Let’s start with the label. Danny Cash has one of the coolest labels out there. Diamond plate, flaming choppers and two sets of dual exhaust spitting flames. It screams of testerone and after all, hot sauce is a staple of manliness.
Now let’s get to the sauce…
Ingredients: fresh mangos, red habanero peppers, vinegar, sugar.
This sauce is visually appealing, an opaque orange with tiny bits of red habanero pepper and a few seeds suspended in it……oh how I wish there were more bits of peppers and seeds.
The aroma is fruity with a strong vinegar bite.
If I had to use one word to describe the flavor, it would be tangy. It’s both sweet and sour at the same time. I was hoping for a lot more heat, with red habaneros as the second ingredient. In fact, I expected it.
I applied a generous amount to some smoked pork enchiladas. While it was delicious, I couldn’t help but think the sauce should be called Mango Habanero instead of Habanero Mango Hot Sauce. So, I applied more. It paired perfectly with the pork, chips, avocado, and it was even decent on the tomatoes with some fresh ground pepper added.
For my second trial, I breaded and pan fried some thin strips of pork and applied a generous amount of Mean Streak along with some cayenne pepper flakes from last year’s pepper patch. WOW!! Mean Streak was a perfect sweet & sour sauce.
As for heat, I would give this a 2.5 – maybe 3, which makes it attractive to a larger market. I really enjoyed this sauce and would recommend it for chicken, pork, shrimp, eggs or anything else that lends itself to a sweetness.
Danny Cash Unlimited
2936 S. Zuni Street, Unit A
Englewood, CO 80110
USA, EARTH
(888) 3-hotsauce
www.dannycash.com
Written by Sam
Nick Lindauer founded Hot Sauce Blog in 2004, making it one of the internet's very first hot sauce review sites. After 20+ years of tasting, reviewing, and attending every major fiery foods event in the country, he's back behind the keyboard covering the hot sauce world he helped build.
8 responses to “Review: Danny Cash Mean Streak Habanero Mango Hot Sauce”
Wow! I take it that means everyone hated the review.
Sorry dude, been hectic. Thanks for the great review! We would have liked to make it hotter, but we also like to sell hot sauce, lol. Add Radical Heat to taste!
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You know, I was all bummed because nobody commented but I didn’t take into account that alot of people are on the way to JJ’s
Sam, I’ll comment. Been hectic here also, but it is a very good review, and all the DC products are top of the line stuff. Nice pictures also !!!
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Don’t forget Sam, the Sturgis Bike Rally is this weekend as well.
The Danny Cash clan, TBS and others are headed that way as well.
Good review, keep it up, the more opinions the bettter.
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AJ,
Nice to see you. How is everything?? Did everything go as planned?
I need to hear from you about the “Son of Sam” auction when you have a chance. Still need your submission sent.
Like I said, when you have a chance and not a minute before, ok?
Peace, love and happiness to you and yours.
Thanks Big and AJ, If either of you are gonna make it to ZestFest bring some product so I can buy it from the source. My wife was @ a shop in San Diego called Hot Licks and asked me what I wanted. They didn’t carry Uncle Big’s, CSIGI, Mild to Wild, or THT, they did have Danny Cash, but I can pick that up locally.
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Hot Licks in San Diego carries THT products. HMMM that is strange.