9 Artisan Salsas & Sauces from Texas You Must Try
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Do you have meat, salad, and chips but have no sauce to pair them with? You might want to consider these specialty sauces across Texas as your alternative options!
During these times, with this pandemic and all, it’s important to make sure that your health is best as can be, so much as to make sure that the food you consume is of the best quality made from natural and nutritious ingredients.
Gone are the days wherein if you want to stay healthy, you just stick and resort to a green, leafy diet. Thanks to innovative chefs and food makers who are always in the process of developing healthier alternatives to the food with Texas salsa brands and sauces—we love the most. These are a selection of the best salsa brands in the state:
Ancho & Morita (Smokey Tamarind Sauce)
The Ancho & Morita sauce (in smokey tamarind flavor) is an all-natural, sustainable hot sauce (how long does hot sauce last?) from Humble House Foods. They are a progressive food company that sources fresh ingredients from the farmer’s market to prepare dishes to support ranchers and farmers from San Antonio.
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There were no additives or thickeners mixed to its recipe, and all ingredients were 100% grown in Texas. This is a hot sauce for everyone to enjoy, that’s sure to kick the heat to the backs of your tongue.
Best paired with: Meat
Kika’s Sauces
From a uniquely delicious Latin fusion cuisine, Kika’s sauces from Chilito’s Express are mild and spicy sauces that may come as a pair. Established in Boerne a decade ago, Al (the owner) deemed the town as a big family that loves food. Ever since then, he has endeavored to grow the Chilito’s family household to household from generation to generation, and eventually throughout the entire Hill country.
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With locally sourced ingredients that have intense tropical flavors from Boerne, you can use it simply as a dip, salad dressing, or hot sauce. You can also cook with Kika's Sauce! The possibilities are endless. Its unique flavor profile will blow you away with just a tablespoon.
Best paired with: Burger, seafood, and pasta.
Grilled Salsa
Dom’s Chop Salsa isn’t your ordinary roasted salsa. Every other salsa is simply “roasted”. Unlike Dom’s, that doesn’t throw ingredients into an oven and then walks away. Instead, ingredients are hand-grilled over charcoal briquettes on a special stainless steel grill designed by Dom himself wherein each batch features the two things Texans love most: barbecue and Tex-Mex.
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Dom’s Chop Salsa in San Antonio has a natural smoky flavor infused into the ingredients that when combined, the smoky flavor ranges from mild to hot. The secret ingredient isn’t an ingredient. It’s the fact that the ingredients were grilled over an open flame. This process specifically gives the salsa a bit of smokiness that delivers a top-notch product, making Dom’s Chop Salsa one of the most authentic salsa companies in the state.
Best paired with: Tacos
Habanero Condiment
YellowBird Foods is known to produce spicy condiments that are flavor-forward with a thicker, smoother consistency packed with real, farm-fresh fruits and vegetables that are home-grown specifically in San Marcos (and other places in Texas).
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This classic habanero-flavored sauce started it all for YellowBird Foods. The flavor stands out with a complex harmony of habanero peppers, garlic, carrots, and tangerine—which is why it’s one of their most popular flavors out in the market.
Best paired with: ANYTHING. Meals to drinks covered!
Black Garlic Sauce
Mamo’s Garlic Sauce started back in 1991 where the special sauce was just meant to be placed on a pork loin roast for a family Thanksgiving dinner in Lockhart. It went from a home-stay essential until it's finally out in the market.
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MGS’ garlic sauce and black garlic (how long does black garlic last?) sauce specializes in all-natural gourmet foods. Their sauces are a healthy, scrumptious, and friendly addition to any lifestyle such as Keto, Paleo, Vegan, Vegetarian, Macrobiotic, Mediterranean, Noom, Mayo Clinic, DASH, Flexitarian, Nordic, MIND, Weight Watchers, TLC, Atkins, and the list just goes on!
Best as an ingredient in: Any cooked meal!
Black Bean and Corn Salsa
Clint’s Texas Salsa was founded in San Antonio back in 1996 to bring the fresh taste of a “traditional salsa” to a market that was dominated by big company sauces who are more concerned about the bottom line rather than producing a great product.
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After winning first place Hot Salsa at the 1998 Texas Fiery Food show, they continued to receive national recognition. It features serrano peppers that have a superior flavor to that of jalapeno peppers. The sauce also doesn’t drown with tomato paste (how long does tomato paste last?).
Best as an ingredient in: Tortilla soup
Carolina Reaper Sauce
Rocky Top Sauces in Austin makes wonderfully flavorful habanero-based condiments, using the finest organic ingredients since it was founded in 2018. It blends the heat of habanero chile, tartness of lime juice and vinegar, and sweetness of agave nectar.
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Carolina Reaper Sauce is their newest addition to their hot sauce product line. The sauce generally combines the heat of the official world's hottest chile with the great flavor of the habanero! Although absolutely hot, it still contains a touch of their trademark agave sweetness and a great acid balance by organic vinegar and lime juice.
Best paired with: Meal, poultry, eggs, and vegetables
Sadie Mae’s Secret Sauce
Like other family-run businesses, Sadie Mae’s Secret Sauce started with a person that loves cooking for family and friends. They decided to create their secret sauce using a handed-down recipe from Grandma Sadie. Family and friends in Austin always loved the sauce.
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The company assures everyone that the secret sauce comprises of only the best ingredients. Definitely without harmful preservatives, MSG, and gluten-free!
Best paired with: Crockpot meals
Mango Chipotle Sauce
Alamo Gristmill & Spice started as a family business in Converse back in 1993. They specialize in blending seasonings, canning fruits and vegetables, and creating gluten-free baking mixes. They partner with local farmers and select the cleanest all-natural ingredients they can find to make their gourmet recipes.
© Alamo Gristmill & Spice
Their mango chipotle sauce features a distinct smoky flavor of dry roasted chipotle peppers, ancho peppers, and freshly minced jalapenos. The ingredients are then marinated in apple cider vinegar and sweetened with mangoes.
Best paired with: Crackers (over cream cheese(how long does cream cheese last?) and with meat or seafood.
Other mainstream producers of the best salsa brands include Texas Texas Salsa, and Willy's Salsa.
If you want to learn more about salsa, try some of these salsa clubs in San Antonio.
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