I really like the flavor. Not super hot but it really enhances the flavor of the dishes I have tried it with. Like Garufa, my hot sauce collection is already to big, some of my old favorites don't get used, but I am tempted to try some Aldi's Chipotle.

[Shorty]

My wife and I have developed an immunity to hot sauce.  Much like a druggie, it's taking more to get the heat effect.  We picked up several from Pepper Palace in New Orleans the last time we were there.  I think we've gone through about 6 bottles of Jean Lafitte's ghost pepper hot sauce.  It's got good flavor, but since it's an order item, we try not to go nuts with it.  The Death Stalker scorpion pepper saucethey sell is good to.

For every day foods we use a lot of locally sourced  El Yucateco or Crystal hot sauce.

[MP5_Rizzo]

On 2/2/2019 at 6:11 PM, Raoul said:

I also like some of the sauces that use gochujang.

It appears the ALDI house brand hot sauce has one with gochujang.  Not sure if it's available at your local ALDI but check out this link.

Aldi.Instacart

 

 

 

[xsubsailor]

 I used to have an asbestos tongue but after the doctor put me on Niacin things begin to change. I can still handle quite a bit of heat but nowhere near as much as before. I might have to give these a try though.

[Magiccarpetrides]

On ‎2‎/‎2‎/‎2019 at 5:57 PM, Garufa said:

I recently discovered Nando’s Peri Peri sauce, XX hot.  My new favorite...for now.  It’s like a party in your mouth.

Peri Peri is awesome!!!

[Magiccarpetrides]

I recently found a funky one at TJ Maxx (if you haven't been they have a pretty cool selection just run past the womens junk) its called Chairman Meow's Revenge...pretty hilarious name and its delicious and then all of a sudden it hits you in the mouth.  Highly recommend.

[quedz]

4 hours ago, xsubsailor said:

 I used to have an asbestos tongue but after the doctor put me on Niacin things begin to change. I can still handle quite a bit of heat but nowhere near as much as before. I might have to give these a try though.

I just tried the Chipotle and I agree with GlockSpock (not very hot) but has a great smoky/savory flavor with just a little kick. It also has 50% less sodium than the lower Na sauce I've been using. Can't wait to try the other two.