Chilli & Hot Sauces

Discover small-batch chilli and hot sauces made in Hungary, from fruity mango habanero and smoky whisky BBQ to extra-hot Carolina Reaper.

Find Your Chilli Sauce

Hungarian Goulash Chilli Sauce

Peppers, tomato, onion and garlic give our Hungarian goulash chilli sauce a rounded, savoury flavour with gentle Orange Habanero warmth. Made without added vinegar, it is an easy way to season soups, stews, scrambled eggs and roasted vegetables.

Mango Habanero Hot Sauce

Made with 80% mango, Orange Habanero chillies and pale ale, our mango habanero hot sauce pairs tropical fruit sweetness with a warming kick and a little beer bitterness. Try this sweet and spicy sauce with chicken wings, fish tacos or grilled tofu.

Whisky & Honey BBQ Sauce

Tomato, Hungarian honey and Jack Daniel’s Tennessee whiskey meet smoked paprika and chilli in our whisky and honey BBQ sauce. Its sweet, smoky flavour suits ribs, burgers and chicken wings, with the smokiness coming from paprika rather than artificial smoke flavourings.

Extra-Hot Carolina Reaper Sauce

Our Carolina Reaper hot sauce blends Carolina Reaper, Trinidad Scorpion Moruga and Naga Jolokia chillies. Made with 90% chillies and barrel-aged for 1–2 years, this extra-hot sauce delivers intense pepper flavour without chilli extracts. Add a tiny amount to chilli con carne, marinades or a larger batch of barbecue sauce.

Choose Your Heat Level

Scoville Heat Units (SHU) give a guide to chilli strength, and these heat descriptions help you compare the four sauces. The heat in your finished meal depends on how much you use, so start with a little and taste before adding more. Use the Carolina Reaper sauce particularly sparingly.

Meet the Grower: Gábor Nagy of Gabko Chili

Gábor Nagy founded Gabko Chili in 2012 in Nagymaros, in Hungary’s Danube Bend. He and his team grow all the chillies used in these sauces and handle the process from cultivation through to bottling.

The cooked sauces are made in small batches of around 200–220 bottles. For the red hot pepper sauce, the chillies are ground with salt and barrel-aged for 1–2 years before blending with vinegar, giving it a smooth texture and a rounded pepper flavour.

Awards for Our Chilli Sauces

• Carolina Reaper hot sauce, entered as Red Hot Pepper Sauce: Gold in the Extra-Hot Chilli Sauce category at the National Chilli Awards 2023.
• Mango Habanero hot sauce: Gold in the Fruit-Based Chilli Sauce category at the National Chilli Awards 2023.
• Whisky and honey BBQ sauce: first place in the BBQ–Alcohol Infused category at the Spicy Flave Awards 2018.

Bring Chilli Flavour to Everyday Meals

Stir goulash sauce into a savoury stew, toss cooked wings with mango habanero or brush whisky and honey BBQ sauce over ribs towards the end of cooking. For extra-hot dishes, blend a tiny amount of Carolina Reaper sauce into the whole pot and taste as you go.

A selection of contrasting flavours also makes a thoughtful gift for someone who enjoys cooking with chilli. Explore more accompaniments in our sauces collection, or find ingredients for your next recipe in our seasoning collection.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Gabko chilli sauce is best for beginners?

Start with our Hungarian goulash chilli sauce. At approximately 3,000 SHU, it is the mildest of these four sauces, with savoury pepper, tomato, onion and garlic flavours. Stir a little into soup or scrambled eggs and add more to suit your taste.

Are these chilli sauces vegan and gluten-free?

The Hungarian Goulash and Carolina Reaper sauces are both suitable for vegans and gluten-free. Mango Habanero is vegan but contains gluten from pale ale. The whisky and honey BBQ sauce contains honey and fish in its Worcestershire sauce, so it is not suitable for vegetarians or vegans; it also contains gluten and soy. Check each product page for its full ingredients and allergy advice.

Do these hot sauces contain chilli extract?

No. All four sauces get their heat from chillies grown by Gábor and his team, with no added chilli extracts. The Carolina Reaper blend delivers its extreme heat through a high proportion of superhot peppers.