Best taco sauce?

[parallaxbill]

We've always preferred Old El Paso Taco sauce but never find it at our local grocery stores. The hot version is pretty much unavailable anywhere.

What would you suggest as an alternative?

Home-made recipes are certainly welcome if you have them.

[bula]

Wife agrees with you that Old El Paso shelf seems always empty. Next choice is Ortega ? Try Amazon ?

[bula]

Coyote tacos ? 

[pacecars]

Pace Picante sauce of course.

[rgp]

Nobody in their right mind would eat store bought toxic waste.

Pico de gallo - Take a pile of tomatoes, jalapenos, onions, and some cilantro or parsley. chop it up and mix it together.

[gnappi]

Nowadays I only keep Tabasco in the house. Years ago after a hurricane destroyed their crops they started using some other peppers and the flavor went downhill so I stopped buying Tabasco for a long time and after a few years I tried it again and it was back the way it was.

[ridenshoot]

Cholula.

[boxhead]

Sadie's hot salsa out of New Mexico. Walmart sells it.

[iwsbull]

I know I am going to flak for this but Taco Bell Diablo sauce is really good.

[45MAN]

AROUND HERE TACOS ARE GARNISHED WITH LETTUCE AND DICED ONIONS AND TOMATOES AND THEN YOU CAN ADD HOT SAUCE SUCH AS TABASCO, CHOLULA AND HOME MADE. I LIKE TO ADD CATCHUP TOO SO I LIKE TO USE WHATABURGER SPICY KETCHUP, TAKES CARE OF THE CATCHUP AND THE HOT SAUCE. A REALLY GOOD "ALL IN ONE" TACO GARNISHMENT IS A PICO DE GALLO MIXED WITH DICED CABBAGE.

[weiler]

Oct 15, 2024 20:27:33 GMT -5 iwsbull said:

I know I am going to flak for this but Taco Bell Diablo sauce is really good.

Taco Bell sauce is 🤌🏻

I’ll gladly take some flak

[steve]

Gentlemen, say what you will about California..... any of you boys fighting over taco sauce need to take a vacation/ road trip to San Diego!!!

....this is coming from a northern California boy!!😁😁

[45MAN]

I MAKE A DARN GOOD Pico de Gallo, HERE IS MY RECIPE:

THERE ARE 3 GRADES OF DICING IN A Pico: 1) YOUR JALAPENOS OR SERRANO PEPPERS (I USE SERRANO PEPPERS) SHOULD BE FINELY DICED INTO LITTLE BITTY PIECES, NO ROUGH CUT NOR CHUNKY PIECES OF THE HOT PEPPERS ALLOWED. ALSO, THE INNARDS OF THE PEPPERS (VEINS AND SEEDS) SHOULD BE DISCARDED, ONLY USE THE GREEN OUTER SHELL OF THE PEPPERS. 2) DICE YOUR ONIONS AND CILANTRO NOT TOO BIG/NOT TOO SMALL. 3) DICE YOUR TOMATOES SAME AS THE ONIONS, MAYBE A LITTLE BIGGER.

OBVIOUSLY THE MORE PEPPERS THE HOTTER THE Pico. I LIKE A RATIO OF 2 TOMATOES TO 1 ONION. 

SO: 1) DICE ONE ONION AND FINELY DICE YOUR HOT PEPPERS, MIX TOGETHER IN A BOWL AND ADD THE JUICE OF 2-3 LIMES AND STIR. LET IT SIT IN THE FRIDGE FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS (THIS HELPS TO "TAME" THE ONION AND THE PEPPERS) OR, IF YOU ARE IN A HURRY, PROCEED TO No. 2. 2) DICE YOUR 2  TOMATOES AND YOUR CILANTRO (FOR THIS QUANTITY OF Pico A 1/2 BUNCH OF CILANTRO WILL SUFFICE). 3) ADD THE DICED TOMATOES AND CILANTRO TO THE ONION/PEPPERS, ADD SALT TO TASTE (I PREFER SEA SALT), MIX IT ALL UP, AND ENJOY. IF YOU ARE NOT IN A HURRY LET IT SIT FOR A WHILE BEFORE YOU DIG IN.

YOU CAN ALSO GET SOME AVOCADO's AND MASH 'em UP IN A SEPARATE BOWL, ADD A LITTLE MORE SALT, AND MIX IN SOME OF THE Pico, FOR AN AWESOME Guacamole.

Pico ALSO MAKES AN AWESOME DIP.

[brant]

I really just want pick on mine. But for something different, I’ll mix a store bought verde salsa and mix it with a little sour cream and add a bit to my tacos.

[gregs]

My pico recipe is similar to 45 man's. This is all knife skills. No serrated knives and no food processors. They don't cut clean, changes the taste (to me) and doesn't last as long in the fridge. (Turns into wet pulp)

4 Roma tomatoes
1/2 Med onion
2 Jalapenos cleaned
2 Serrano stem removed sliced into 1,/8th lengthwise and finely chopped seed, membrane and all
1 clove garlic grated up on a micro plane
1 tsp salt
3 TBS lemon juice
Chopped cilantro to choice 1/2C to start

Can add a smidge of tube tomatoes paste to strengthen tomatoes taste if real bland/watery

Try a pinch of Mexican Oregano too.

As above mix with mashed avocado, extra lemon juice, salt and Pico for a good quick down n dirty guacamole.