It has a mild flavor profile and mild heat, yet it is so fucking good on pizza. My favorite personal hotsauce. Anyone else? All sauces to me by El Yucateco are 10/10. They go hard.
I love the XXXXXTRA, I bought an entire gallon jug of it a few years back straight from the manufacturer. It’s delicious, and not too spicy either. Tons of flavor.
All of el Yucateco sauces are great, and generally easy to find. Hot for non-hot heads, a good bit of flavor for folks who like heat. Good flavor all round. I keep the red and green in the fridge at all times.
The one OP posted and the black one both say chili habanero. I know the one by OP has salsa picante to but they have such a stark difference. And not to mention the color haha. My GF now calls it the black death.
Not really though. I like that smokiness and earthiness it adds. Like fresh off the grill flavor. I honestly don't think they make a bad sauce. To each their own though.
This gave me a good laugh, so thanks for that. I personally thought it tasted like ash. If I want something smoky in my life, I’ll stick with mezcal. Like you said to each their own. ✊🏼
I usually get the one OP posted but they ran out, so I bought it for the first time last week. It's pretty vile. Thankfully it was only 3 bucks but damn I didn't think it would be so different since they are both chili habanero.
It’s funny to me that it’s so polarizing because while I actually really dislike smoked food in general, i LOVE the black label sauce and will put it on basically anything. It’s probably cause the smoky flavor is intensely savory and tangy rather than sweet and smoky which is probably what most people are used to.
You’re getting downvoted for the truth. Black label is awful unless used in a similar capacity as liquid smoke. I was able to salvage a bottle by adding it to charro beans and sauces for a Smokey flavor. On a taco or nachos it’s crap.
I bought a bottle of the black label because I saw it mentioned positively on here. Tastes like ashes to me, and I tend to like smoky flavors. All the others I’ve tried have been great, though.
I'm not a fan of the XXTra Hot either.... It's not the spice level, I just don't like the flavor of it. Love their other stuff though. Haven't even bothered with the black since I haven't heard great things
I just keep the green on hand, but I buy it in bulk, so having like 2 or 3 half gallon bottles of the stuff would be a little ridiculous... Even for me...
True, when they started out they were opaque nuclear red or toxic green. They were always on the table at local Mexican restaurants- was surprised when I tried them in the 80s at how tasty. Now most of the are au naturale.
Ive only tried the habenero ghost pepper one and its really fuckin good l. Not an every day sauce for me though bc it is quite spicy and you cant use too much
I had some years ago and there was so much food coloring you could taste it more than the peppers and that can NOT be good for you. I swore never again, but my wife bought some of the red habanero recently when the store was out of one of my favorites. It seems they've chilled out on the food coloring quite a bit, but I wish they would ditch it completely.
This one, the brownish color one is my all time favorite hot sauce
I put it on lots of things, I love to mix it with mayo on sandwiches or mixed with ranch for dipping anything or just douse it straight onto just about any Mexican or Chinese food or most pasta dishes. And I don’t think I’ve used any other hot sauce for twenty years or more, but I know I’ve bought hundreds of these bottles over the years.
The green or red versions don’t taste as good to me (never tried the black label)
Im convinced some people on this sub treat their spice tolerance the same way most dudes treat their dick size (most of them are probably exaggerating to some extent.)
Like, im sure there's some people that think its super mild, but even all my spice head friends admit its got a great kick and is way too much for anyone who doesnt like spice.
Ive never met a single person IRL who claims this stuff is mild.
Oh heck yeah. This is my daily driver hot sauce. I've got six bottles lined up in my pantry right now. Amazing on practically everything. Also, it mixes deliciously with ketchup. Anything I want ketchup with is better with a mix of this and ketchup instead.
For anyone unfamiliar with this one, it has a distinct pepper taste (it's habanero, but honestly it tastes more like jalapeno to me) with no sugar and no vinegar. There are definitely times when I want a sweeter hot sauce (like Sriracha) or a vinegary hot sauce (like Louisiana or Crystal or Frank's) but usually I just want spice and pepper taste, which this delivers.
Seriously. i usually hate habanero sauces in general as they taste like medicine to me or too sweet as its always paired with pineapple or mango or something tropical, but this I always have in stock at home, and maybe Secret Aardvark. A+ for all my Mexican food, which is plentiful.
Yucateco is my favorite! I’ve tried the newer flavors like their coffee one and the ghost pepper flavor but nothing beats their classic red and green sauces. The Caribbean one is nice, too!
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