EL Yucateco Chile Habanero Hot Sauce

[imaguitargod]

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Ingredients: Habanero Pepper, Vinegar, Tomato, Salt, Spices.

I went to the Downtown Los Angeles market and found this little gem. It has an "Original Mayan Recipe" and only cost me $1.50! Its made out of green (unripe) habaneros so I didn't have high hopes for this sauce, but I was delightfully surprised at its heat and flavor.

Its got a nice bit to it and when used in copious amounts (http://www.thehotpepper.com/showpost.php?p=14670&postcount=19)will leave your tongue hurting. What ever spices they use blends extremely well with the habs and gives this sauce the right balance of flavor and heat. A nice bonus is the consistency, its thick.

[chuk hell]

Yeah, El Yucateca is the first real hot sauce I ever tried many years ago. Good stuff for the money.

That looks like a more natural color. The green one they do has food color and is this crazy neon green!

[imaguitargod]

That looks like a more natural color. The green one they do has food color and is this crazy neon green!
I actually saw that one at the taco place next door to the marker. I ordered a burrito and decided to try that one...ugh...neon grean is right, they added green and BLUE food color! Insanity I say!

[Sickmont]

Yeah, El Yucateca is the first real hot sauce I ever tried many years ago. Good stuff for the money.

That looks like a more natural color. The green one they do has food color and is this crazy neon green!

You should see what the green one does to chicken....makes them look very unappetizing

[naganero]

I commented on that about a month ago they also have a 3X hotter version as a matter of fact just had some on my Del Taco.
Love That Stuuf.

[kato]

El Yucateco is some great stuff a couple years back we had a booth next to them and the employees traded us loads of stuff my favorite was a 4 pack of habanero sauces it had caribbean, xxxtra hot a green habanero sauce and another brownish red habanero sauce actually they gave us enough that we're still having some.
I liked everyone I tried even the neon green one. The XXXtra is real good also. The caribbean is a carrot based sauce that I really like.I like habanero sauces what can I say.

Mick
Kato's

[Sickmont]

Allow me to rephrase myself....i didn't mean it to sound like i didn't like the stuff...i LOVE the stuff. It's just the neon green stuff tends to make some foods kind of funny-looking, thats all.

[ross]

did you buy this in a specialty market, or just a normal grocery store?

[imaguitargod]

did you buy this in a specialty market, or just a normal grocery store?
I went to the Downtown Los Angeles market, small shops there (almost liek a farmer's market). You can order these off the net too.

[Hillbilly Chili]

I just bought two (One for my boy) the other day.It has been a fave of mine for a long time. I buy it at a mexican restaurant supply store here. Of course yesterday I also received my Two...twice the size (8oz)and 25% hotter than ever before (Drumroll Please) DEFCON #1's. "Two 1's do make it Right" :-) whoooooohoo.
Hey Mullet, I showed my son your Naga pix and he was completely crackin up, way too funny. He thought it was snot (btw) but he snot an expert.

[imaguitargod]

Hey Mullet, I showed my son your Naga pix and he was completely crackin up, way too funny.
Thanks! I've been getting a ton of feedback on that one, it went over quite well! I'm pleased I put myself through the pain of that one, it was well worth it.

but he snot an expert.
:doh: :lol:

[Hillbilly Chili]

although, he did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

[naganero]

Actually if you live near a kroger or ralphs market you can get it there.

[imaguitargod]

although, he did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
LOL!

Actually if you live near a kroger or ralphs market you can get it there.
REALLY? You can get this at Ralphs?

[Sickmont]

Actually, down here, you can buy the El Yucateco neon green sauce in 7-11...although, they rip you off for the stuff($5.99 a bottle!)

[Hillbilly Chili]

That is a rip dude. !1.99 here in CO
Next time you want some, I'll just mail you a few bottles.

[Sickmont]

That is a rip dude. !1.99 here in CO
Next time you want some, I'll just mail you a few bottles.
I go to the small mexican markets here(lots of migrant workers here ya know) and pick it up for about the same as you. But thanks for the offer anyways:D

[fdaniels]

I don't know about weddington, but in the Thomasville area, I buy this stuff at Food Lion.

