Where is sriracha on the scoville scale

This is the wooden-topped brand I see in almost every Mexican restaurant I go to, and for good reason it's satisfyingly HOT. To honor its Mexican roots, Cholula Hot Sauce was named after a 2,year-old city in Mexico — "the oldest inhabited city in North America. Ah, Sriracha. Not for the faint of heart like me. Seriously, Californians stick this shiz on everything! The founder, David Tran, was a Vietnamese refugee who started his "chili legacy" in a 5, square-foot building tucked away in Chinatown, Los Angeles.

This Mexican-style hot sauce was created in Vernon, California, and is pretty popular with people across the world who aren't afraid of some heat. However, no one can deny that Crystal's is hotter clocking in at 4, SHU. Crystal claims that their sauce was created in five years before Louisiana's and they continue to be the number one selling Louisiana-style hot sauce on the market.

I guess people aren't scared off by the heat, after all. Maybe they stick it on fried gator?! The only time I've seen this sauce is on the shelf of a grocery store — this bottle looks like it means business and it does. According to El Yucateco's website, this particular sauce is based around habanero peppers ouch , red tomatoes, and a selection of fine spices and seasonings. Apparently, it's ideal on any kind of seafood and can be used in a traditional Bloody Mary if you're insane.

In addition to changing the degree of spiciness, hot sauce is also used to alter the actual taste of a dish. The production of hot sauces can be done by cooking, fermentation, but also by using only raw ingredients. Depending on the chili pepper varieties used and the type of production process, hot sauces are divided into different degrees of pungency and consistencies. There are rather thick sauces with a lot of chili peppers like the Sriracha sauce.

The Sriracha sauce is named after the city of Si Racha in Thailand and consists mainly of pureed chillies, garlic, sugar and relatively little vinegar. But there are also thinner sauces that contain more vinegar, such as the classic Louisiana hot sauce. In the Caribbean, there are very fruity chili sauces, which are mostly made from fresh fruits and Capsicum chinense chilis.

Capsicum chinense peppers have a very aromatic flavor with a very high to extremely high pungency. They are therefore also suitable for the production of extremely hot chili sauces and extracts.

The 16 million in the name stands for 16 million Scoville Heat Units. It is not a sauce, but Pure Capsaicin crystals. Hot Sauce Scoville Scale Sharing is caring! Texas Creek Pure Evil 9. Mad Dog Plutonium No. The Source. Mad Dog Mark of The Beast. Mad Dog 44 Magnum. CaJohns Mongoose Hot Sauce. Mad Dog 38 Midnight Special Extract. CaJohns Vicious Viper. Mad Dog 22 Midnight Special Extract. Dragon in the Clouds Hot Sauce. I love many hot sauces. But I only use it occasionally as it is very hot.

I love Sriracha as it is just right for so many uses. So I use Sriracha more than any other hot sauce. Leap Day Feb. To celebrate, check out this list of 29 signs that validate your Sriracha obsession.

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