Bates Takes On Big Papi……..

 En Big Papi El Fuego 
  ( A New Lifestlye Hot Sauce )                                                                                                                                                                                    

Greetings hot sauce aficionados. I’m doing a little review on the David Ortiz line of hot sauces, Big Papi El Fuego mild (red) and medium (green)

Off Beat Resources is a a marketing firm in partnership with David Ortiz on the Big Papi En Fuego Food and Condiment line. They claim to manufacture, produce, distribute, and market the hot sauces.

According to their website there are 4 flavors or heat levels which they refer to as hits on the “Hit Meter”. The original or mild is a single, the medium is a monster double, hot is an off the wall triple and the extreme is a grand slam. According to the box there was at sometime a super mild version called off-season too.

They come in an attractive box similar to the new Blair death sauces. Labels are attractive especially if you’re a Boston Red Sox fan!

I cracked open both bottles to give them the back of the hand taste test as I do with any new sauce. I suppose it could just be me, but I could swear they look, smell and taste exactly the same as Blair’s original and jalapeno death sauces. Well, I just happen to have bottles of both in the frig, so I break em out. Side by side they were identical in smell, color, texture and flavor. Not that that’s a bad thing, I know many manufacturers used co-packers and I like death sauce.

Nice aroma on both with vinegar and garlic being the first ingredients that hits you on the red, garlic and lime on the green.

I tried the mild on some fried eggs. Good flavor, but a bit salty for my taste. The green seemed to compliment the eggs a little better.

The second dish I tested them on was a baked chicken breast. The green was the better of the two, but both sauces tasted good and I could see using them with almost any chicken dish.

I’d say the heat level is fairly mild, with the red at about a 2 and the green a 3 on a 1-10 scale.The texture is thick but not too thick, comes out of the bottle real nice.

Overall, I’d give both of these sauces 2 thumbs up. They could definitely be an everyday table sauce that would compliment a variety of foods. Spicy enough for the chili head, but at the same time mild enough little Timmy and grandma can eat it too.

http://www.bigpapienfuego.com/