Hot Sauce

Hot Sauce

A generic term that applies to any sauce that is made from chillies and is spicy. This term applies to sauces such as tabasco sauce, peri peri sauce or sriracha sauce. Tabasco is also one of the oldest brands recognizable today; it was started in 1868.

Various hot sauces are made from different kinds of chillies which is why they have slight differences in how the heat tastes. For instance, peri peri sauce is made from the malagueta pepper while siracha is made from red jalapenos. This along with the fact that each hot sauce has its own mix of ingredients is what makes them different. Some are sweet and tangy while others can border on bitter as well.

One can also find the Scoville rating of a hot sauce, this lets them know how hot it actually is. Between the different kinds of hot sauces, their viscosity is also varied.

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Hot sauce can essentially be added to any food one is having, giving it an extra kick. Some people cannot have food without adding some. Certain cuisines have more chillies in comparison and make use of hot sauce more than other cuisines. For instance Chinese and Mexican food could be considered to be a lot spicier than European food.

In case one has too much hot sauce and needs to cool off, milk or yoghurt are helpful in mitigating the effects.

One can find a hot sauce at many different prices, depending on the brand. Prices range from nominal to expensive.