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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A little hot sauce and black pepper add a kick that cuts through the richness.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Certain Sauces Even after they’re opened, the vinegar and salt in hot sauce are natural preservatives, Lindsay-Adler said.
—Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
Or add sparkle with a stash of condiments at the office, like hot sauce, vinegar, hot honey, Tajín, everything bagel seasoning and furikake.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
The chef’s secret sauce, literally, is a housemade Thousand Island dressing where ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise are amped up with gochujang, doenjang, tamari, confit garlic, hot sauce and more.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
Certain Sauces Even after they’re opened, the vinegar and salt in hot sauce are natural preservatives, Lindsay-Adler said.
—Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
Or add sparkle with a stash of condiments at the office, like hot sauce, vinegar, hot honey, Tajín, everything bagel seasoning and furikake.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
The chef’s secret sauce, literally, is a housemade Thousand Island dressing where ketchup, mustard and mayonnaise are amped up with gochujang, doenjang, tamari, confit garlic, hot sauce and more.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Hot sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20sauce. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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