What to Make With TABASCO® Sauce: 11 Recipes and Quick Ideas
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Hot sauce tends to live on the table when it could be doing more work in the cooking. Below are the things we actually make with TABASCO®, and a short note at the end on which flavor suits which dish.
Breakfast and brunch
- Avocado toast with a poached egg, finished with Green Sauce. Ten minutes, and the acidity cuts through the avocado.
- Green shakshuka, which swaps the usual red tomato base for tomatillos and herbs. One pan.
- Chilaquiles, where tortilla chips get simmered in a smoky Chipotle tomato sauce and topped with a fried egg.
- Red bell pepper frittata with Roasted Pepper Sauce, which is as good cold the next day.
Feeding people
- Spicy deviled eggs with a dash of Original Red in the filling.
- Pizza dip, hot from the oven, with pepperoni and Cayenne Garlic Sauce.
- Grilled corn on the cob brushed with an Original Red butter.
- Black bean salad, which is better made a few hours ahead.
Weeknight dinner
- Vegetarian sriracha stir fry with Sriracha Sauce, done in under half an hour.
Sweet, and one for the fridge door
- Jam doughnuts filled with pepper jelly and a little Habanero. Sweet first, warm after.
- A green vinaigrette you shake in a jar and keep for five days.
Things that need no recipe at all
- Scrambled eggs, with Green Jalapeño.
- Mac and cheese or a grilled cheese, with Original Red.
- Pizza and pasta, with Cayenne Garlic. It is the one that suits Italian food best.
- Tacos and guacamole, with Salsa Picante.
- Cream cheese and crackers, with Pepper Jelly spooned over the top.
- A Bloody Mary, with a few dashes of Original Red.
Which flavor for which dish
For eggs, salad and anything where you want brightness rather than heat, use the Green Jalapeño Sauce. For Mexican food and grilled meat, use Chipotle, because the smoke does half the work. For pizza, pasta and dips, Cayenne Garlic. For roasted vegetables and eggs, Roasted Pepper. For wings, Buffalo Style. The Original Red goes with more or less everything, which is why it has lasted 150 years.
If you want real heat, Habanero and Scorpion are the two to look at, and it is worth checking where they sit on the Scoville scale before you commit.
Everything is in the full range, and the gift sets are the cheapest way to try several flavors at once.