hot sauce
noun
plural hot sauces
: a pungent sauce that is made from hot peppers and is used especially as a condiment
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A bit sweet from sugar, a bit acidic from vinegar, a bit spicy from hot sauce, and rounded out with neutral oil, this homemade vinaigrette recipe is the perfect all-purpose salad dressing.
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
In a 2015 taste test of hot sauces (from Tapatío to habanero) for this paper with former food editor Amy Scattergood, Gold, Harris and chef judges Roy Choi and Alvin Cailan, Lao Gan Ma’s chili crisp was the winner.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Serve the potatoes with a dollop of sour cream or a sprinkle of hot sauce.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Apr. 2025
The recalled hot sauces were shipped to distributors and stores in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia, and Vermont.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2025
In a 2015 taste test of hot sauces (from Tapatío to habanero) for this paper with former food editor Amy Scattergood, Gold, Harris and chef judges Roy Choi and Alvin Cailan, Lao Gan Ma’s chili crisp was the winner.
—Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
Serve the potatoes with a dollop of sour cream or a sprinkle of hot sauce.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Apr. 2025
The recalled hot sauces were shipped to distributors and stores in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia, and Vermont.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Hot sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20sauce. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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