Category: Ingredients

Hot sauce is such a delicious and tangy condiment that adds great flavor to any meal. From its introduction as a condiment over 200 years

Many hot sauce recipes include many types of sugar and some of those are in the form of syrup. The sweetness balances out the spiciness

Hot sauce has come a long way since the vinegar and hot peppers combination was introduced about 200 years ago. Recipes combine exotic spices, fruits,

Soy sauce is being used more than ever as a hot sauce ingredient. A typical condiment for Asian cuisine, soy sauce has seen many adaptations

Mustard is available in as many varieties and types as hot sauce products are. Some gourmet hot sauces use mustard as a base or additive

Believe it or not, carrots are more common in a hot sauce than you think. These are usually in the form of fresh carrots and

It is not unusual for hot sauce to include preservatives as one of the ingredients, especially if the pH level is above 4.6. Citric acid

Mushrooms are not often thought of as being the main ingredient in hot sauce and up until recent years have probably had never been used.

Garlic is one of the tastiest and well-used ingredients in a hot sauce and many other types of sauces. The possibilities for its use as

Lemon juice, lime juice, and other citrus juices are used in many hot sauce recipes. There are over a hundred successful hot sauces that use

There are over 1000 hot sauces on the market that use garlic in some form or another as one of the ingredients. This powerful herb

There are many varieties of hot peppers but all of them may not be used to make hot sauce. Some of the more common peppers

The bottled hot sauces we eat today have been around for over 200 years. Some have changed dramatically by becoming increasingly hotter and some have

There are over 500 hot sauces that use water as one of the ingredients in a hot sauce. Some may use filtered or distilled water

Roasted peppers are delicious and if they are done right will produce a sweet, cooked flavor with a smooth texture. Using these peppers in recipes

It is very common for a hot sauce to use salt as one of the ingredients. It is actually very common in many condiments and

There really are not too many authentic substitutes for vinegar in recipes that can duplicate what it will do to your hot sauce. Few ingredients

I make hot sauce from a simple recipe of hot peppers and vinegar. I am always exploring new flavor combinations of peppers with different types

I love Sriracha! If you have ever read the label for the list of ingredients in Sriracha, sugar is second only after chilies. I recently