# What do you use hot sauce for? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601 "2015-11-15T00:23:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/1 "2015-11-15T00:23:27Z")
The other thread about hot sauce got me wondering. I use it occasionally in tomato juice. ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/2 "2015-11-15T00:39:49Z")
Use it to spice up pizza, scrambled eggs and hash browns. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/3 "2015-11-15T00:50:02Z")
Don’t use hot sauce much. Now, a hot salsa, with chunks of peppers, tomatoes, that is a different story. However, hot sauce is required for this beverage. Quite popular here, in the summer. > **[Michelada](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelada)** > > A michelada (Spanish pronunciation: \[mitʃeˈlaða\]) is a Mexican drink made with beer, lime juice, assorted sauces (often chili-based), spices, and chili peppers. It is served in a chilled, salt-rimmed glass. There are numerous variations of this beverage throughout Mexico. > In Mexico City, the most common form is prepared with beer, lime, salt, and particular hot sauces or chile slices. There are several other optional ingredients, such as Maggi sauce, soy sauce, Tajín, Worcestershire sauce, cha... ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/4 "2015-11-15T01:59:37Z")
Any dish where there’s rice , there’s hot sauce in there. Also , Mexican food and some soups. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/5 "2015-11-15T02:05:55Z")
Anything from pizza to sandwiches to eggs to any of a variety of Mexican or Asian dishes, etc. I don’t always go for sauce, though, when I want heat. Sometimes it’s pepper flakes, ground chiles, or fresh chiles, depending on what I’m going for when I want the heat. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/6 "2015-11-15T02:47:07Z")
Hot sauce goes on eggs, in soups and stews, pizza, burritos and tacos. Sandwiches get giardiniera. For me anything Asian gets fresh chilies. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/7 "2015-11-15T02:49:47Z")
I put that shit on everything! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/8 "2015-11-15T03:06:43Z")
Oh, and any and all sorts of fried stuff, especially fried chicken. French fries, too. That gets the vinegary hot sauces out. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/9 "2015-11-15T03:11:07Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/10 "2015-11-15T03:29:04Z")
Depends on what constitutes a hot sauce. Sriracha goes on Korean food my wife makes. I know it isn’t Korean, but it works great with what she makes. Chicken Shack makes a Sweet Heat sauce that is only slightly hot, but it goes great with all chicken or fried fish. It’s the only dipping-style sauce I’d use on anything. Taco Bell Fire sauce is the underrated gem. I use it on home-made tacos and fajitas. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/11 "2015-11-15T03:35:03Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I put that shit on everything! Pretty much this. I put some kind of hot sauce on anything but the wife. ---
**Author:** ![Oly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oly/32/8255_2.png) [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/12 "2015-11-15T06:05:35Z")
Every morning Monday through Friday I break my fast with a fried egg sandwich and lotsa sriracha. Usta be fried egg whites but now that the guvmint says yolks’re OK I’m yoking it up. Happy days are here again. That, and placentas. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/13 "2015-11-15T09:29:03Z")
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: a BLT. I can’t eat mayo so I apply Tabasco, Sriracha, or some other type of hot sauce instead. It nicely compliments the saltiness of the bacon. The same is true with using hot sauce on biscuits & gravy. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/14 "2015-11-15T12:15:11Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Anything from pizza to sandwiches to eggs to any of a variety of Mexican or Asian dishes, etc. I don’t always go for sauce, though, when I want heat. Sometimes it’s pepper flakes, ground chiles, or fresh chiles, depending on what I’m going for when I want the heat. This. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks; drinks like a spicy Bloody Mary (yum). Not many desserts, but not ruled out. ---
**Author:** ![Applecourt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@Applecourt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Applecourt)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/15 "2015-11-15T12:47:32Z")
Everything…except desserts. ---
**Author:** ![Applecourt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e99b99/32.png) [@Applecourt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Applecourt)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/16 "2015-11-15T12:49:04Z")
Everything…except desserts. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/17 "2015-11-15T13:05:54Z")
Just when I get tired of eating the same thing over and over. Like I put it on my microwave taquitos sometimes, and I used it in some noodles I made. I thought it would taste good on yellow tortilla chips, but I was wrong–to much vinegar. Of course, this is all just Franks Red Hot. I wouldn’t even have that if someone hadn’t given it to me. I was under the impression these things had no flavor at all. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/18 "2015-11-15T13:17:30Z")
> [@Applecourt](#): > > Everything…except desserts. Toad Sweat on ice cream! ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/19 "2015-11-15T13:49:40Z")
Lube. I keed, I keed! Actually I don’t use hot sauce at all. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2015, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601/20 "2015-11-15T14:13:05Z")
I eat a lot of beans and rice, drenched in hot sauce. I’ll also throw it on various one-pot mishmash meals. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-use-hot-sauce-for/737601.md?page=2)