Best Taco Sauces and Picante sauces

Best Taco and hot Picante sauces!

18 Jan 2020

These sauces were all tested side by side with mashed, fresh avocado – a great combination. When tested with pork rinds, A- through B remained the same but the order changed for the others. With various foods such as scrambled eggs or shredded pork, the order may also change. Years ago we also tested a few other brands  no longer as available in Utah's local stores as they used to be, including Old El Paso (although their enchilada sauces are still readily available), and cannot be included here as they are not tested side by side with these in this most recent test:

A-

Macayo Taco Sauce and Chip Dip

B+

Ortega Taco Sauce, Original

B

Taco Bell Hot

Del Taco Mild (best by far of the Del Taco sauces)

Taco Time Original Hot

B-/B

Taco Bell Mild

Cullinary Tours Street Taco Sauce, Hatch Green Chile
Taco Bell Fire

B-
Herdez Verdez (green) sauce
Herdez Salsa Taquera (red)
Pace Picante Mild
Pace Picante Medium
Culinary Tours Roasted Chipotle
El Pinto Fire Roasated Green Child Sauce, Hatch Valley Chile, mild

C+

Pico Pica
Tobasco Pepper Sauce
Del Taco El Inferno
Del Taco El Scorcho
Kroger Taco Sauce (red)
El Mexicano Salsa Mexicana
La Victoria Red Medium Taco Sauce

El Tapatio hot sauce
Valentina Hot Salsa Picante

Cholula Hot Sauce Original

Herdez Rojo (red)