Gringo Bandito Super Hot and Pizza

As mentioned, we will now try out the super hot version of the Gringo Bandito hot sauce.  This one has a deeper orange color that makes it look rather menacing.

As soon as we opened the bottle, we immediately smelled the hot pepper flavour filling our nostrils.  We knew right away that this bottle is going to be super hot just from the scent.  We poured out a bit to sample and it had a relatively thick texture.

We decided to pair this with a Delissio Rustic Greek Pizza.

This is a meatless pizza so having some hot sauce will give it an extra kick.  We started small with just a few drops on the slice of pizza.   The super hot sauce was rather powerful.  For me, my body heated up right away and I felt a bit of sweat on the top of my head after a few bites of the pizza with the hot sauce. 

The bottle did not lie when it describes itself as being super hot.  If you are going to try this, don’t put too much otherwise it may over dominate the food you are spicing up.  I think putting in a few drops was strong enough to kick up your food  few notches.

The most hottest flavoring I’ve tried in the past was some curry that was so hot, it literally makes your tongue and cheek go numb.  The Gringo is not quite that hot but I think it is quite close.  If you are a brave hot sauce eater, then I can picture you dousing more of this on your food if you don’t mind sweating bullets.

This certainly is the next level to the other Gringo Bandito hot sauce we tried previously.  How hot is this Super Hot version? On a scale of 10, we think this is an 8.5.

It’s a good sauce which we will need to be careful with by not being too generous when dousing on food.

SFDD gives 4 out of 5 Delights.

Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce - Hot Wings!

As promised, we are delighted to test out some Gringo Bandito hot sauce. First up, hot wings using some Gringo Bandito hot sauce.  Out of the three hot sauces we have available, we thought we should play it safe first by selecting the milder version.  Along for the ride is about half a pound of juicy wings.

We kept the preparation simple by not adding any other flavours except for just a pinch of salt when preparing the wings because we wanted to get a better idea of how the hot sauce tastes.  We first precooked the wings by themselves in the oven by cooking it for 30 minutes @ 375 F.

Afterwards, we doused about 5 tablespoons of Gringo hot sauce on a frying pan to heat it up.  This hot sauce appears thicker than some other similar sauces so it is easy to work with later on when we add the wings.  Looking closer at the sauce, we can also see some of the spices used to make the sauce. 

We then transferred the wings directly from the oven into the hot pan.  We mixed the sauce all over the wings for about 3 minutes.   We then transferred the wings back into the oven and cooked it for another 5 minutes @ 375 F to let the sauce sink into the wings a bit more.

The result:

The wings are now a deep dark orange flavour and completely dominated by Gringo hot sauce’s aroma.

The taste?  We were quite impressed that the sauce was able to flavour the chicken wings so well.  Note that we did not use any other ingredients to marinade.  The wings were not bland at all thanks to the hot sauce.  We think the reason is because the sauce is not just ‘hot’, but instead has some unique flavors built in which is probably some secret spice recipe.

How hot is the sauce?  On a scale of 10, we would say 6.5 to 7.

We are looking forward to trying this sauce more later on when we get a chance.

SFDD gives 4 out of 5 Delights.