# What's the best, mildest, real yet useful hot sauce in the US? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 16, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978 "2011-03-16T23:21:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![phantom\_lamb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@phantom\_lamb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phantom_lamb)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/21 "2011-03-17T10:38:27Z")
Green Tabasco. Delicious, tangy and pretty mild so you can drench anything with it. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/22 "2011-03-17T11:04:31Z")
> [@phantom\_lamb](#): > > Green Tabasco. Delicious, tangy and pretty mild so you can drench anything with it. I like that too, but why can’t I find it in anything but the tiny bottle? That’s why I started using Goya Salsa Verde, because I use so much of it, the Tabasco was just not economical. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/23 "2011-03-17T11:18:17Z")
> [@Shark\_Sandwich](#): > > Cholula is my go-to sauce for things I want to add flavor to, but not much heat. Mine too. > [@Darth\_Nader](#): > > I forgot to say “Best” in the op. argh. [Modding] I edited the thread title. [/Modding] ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/24 "2011-03-17T12:05:22Z")
I may be alone in my opinion, but I love [Tiger Sauce](http://www.simplycajun.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=294). I love it poured on eggs. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/25 "2011-03-17T12:14:48Z")
I like Tabasco Chipotle. Nice and smoky. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/26 "2011-03-17T12:24:42Z")
Another option is that stuff that we use on beans and greens in the south that’s just a bunch of whole peppers soaked in vinegar…sorry, don’t know the brand(s) offhand. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/27 "2011-03-17T12:37:07Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > [Valentina](http://www.salsavalentina.com/) hot sauce is my favorite. The regular is just a little hot. They make a hotter version, too. It’s very inexpensive. This is what I came to suggest also. It has changed my life. We keep a bottle of each on hand at all times. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/28 "2011-03-17T12:38:24Z")
Sriracha. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/29 "2011-03-17T12:58:03Z")
> [@Shark\_Sandwich](#): > > Tabasco also makes a habanero sauce that’s got some good heat, but it’s not blow-the-top-of-your-head-off hot. And it doesn’t seem to have that…petroleum taste to it that some hab sauces tend to have. Yes. I’ve always wondered who was the first person with balls big enough to have the audacity to suggest at a company meeting that Tobasco company make something OTHER than Tobasco sauce. Was it a revelation/paradigm shift or was it heresy? Did they have to wait for the old man boss to die first? ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/30 "2011-03-17T13:04:22Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > Another option is that stuff that we use on beans and greens in the south that’s just a bunch of whole peppers soaked in vinegar…sorry, don’t know the brand(s) offhand. That sounds like Pickapeppa, mentioned upthread. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/31 "2011-03-17T13:13:19Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > Another option is that stuff that we use on beans and greens in the south that’s just a bunch of whole peppers soaked in vinegar…sorry, don’t know the brand(s) offhand. The brand I have is the Texas Pete brand mentioned in one of my other posts. I use it on greens (mustard, collard, turnip), and fried green tomatoes, or fried vegetables almost exclusively. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/32 "2011-03-17T13:15:27Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > That sounds like Pickapeppa, mentioned upthread. No, the peppers are mashed up in that. This is a clear bottle with whole skinny light green peppers in white vinegar, basically. Like the stuff Shark Sandwich mentioned. [Link](http://www.texaspete.com/#page=texas-pete-pepper-sauce). ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/33 "2011-03-17T13:19:53Z")
[Cajun Chef Green Hot Sauce.](http://www.peppers.com/cube/images/uploads/c20.jpg) Or anything that starts with Tabasco. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/34 "2011-03-17T13:30:30Z")
Yeo’s, my most favorite, from the Asian market, comes in hot and sweet. Mmmm, I use it in everything! ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/35 "2011-03-17T13:31:05Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Sriracha. The Red Rooster never disappoints; but, given the dearth of other respondents singing its praises, I am wondering if it is a West Coast thing. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/36 "2011-03-17T13:43:42Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > The Red Rooster never disappoints; but, given the dearth of other respondents singing its praises, I am wondering if it is a West Coast thing. You can find it in any Chinese restaurant in New York. I have a bottle at home and we enjoy it, but I don’t find it all that mild. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/37 "2011-03-17T13:53:03Z")
Tapatio is pretty mild, but still pretty tasty. I just dropped a huge bottle of it in my kitchen and it sure stunk it up. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/38 "2011-03-17T14:06:49Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > I like Tabasco Chipotle. Nice and smoky. This, or green. Both are mild and very tasty indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/39 "2011-03-17T14:27:58Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > The Red Rooster never disappoints; but, given the dearth of other respondents singing its praises, I am wondering if it is a West Coast thing. It is amazing stuff, but it most certainly does not belong on a “mildest” list. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978/40 "2011-03-17T14:59:06Z")
> [@Darryl\_Lict](#): > > Tapatio is pretty mild, but still pretty tasty. I just dropped a huge bottle of it in my kitchen and it sure stunk it up. I like Tapatio as an all-round hot sauce, especially on eggs. For more kick, it’s [sambal oelek](http://www.earthy.com/Sambal_Oelek_Chili_Paste__18_oz_P488.cfm) all the way, but in very small quantities. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-best-mildest-real-yet-useful-hot-sauce-in-the-us/574978.md?page=3)