TOP 5 Hot Sauces From Around The World
Hot sauce! you either hate it or love it, or love it AND hate it!
Chillies made its wat around the world after the Spanish Conquest of South America. Since then chilies have become a staple for many cuisines around the world.
Below are some of the most popular chilli sauces.
1. Mexico, Valentina Hot Sauce
Valentina Hot sauce is a staple in nearly every Mexican pantry. A popular choice for various traditional recipes such as tacos, burritos or used a dipping sauce. Valentia Hot Sauce is available in 2 levels of fieriness, the red label which has a Scoville unit of 900 and the black label measures at 2100 Scoville units.
2. China, Laoganma
Laoganma is a chilli oil that was created by a small noodle shop owner in a Chinese village. Her recipe for chilli oil was so popular that demand grew. And soon enough this recipe started to be mass produced in the 1990’s. There are a few variety of the Laoganma chilli oils. Such as Laoganma Spicy Chilli crisp, Laoganma hot chili sauce, Laoganma black bean chilli oil, and Laoganma flavoured Chilli oil. The flavoured chilli oil is a milder version compared to the others.
Laoganma can be used on a variety of traditional Chinese dishes such as dumplings, noodles, dim sum and omelettes.
3. Sriracha Sauce
Sriracha has become a popular sauce all over the world!
This recipe created by David Tran, a Vietnamese immigrant in the USA. He chose the name Sriracha as he was inspired by Thai cuisine. Si Racha is a coastal city in Thailand. There are various brands and recipes for Sriracha sauce, this is the most popular one.
Sriracha sauce can be used in a lot of cuisines. Its most commonly used in noodles, broths, stews, and as dipping sauce for fried foods.
4. Indonesia, Sambal Oelek
Sambal Oelek, is a popular Indonesian chilli sauce.
Indonesia has been known to make spicy condiments since the introduction of chilli peppers during the 1600’s. Sambal means a spicy sauce, and each household and region has their own sambal version. So are the brands, as there are various brands and blends of sambal oelek to try. It is considered a dipping sauce and is also used as an ingredient in main dishes.
5. Portugal, Piri Piri
The Portuguese came across chillies during the late 1600’s, when they travelled South America, which soon after become known as the ‘New World’.
