Cajun Sumac Hot Sauce
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- Description
Louisiana hot sauce with a Levantine kick.
A Louisiana-style hot sauce built on aged cayenne pepper mash, a full Acadian spice blend, and fresh sumac. 3rd Place at the Spicy Flave Awards 2025.
Louisiana hot sauce is one of the oldest, most beloved categories in American cooking. Tabasco, Crystal, Frank's, Louisiana Hot. The format has held the same shape for over a century: cayenne, vinegar, salt. We wanted to add something without breaking it.
We landed on sumac, a Middle Eastern spice ground from the dried berries of the sumac shrub. Tart, fruity, citrus-adjacent, the kind of acidity vinegar alone can't reach. Dropped into a Louisiana base with a full Acadian spice blend (paprika, garlic, onion, black pepper, thyme, Mediterranean oregano, basil, celery seed, light chili powder), the sauce takes on a second dimension of brightness. Same family, different shape on the tongue.
The cayenne mash is aged before bottling, and that time is what gives the base its depth. The pour is bright orange-red, thin enough to splash. Vinegar lands first, sumac just behind with the fruity-sour layer, the Acadian spice opens in the middle, and the finish is a gentle warm heat that won't intimidate anyone.
What makes it different
Sumac
Aged Cayenne Pepper Mash
Full Acadian Spice Blend
No Sugar
FLAVOR PROFILES
Heat: 2/10
Savory: 4/10
Acid: 10/10
Best on hot wings, emulsified with smoked butter: whisk Cajun Sumac into melted smoked butter, toss baked or fried wings in it, finish with a sprinkle of dried sumac, and the butter rounds the acid while the spice blend blooms. Full Cajun Sumac Wings recipe with dill pickle ranch on the blog. Otherwise use it like Tabasco, one-to-one in any recipe, just brighter and built from better stuff: whisk into vinaigrette as the acid, stir into mayo for a sandwich, or drop into a Bloody Mary.
- Hot wings (emulsified with smoked butter)
- Gumbo, jambalaya, étouffée
- Salad dressings (in place of vinegar)
- Fried catfish and other fried seafood
- Raw oysters on the half shell
- Greens (collards, kale, mustard)
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