Customer Reviews

El Yucateco 4 Habanero Hot Sauces Gift Pack, 4 Items

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I love El Yucateco, but you are better off just buying Habanero Red and Habanero Green at the local bodega. The Caribbean Habanero has an odd flavor that is too fruity and clearly not El Yacateco's strength. The Kutbil-Ik or Habanero Extra Hot sauce is, well, extra hot and lacks the balance of the standard Habanero Red. If you want hotter sauces, seek out the products of the specialty producers, but if you want a standard well balanced hot sauce without vinegar as a base nobody beats El Yacateco.

El Yucateco hot sauces are great. I've been enjoying the red and green for a long time. I also tried the other ones, the Carribean which is good, and the Habanero Extra Hot sauce is exactly what its called, it is hotter than all the others. I think the best El Yucateco I've tried was the Chipotle one, which sadly is not included. Overal El Yucateco has some real good hot sauces which are not just hot but big on flavor.

I've always liked browsing through the ethnic sections at different grocery stores for new hot sauces. Found the El Yucateco sauces (green, red, XXXtra hot, Chiptole) at a local store- so I bought one of each. Green is mild, red has more spices and good heat, and the XXXtra hot is as advertised - great long lasting burn! The Chipotle is the least favorite -too sweet for my tastes. (La Costena chipotles make a great pureed smoky/chipotle sauce.) Haven't seen the Carribean sauce yet - I still would have to try it even though it gets bad reviews. I buy the Red & XXXtra sauces for the crew at my workplace. We go through a bottle per week of each. Great tastes and good heat.!!!!

We had the Green Chile Habanero one at a local restaurant and we loved it so much and decided to buy our own.
Was very excited to see Amazon has it as a gift pack, so we get to try all 4 flavors.
It's definitely spicy comparing to other regular hot sauce you can purchased at grocery stores.

If you're looking for something that will REALLY add some spice to your food, these sauces will do the trick. The gift pack has a nice variety. Great product, but not for people who just want a little kick.

I've been buying Yucateco for about 4 years now, it's a great hot sauce, I started with the green, then moved on to red and now I only use the XXXTRA HOT but I still buy the other two for my wife and kids. I wouldn't recommend the Caribbean Sauce, it's just totally different from the other three(I've had that one for over 6 months and no one at home will touch it)
To be honest, once you try the XXXTRA HOT (it usually lasts a week at home) the red and green will not taste as good as they used to...

One last thing, most stores have them now in the "Mexican food" section, I usually buy them at Food4Less for about $1.50 a bottle, it wouldn't hurt you to look around.

Keep it in the refrigerator, because it's going to take a long time to get through this bottle. The red and green are both incredibly hot, yet maintain a distinct full bodied flavor. I tried it in a NYC restaurant, and put it in my fajita like you would say tabasco.....OUCH. With a little more control you'll appreciate it more. It turns simple bean dishes into something special.

The hot sauces were easy to order. They are priced well, especially for a variety pack. I purchased them as a gift for my brother. They arrived very quickly and were carefully packaged. My brother says the hot sauces are delicious. I gave them to him for Christmas and he has already finished 2 of the 4 bottles. He says the red one is his favorite. They make an excellent, inexpensive gift. I highly recommend the vendor.

I Like the hot sauce.Very Hot Like hot stuff.Will buy more in the near future.We put it in everything we eat.Brother laws like hot stuff.

Love all four...I would put this stuff on ice cream! Its good to know where to find it when I run out. The Chipoltle is outstanding on just about anything. Beware the XXX...they aren't kidding =)