15 Tongue-Tingling Hot Sauce Recipes (2024)

FAQs

Did Louisiana hot sauce change their recipe? ›

A lot of things change over the better part of a century. We're not one of them. Since 1928, we've been using the same simple recipe to bring our fans a perfectly balanced taste of Louisiana.

Bruce Foods first marketed The Original Louisiana Brand Hot Sauce in 1928, and manufactured the product through April 2015. It started off as a family company, in which the sauce was prepared in the kitchen of a home and sold to neighbors.

For example, Frank's RedHot highlights the flavor of its peppers while Louisiana has a more powerful sour tang of vinegar to complement the cayenne. Frank's will also more commonly be found as a sauce for wings whereas Lousiana Hot will be the table sauce found at many southern restaurants.

One of the first commercially available bottled hot sauces in the United States appeared in 1807 in Massachusetts. However, few of the early brands from the 1800s survived to this day. Tabasco sauce is the earliest recognizable brand in the United States hot sauce industry, appearing in 1868.

Made from aged hot peppers and vinegar, this sauce is anything but basic!

What's the shelf life? Our hot sauce has a five-year shelf life from when it is made, and our wing sauce has a two-year shelf life from when it is made. That said, we have a pretty strong feeling that you'll finish it way before the “Best By” date stamped on the bottle.

“Frank's not only the most popular hot sauce, but it's also the most uniquely popular hot sauce in most states with 16 states primarily in the North East buying it more than the national average. Whether it's party wings or pizza, we know Frank's can complement a lot,” Instacart said.

What hot sauce do Southerners use? ›

“I cook with higher-acid sauces like Tabasco, Louisiana, and Crystal.” Toups agreed: “Cook with Crystal. It's sweeter, and it's a little calmer.” Modulating the heat level of a dish is one of the ways chefs use hot sauce when cooking, especially in place of powdered spices like cayenne.

Amongst some of the most popular bottled hot sauces in Mexico, as well as in the US, are Valentina, Cholula, El Yucateco, and Salsa Búfalo. The Valentina is a popular hot sauce in Mexico - in fact, in many movie theaters, there are dispensers filled with Valentina so that you can pour it on top of your popcorn!

Vinaigrette (/ˌvɪnɪˈɡrɛt/ VIN-ih-GRET, French: [vinɛɡʁɛt]) is made by mixing an oil with a mild acid such as vinegar or lemon juice (citric acid). The mixture can be enhanced with salt, herbs and/or spices.

Louisiana Hot Sauce claims only 450 Scoville Heat Units. For reference, a jalapeño pepper has 3,500 to 10,000 SHU.

A change in the color of your sauce can be a strong sign that it's time to get a new bottle. However, it is important to note that, once opened, hot sauce can oxidize naturally without being expired. This means that your sauce may turn slightly darker as exposure to air changes its chemical composition.

Some use red pepper hot sauce while others use yellow pepper hot sauce. Even still, others use Scotch bonnet pepper sauce. Regardless, of which sauce is used, the local flavors of New Orleans are what make these recipes so delicious.

Today, nearly 150 years later, TABASCO® Sauce, the basic recipe, the process by which it's made, and the ingredients remain virtually unchanged. Now the aging process for the mash is longer – up to three years in white oak barrels – and the vinegar is high-quality distilled vinegar.