Another scenario. You’ve arrived at your lunch spot, expecting to douse that wonderful sandwich with the bottle of hot sauce you keep in your purse and - GASP! - you forget it at home! The horror. As a hot sauce lover, I can relate. I’ve been there. It can be saddening and quite depressing to realize you have no hot sauce. In this case, we can only look to alternatives. Some are more vinegar based, some are milder, some are designed to set fire to your tongue. There’s a big difference between a tomato-based sauce and a fruit-based sauce. Because of this, there will be no perfect substitution, but at least we can try. Here are some of my suggestions to use if you’ve found you’ve run dry. Check out my Homemade Hot Sauce Recipes section of the site, as well as my post on How to Make Hot Sauce. – Mike H.
