Head to Head Sauce Competition

This weekend I pitted two sauces against each other: Uncle Brutha’s Allsauce No. 9 and The Boulder Hot Sauce Company’s Smokey Serrano. I made a quick open faced sandwich with:

Sourdough bread
Swiss Chard
Garlic Scapes
EVOO.

Toast the bread. Heat oil in pan. Chop chard and scapes and saute them in the oil until tender. Arrange on top of bread, salt to taste and enjoy!

I put Uncle Brutha’s on one side of the “sandwich” and Boulder Company’s on the other. It should be noted that I have tried both and liked both equally.  First, I tried the Smokey Serrano side, and while it was good, the components of the sauce that I liked so much on my egg sandwich the other day were missing. The swiss chard was too mild to stand up to the hot sauce, and all I tasted was heat. The sweet, smokey flavors were gone. The Uncle Brutha’s was a different story. This sauce, though still plenty hot, went really well with the mild vegetable. The cilantro, ginger, and heat were all present with each bite, but none were over powering.

For the swiss chard sandwich challenge, the winner hands down, was Uncle Brutha’s  Allsauce No. 9.

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