Just look around a little. If your local supermarket doesn't carry it, look around for a "Tienda"

Frank


did you buy this in a specialty market, or just a normal grocery store?

[dreamtheatervt]

Walmart sells it with in the Mexican section (not with the other hor sauces) for $1.17 a bottle.

The Caribean and XXXHot (Mayan) are also artificial color free, for those who are offended.

I agree with everyone else, I love the stuff and it does have more bang for your buck than almost anything out there.

[ross]

I don't know about weddington, but in the Thomasville area, I buy this stuff at Food Lion.

Just look around a little. If your local supermarket doesn't carry it, look around for a "Tienda"

Frank

theres a bunch of food lions near by. actually i have to get my oil changed on friday, and theres a food lion about 1/4 mile away. ill walk down there to pass the time. great tip, thanks

[LinNJoe]

I went to the Downtown Los Angeles market, small shops there (almost liek a farmer's market). You can order these off the net too.

This brand is pretty widespread. Almost all the Mexican food eateries in town has these, and they're a much better option than anything that says Tabasco on it.

[Chango]

The red colored one is my favorite sauce to put on pizza...good heat and flavor.

[Skydiver]

I was picking up some stuff to make a batch of salsa and found a bottle of this at Walmart. Tasty stuff!

[marcosauces]

Sysco foods distribute this stuff i just saw it yesterday in their HQ in Virginia...and the green one...wooowwww it is NEON green..!!!! so i pick it up a couple of botles and they allright.. not too bad for the price, unfortunatly they use lots of preseervatives in it...

[tinner666]

Got to admit, the Green is hotter, but the color puts me off on certain foods. I like the red better, probably becaue of that.

[DevilDuck]

I had some of the XXXtra hot a few months ago. I couldn't put the stuff down. I need to get another bottle!

[imaguitargod]

I had some of the XXXtra hot a few months ago. I couldn't put the stuff down.
Stop putting glue on your hands and you won't have that problem.

[DevilDuck]

Stop putting glue on your hands and you won't have that problem.

Being a drummer, I tend to have a prety good grip...:onfire:

[ross]

I don't know about weddington, but in the Thomasville area, I buy this stuff at Food Lion.

Just look around a little. If your local supermarket doesn't carry it, look around for a "Tienda"

Frank

frank, thanks for the suggestion! i actually did find it that friday, and then i took it to the beach and ate about half the bottle. pretty good tasty stuff. cheap too, only 1.79 at food lion.

is the green chile version any good?

[marcosauces]

it will make you glow..:)

[imaguitargod]

Just posted a full review

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...a little advice, don't use this sauce when drunk....

[ross]

hm.. not sure why you say that?

[imaguitargod]

hm.. not sure why you say that?
Quoting form the review:
"After applying it way too liberally to a burrito in a drunken stupor one night, I ended up watery eyed and running for more beer (which didn’t help the drunken stupor part and just spread the heat more evenly). "

[HotSauceGoonie]

This is a fairly well commercialized sauce that is found in many Mexican restaurants down South as well as in many supermarkets nationwide. To me I don't like it so much but my friend in TN does. To me the flavor is lacking something and the heat isn't to my standards.

Cheers,

[koolguymike]

maybe the links is pointing to the wrong sauce now but if you are talking about this sauce here (http://www.pepperfool.com/images/products/verde.jpg)it is one of my 2 favorite mainstream commercial sauces. very nice pepper flavour and good heat but of course the mainstream sauces will only go so hot. I find many of the specialty sauces arent up to the extra money always asked so i tend to only try them with a recomendation.

But i am usually eating my own home made sauces.

:clap::clap:

[imaguitargod]

maybe the links is pointing to the wrong sauce now but if you are talking about this sauce here (http://www.pepperfool.com/images/products/verde.jpg)it is one of my 2 favorite mainstream commercial sauces. very nice pepper flavour and good heat but of course the mainstream sauces will only go so hot. I find many of the specialty sauces arent up to the extra money always asked so i tend to only try them with a recomendation.

But i am usually eating my own home made sauces.

:clap::clap:
I just //link removed, against rules// fixed the link. Talk about an old topic, wow. Well, the one you have is not the one I reviewed, but I actually passed up on that particular sauce for the ingredients and color (actually, one in the same).

