Hot Sauce – What’s Not to Love?

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by Ksenia Skvortsova

[/x_text][/x_column][x_column bg_color=”” type=”3/4″ style=”padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; “][x_text]It’s spicy, it’s bright and it brings a special zing to any dish, whether you use it sparingly or you’re a hot sauce aficionado that pours it liberally on all things (okay, I’ll admit that the latter is me, sometimes).

This was an easy “thing I love” for me to pick. Hot sauce is something I reach for every day.

Everyone has a favorite kind or brand, whether it’s Cholula, Tabasco, Sriracha, Frank’s Red Hot etc.

Hot sauce is a bigger multi-tasker than you may think. I know it can often be dismissed by ‘gourmets’ and foodies alike, but I find that it can really bring a dish to life.

It doesn’t have to be an immediate tear inducer (if you like pickled chipotles in adobo, you know just what I mean); it can be used as a condiment, dressing or a marinade – try it out next time you make fried chicken or want to spice up a steamed or roasted fatty white fish.

Here are some of my other favorite ways to use hot sauce:

• Top off your morning avocado & eggs with a little spice kick.

• Bake it into a cheesy frittata with brussels sprouts and red cabbage or serve it with grilled shrimp.

• Add it to a salad dressing – whisk together olive oil, sriracha, blood orange juice, honey and wholegrain mustard.
• Then add the sweet and spicy dressing to a winter citrus salad made with lacinato kale, blood oranges and roasted edamame.

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