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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Feel free to mix up the heat level of the barbecue sandwiches with some jalapeño peppers or an extra dose of hot sauce.
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Sheena Chihak,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 July 2026
Heavy cream also doesn’t have to be tempered when added to hot sauces and soups.
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Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
3 July 2026
Some of her favorite dishes to cook are anything with fish or her homemade hot sauce.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 July 2026
After water and salt are introduced, the slurry is ground into hot sauce that’s poured into glass at 125 bottles per minute.
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Chloe Sorvino,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
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Sheena Chihak,
Better Homes & Gardens,
3 July 2026
Heavy cream also doesn’t have to be tempered when added to hot sauces and soups.
—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
3 July 2026
Some of her favorite dishes to cook are anything with fish or her homemade hot sauce.
—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 July 2026
After water and salt are introduced, the slurry is ground into hot sauce that’s poured into glass at 125 bottles per minute.
—
Chloe Sorvino,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for hot sauce
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“Hot sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20sauce. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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