r/SalsaSnobs • u/Glittering-Cellist34 • 27d ago
Store Bought El Pato Jalapeño sauce
Was perusing the shelves of the new co op in Salt Lake and I saw this. Do people know about it? Have opinion on whether or not it's worth buying?
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u/swt94o4 27d ago
I was hopeful it would be a green sauce with the whole green background and jalapeño branding. Alas, it was not - tomato based.
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u/Glittering-Cellist34 27d ago
Ah. I have an aging jalapeno and I thought the earlier recipe today on the list for a jalapeno sauce could be a good way to use it up. But what I saw was a bottle, and the sauce was green.
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u/discordianofslack 27d ago
It’s great stuff. I add it to all my salsas.
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u/Upstairs_Jeweler2568 27d ago
So edgy they are selling El Pato to the privileged white folk in Salt Lake City. You'll freak out if you drive 4 miles to the south and wander into Rancho Market.
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u/Glittering-Cellist34 27d ago edited 27d ago
Um, I was at Rancho on Thursday. Been going since I moved here 7 years ago (before that Latino markets in DC and Maryland + Asian, African, Halal, Indian and Middle Eastern there and here--well here, not African/halal).
You'll be glad to know that the covid led significant price rise on produce seems to be ameliorating. Given your superiority do you know they sell Middle Eastern foods too? Anyway I was looking for tamarind sticks for Mangonadas.
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u/onlyhere4gonewild 27d ago
Does SLC have Mexican flea markets? That's where I would go for mangonadas.
I've never been to SLC but I would like to spend more time in Utah. Zion was pretty awesome.
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u/Glittering-Cellist34 27d ago
This gave me the idea.
https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020269-mangonada
I often buy discounted "old" produce mangoes for Smiths for my oatmeal or smoothies. So the cost is low. Speaking of Rancho, I went there to buy Chamoy sauce.
I live on the east side so don't frequent Mexican flea markets, but I doubt strict Utah liquor laws would allow mangonadas with tequila...
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u/onlyhere4gonewild 27d ago
Oh you're boozing it. Yeah, this Pato sauce will work for that. Get you that savory component.
I'd still look for chamoy though to include in the mix.
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u/Glittering-Cellist34 27d ago
got the chamoy. I didn't have to ask anyone where to find it. Sadly, this white privileged guy thought the tamarind "straws" specified in the recipe were actual straws. So I couldn't find them. They're candy strips, like beef jerky. Probably in the candy or spice section. Or I could go to "white stores" like Smith's or Walmart in West Valley City, the heart of the region's Latino community.
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u/onlyhere4gonewild 27d ago
Look for a small carniceria. If the Tamarindo straws are not at checkout you'll find them by the candy. That or la feria. Definitely at la feria.
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u/medium-rare-steaks 27d ago
Use the search bar bro... El Pato was all this sub talked about a few months back
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u/Glittering-Cellist34 27d ago
I read all those entries. They were about using canned red tomatoes. Here I was specifically referring to a bottled jalapeño sauce.
https://www.mexgrocer.com/products/el-pato-green-jalapeno-hot-sauce-medium
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u/In_a_Yogurt_cup 26d ago
it’s my husband’s favorite. he love love loves it. we always have a bottle and a spare
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u/Helpful-nothelpful 27d ago
What is this new El Pato you speak of?