new obsession: el yucateco habanero sauce
In a span of 30 years, I’ve gone from putting French dressing on my tacos (because mild salsa was TOO HOT) to becoming a real chili-head. I’ve become almost addicted to the flush of my cheeks and the burning lips that come after eating something really high on the Scoville scale. So when a friend brought over a bottle of El Yucateco, I was immediately hooked. It’s not just spicy, which the habaner- based sauce guarantees, but it’s also got a unique almost floral-like sweetness that preludes the barrage of heat on your tongue. Apparently, I’m not the only one who loves this stuff — I just recently spotted an episode of “Mexico: One Plate at a TIme” where chef/host Rick Bayless takes a tour of the factory down in the Yucatan Peninsula. Gourmet, yes, but not at all pricey — I spent a mere $2 on my little bottle at the local Salvadorean Bakery, but it’s available here, starting at $3.40. — Megan B.
I try a lot of hot sauces, and this is the best one out there. Everything from the fancy-nancy to the homemade fails to compare. It comes in green and red, which are essentially the same, but then there’s a brown chunky kind that will kill the uninitiated. It’s really strong, in a really good way.
Ooh! I’ll have to try that one, too. The bottle I’ve got is getting precariously low…
OOOH! you need to try D’elida’s! it is my favorite. i get it at DD Meats up in Mountlake Terrace. let me know if you want some and i can bring you a bottle ;-)
This is my husband’s favorite hot sauce. We’re out right now, and I don’t know if he can handle having only 3 hot sauces in the house.
[...] things, and without the time to procure them, so this time, it’s just a healthy splash of my favorite hot sauce. But it still works for me, and I hope it’ll work for you, too! — Megan B. Click for [...]
Both hot sauces El Yucateco from Mexico and D’Elidas from Panama are made of Habanero chilis. The Panamanian sauce however also has mustard in it which really makes it a killer. It is so good. My last bottle is almost finished. Unfortunately it is very hard to find.