Potential Risks of SrirachaThe health risks of sriracha boil down to the same health risks of many other savory condiments: too much salt. There is a lot of salt in sriracha, and too much salt can raise blood pressure. Fortunately, for many people, this is only temporary.
If a recipe uses Frank's you do not want to use another hot sauce, even if it a hot sauce you love. It'll be too hot, too salty, or too flavor overload. If you can't stand Frank's or want something VERY mild instead, try using barbecue sauce.
Tabasco is hotter, and tastes different than Frank's Red Hot. I find Frank's to be much more sour than Tabasco. If you've had buffalo wings before then you may have had Frank's as a lot of places just mix Frank's with butter. I'm selective with what I can put Frank's on but Tabasco is pretty much good with everything.
Best Sriracha Substitute
- Chili garlic sauce. The best Sriracha substitute? Garlic chili sauce. You might see this condiment on the table at Thai or Japanese restaurants.
- Sambal oelek. Another great Sriracha substitute? Sambal oelek.
- Gochugjang. A final Sriracha substitute? Gochugjang.
The American Chemical Society evaluates Sriracha on the Scoville Scale, which measures the hotness of a chili pepper, finding the sauce is hotter than Texas Pete but not has hot as Tabasco Sauce. The American Chemical Society finds on the Scoville Scale: Sriracha ranges between 1,000-2,500.
It's sort of like ketchup but, instead of just sweetness from the tomatoes it's dominated by a mild spiciness from the peppers (which is still a little sweet). Like ketchup, but sweeter and with garlic and chilli.
Stadnyk's Hot Sauce. HEAT LEVEL: Produced by a Houston-based physician and his son, this is probably the healthiest hot sauce we've found, containing only four ingredients: organic carrots, habanero peppers, kosher salt, and organic vinegar.
First created in 1928, “Louisiana†Hot Sauce is much milder than Tabasco, with a heat that pops up for a second before dissipating. But it has a strong initial rush of flavor thanks to a lot of salt. In fact, at 200 milligrams per teaspoon, it takes the prize as the saltiest hot sauce I sampled.
- Best Overall: Secret Aardvark Habanero Hot Sauce.
- Runner-Up, Best Overall: Tapatio Hot Sauce 5 Ounce.
- Best Mexican: Valentina Mexican Hot Sauce.
- Best Truffle: TRUFF Truffle-Infused Hot Sauce.
- Best for Tacos: Cholula Original Hot Sauce.
- Best Sriracha: Bushwick Kitchen Weak Knees Gochujang Sriracha Hot Sauce.
The taste varies by brand, but generally it's tangy-sweet with a kick of garlic. Also, it's spicy.
Tabasco sauce
| Type | Private |
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| Number of employees | About 200 (per company web site, August 2014) |
| Heat | Hot |
| Scoville scale | 100–5,000 SHU |
| Website | tabasco.com |
I Ranked the 11 Best Hot Sauce Brands
- Tabasco Chipotle.
- Frank's RedHot.
- Nando's Peri Peri Garlic Sauce.
- Louisiana Hot Sauce.
- Tabasco Original.
- El Yucateco.
- Tapatio.
- Sriracha. Sriracha has a cult following, and it can be put on anything from eggs to mac and cheese (really).
Apart from being a lot less chili, the flavor profile is almost the same, but keep in mind that sriracha sauce is different from tabasco or any other hot sauce. It is much thicker with a strong hint of garlic and sugar, particularly the Huy Fong variety that is most popular.
The Contenders
- Brand 1: Shark Brand Sriracha Chili Sauce (Thailand)
- Brand 2: Kikkoman Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce (USA)
- Brand 3: Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce (USA)
- Brand 4: Trader Joe's Sriracha Sauce (USA)
- Brand 5: Dragonfly Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce (Thailand)
- Brand 6: Sriraja Panich (Thailand)
You'll notice a trend, as Cholula is the most popular hot sauce in America. In fact, 80% of the 50 states searched for the brand more than any other over the past 12 months.
Jalapeno Scoville units are 2,500 to 8,000 SHU. Poblano Scoville units are 1,000 to 2,000 SHU. Anaheim Scoville units are 500 to 1,000 SHU.
Frank's RedHot sauce provided a good balance between spice and flavor. It was spicy, but not too much to handle. Frank's RedHot has a slight buttery flavor that makes it a perfect addition to Buffalo chicken dishes. It was on the thicker side, but not as thick as Sriracha.
The heat of Tabasco sauceThe dramatic loss of heat – to jalapeño pepper level – is a result of how the peppers are processed to make the sauce as well as the sauce's other ingredients. In order to make Tabasco sauce, the chili peppers are first ground to a paste called a mash.
For wing fans who prefer their buffalo wings on the milder side, Frank's RedHot® Mild Wings Sauce is for you. It has all the tangy flavor and spices of our original wings sauce without the heat.
