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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Diners can slather on homemade sauces from jars on the bar, such as salsa criolla, more (red or green) chimichurri, and homemade hot sauce—a rarity in this spice-averse city. —

Allie Lazar, Saveur, 11 Dec. 2024 Make sauce and simmer meatballs: Bring ketchup, vinegar, brown sugar, molasses, mustard, hot sauce, and remaining 4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce and 1/4 teaspoon pepper to a simmer in a large high-sided skillet over medium, stirring often to dissolve sugar, about 2 minutes. —

Nicole Hopper, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024 The Nashville Hot Mozz is just like its original counterpart but is tossed in Nashville hot sauce after being fried and served with homemade ranch instead of marinara. —

Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024 Later, with his face covered in milk, hot sauce, and spittle, O’Brien tells viewers to look for comedy everywhere, high and low and in between. —

Ian Crouch, The New Yorker, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hot sauce