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Taco Bell Fire Sauce

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Doesn't surprise me that this is ranked as 'spicy' by TB, they need to appeal to the masses.
Personally, I love this stuff. It has just the right amount of heat and good flavor:
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Slacker said:
This is my current favorite for a good usable hot sauce with a nice flavor.

El Yucateco
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That is a great sauce, and very affordable. There's also an "extra hot" that doesn't have the ridiculous color. It's hard to find(around here), and isn't much hotter, but I prefer my food to have as few ingredients as possible, especially useless stuff like coloring.
 
That's not an artificial color. Green habaneros make it that color.
The Green Habanero Hot Sauce is made with another of our classic recipes.

The freshest green habanero peppers, garlic and fine spices blend into a fresh, flavorful sauce.
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:colbert:

dammit, nevermind
Green Habanero Pepper, Water, Salt, Garlic, Spices, Acetic Acid, FD and C Yellow 5, FD and C Blue 1, .1 percent of Sodium and Sodium Benzoate as a preservative.
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i avoided almost all fast food for years. for some reason lately i just crave beef soft taco supremes. i feel so damn guilty. but yeah the fire sauce is a joke. it should be the mild. going to start bringing my own hot sauce, probably cholula although i'd really like to discover a couple other go to brands.
 
I long ago lost interest in extreme heat, and now I prefer a good flavorful sauce. I use Taco Bell fire sauce regularly on chicken. It's only moderately spicy even by mass-market standards, but it's hot enough and it tastes good.
 
mugs said:
I long ago lost interest in extreme heat, and now I prefer a good flavorful sauce. I use Taco Bell fire sauce regularly on chicken. It's only moderately spicy even by mass-market standards, but it's hot enough and it tastes good.
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Yeah I used to be all about heat but now most sauces that are the hottest either have no flavor or is too salty (looking at you Buffalo Wild Wings)
 
lxskllr said:
Fire sauce is a joke. That should be the mild, and it goes up from there. Someone here turned me on to Valentina extra hot sauce. Probably the best bang/buck sauce you can get. Not exceptionally hot, but it's got decent heat, and a nice flavor. I use it as a ketchup replacement for burgers and stuff. You can get a liter at Walmart for less than $2.

This is my newest acquisition...

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Holy shit is it hot! I may have been particularly sensitive when I tried, but I definitely think it's hotter than their ghost chili sauce. Tastes good, but a little goes a long way.
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i planted a scorpion pepper in my garden and i must have picked the retard out of the greenhouse. It literally has not grown since i planted it 3 months ago. all my jalapenos are loaded, green peppers are loaded, tomatoes are loaded, but nooo mr. scorpion plant has to be different...
 
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I'm partial to Secret Aardvark myself. It's locally made in Oregon, so you may not be able to find it where you live, but apparently you can get it on Amazon now. Totally worth it. It's got good heat, but beyond that, it's got a delicious flavor; other sauces are too much like eating distilled pain.

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Jay5 said:
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you were saying?
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You don't know how it works, do you? Those countries spy for their partners. Aside from the clear violations the NSA has made(have you read the news this week?), they bypass their home laws by trading information. If the NSA doesn't want to risk a hassle, they get the data from UK. If the UK wants to bypass their laws, they get it from the US. In this case, the five countries act as a connected unit, and there's no practical distinction between them.
 
Slacker said:
This is my current favorite for a good usable hot sauce with a nice flavor.

El Yucateco
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Yeah that's probably my favorite. Has a decent kick and great flavor.

Taco Bell's Fire sauce actually tastes pretty good, but yeah, it's not really that hot. It's slightly hotter than standard Texas Pete.
 
Slacker said:
This is my current favorite for a good usable hot sauce with a nice flavor.

El Yucateco
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My brother just brought some of this back from Cancun (along with a few other flavors).
It's actually very good, not too much heat, but you know you just ate some peppers...
 
ksheets said:
My brother just brought some of this back from Cancun (along with a few other flavors).
It's actually very good, not too much heat, but you know you just ate some peppers...
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What I really like about it, is it's dry. It tastes like peppers, and little else. I got turned on to it by a local Mexican place. They give homemade chips and salsa while you wait for your food. They also give you a dish of ranch(I think) sauce. I like putting ranch on a chip, then pouring a big dollop of El Yucateco on it. It's a delicious cool/hot combo.
 
Atomic Playboy said:
I'm partial to Secret Aardvark myself. It's locally made in Oregon, so you may not be able to find it where you live, but apparently you can get it on Amazon now. Totally worth it. It's got good heat, but beyond that, it's got a delicious flavor; other sauces are too much like eating distilled pain.

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thanks for the info. it has great reviews on Amazon, going to have to order a bottle and check it out.
 
Sheik Yerbouti said:
Doesn't surprise me that this is ranked as 'spicy' by TB, they need to appeal to the masses.
Personally, I love this stuff. It has just the right amount of heat and good flavor:
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I've tried that before, I do like it.

I usually keep a few around 🙂

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I've always been tempted to order a few things from here, and just never have.

They aren't ultra killer all of them and supposed to be good.

http://puckerbuttpeppercompany.com/
 
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"oh no! the sauces that are free at a fast food joint aren't the best hot sauces i've ever had ... let's all cry about it"
 
For people that don't particularly like or eat spicy foods (for example, my mom) often, Taco Bell Fire Sauce is plenty hot/spicy.
 
purbeast0 said:
"oh no! the sauces that are free at a fast food joint aren't the best hot sauces i've ever had ... let's all cry about it"
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There's a huge gap between "not the best" and "barely worth fucking with". For the record, McDonalds hot picante sauce is pretty decent. Not hot, but the flavor's good. Don't make the mistake of getting the mild. It tastes like shit. Pro tip, the hot picante is the best chicken nugget sauce, and it's also good on the McChicken if your order it without mayo(like anyone who has taste buds does)
 
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