[chilliman64]

El Yucateco = good value for money

[Shakes]

A market around me has the bright green and red ones. I always have a couple of these around just for emergencies. I love this stuff. A couple of months ago I found the XXX version of their sauce and finished it almost that day. It's more of a brown color. The stuffs cheap and does the job. Also, I have a mexican restaurant around the corner from me that put it on the tables. Imaguitargod, you live close to me, have you ever heard of the place, La Cabanita?

[imaguitargod]

Imaguitargod, you live close to me, have you ever heard of the place, La Cabanita?
Dude, we totally got to hang.

Been there, ever been to El Coyote?

[chilehunter]

I used up a bottle of this sauce "el yucateco" awhile ago but it was the red hab version(I dont like green sauces). & yea its priced right (? $1.50 - $2 ?)
but I wasnt so thrilled about the flavour, dont get me wrong it wasnt completely nasty just IMO its a sauce that needs to be mixed into other foods you're cooking so you dont taste it fully.(Ex. chilli - spagetti sauce) its a sauce I wouldnt sit down & eat the sauce on some chips.
the heat is good.

[Shakes]

I usually pour the bright green stuff over my tamales and garnish it with sliced fresh habs.

[JayT]

I used up a bottle of this sauce "el yucateco" awhile ago but it was the red hab version(I dont like green sauces). & yea its priced right (? $1.50 - $2 ?)
but I wasnt so thrilled about the flavour, dont get me wrong it wasnt completely nasty just IMO its a sauce that needs to be mixed into other foods you're cooking so you dont taste it fully.(Ex. chilli - spagetti sauce) its a sauce I wouldnt sit down & eat the sauce on some chips.
the heat is good.

The real Mexican / Mayan version is brown. And much better and hotter than the red or green ones.

[koolguymike]

so it really sounds like we ALL agree;
el yucateco makes damn good sauces at a damn good price! regardless of which one you get.

[imaguitargod]

The real Mexican / Mayan version is brown. And much better and hotter than the red or green ones.
Ya, that's the one I;m talkin about.

so it really sounds like we ALL agree;
el yucateco makes damn good sauces at a damn good price! regardless of which one you get.
Ehh, I stay away from the other ones because they have artificial colors in them.

[chilehunter]

so I suppose the only way to get that brown version thats tastier is through finding a online supplier, since I've only seen the red/green versions.

another thing you might not want to think about is at those prices, it makes you wonder how they stack up against our FDA standards :shocked: ;)

[Bubonic]

I've had the pleasure of trying the one you speak of on pizza, its simply delicious.
But I actually discovered the triple x before, and I'm totally in love with it, I just which it came in litre bottles!
I've made some truly excellent guacamole with it, and its always a treat on burritos and nachos!

[stillmanz]

I rate the whole range. this is straight forward hotsauce but they do it very well.
its one of my favourites.

[bentalphanerd]

I rate the whole range. this is straight forward hotsauce but they do it very well.
its one of my favourites.

did you find it locally Stillmanz?

[stillmanz]

nope Bent I got it off Fireworks foods in Sydney.

[rabbit]

I'm not much of a guy for sauces that I can get in the store because they aren't usually what I like. However, I do regularly buy this sauce. I actually really enjoy it. If you like sardines douse it on that with some saltines.....GOOD MIXTURE!! I also put a ton of it on my Taco Bell today at work. Very tasty, it takes more to plop on, but like you said if it's doused on it will burn your tongue and it tastes good.

[eremite]

I have read El Yucateco is one of the most used sauces in Mexico. We get it here in Washington state in the small Mexican stores for about $1.89 +/-. According to what I've read the red is an eight on the scale the green a nine and the xxxbrown a ten.
I use it all of time and carry it with me in many eateries.

[chilliman64]

nope Bent I got it off Fireworks foods in Sydney.

I've been to the Fireworks Foods store, it's only about a 20 minute drive from my place. nice people that own it. when I went there last year I gave them a whole heap of birdseyes that I bought from Paddys Markets earlier that day.

[imaguitargod]

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Awww, come on! The link was there yesturday and now it's gone. That's not fair. I posted that link BEFORE THP had that rule. BOOOO!!!