Picate vs Salsa - what is the difference?

Question

Just that - what is the difference between those jars of picante sauce at the grocery store and the jars of salsa?

Answer 1

"salsa" just means "sauce," in Spanish, nothing more, nothing less. ALL sauces in Mexico are called "salsa" (Worchester Sauce is called "Salsa Ingles," Catsup is "Salsa de Jitomate" - and like the last guy said, "gravy" is called "salsa dorada" or "salsa de carne." its just "sauce"). In the US people have begun refering to a thick, chunky Mexican style sauce as "salsa" but this is ONLY in the US. In Mexico this is called "Salsa Casera" or "Salsa Pico de Gallo."

"picante" in Spanish mean "hot-spicy" nothing more, nothing less. If you see a label that says "salsa picante" it means hot-sauce that's all. It could be red, orange, brown, green, made with jalapeños, serranos, guajillos, chipote, arbol, habaneros whatever, it will simply be HOT!

You will be better off learning the names or ingredients of the sauces you like and checking those on the bottle or can when buying Mexican style sauces.....

Answer 2

There is a semantic difference that makes the products different.
"Salsa" is any sauce, we even call gravy the same way. It can be as spicy as you want (or the producer wants) but won't burn or sting when ingested.
"Picante" is a term that refers to any hot food (that literally burns). Burns when it goes in and just the same as it goes out of your digestive tube. Get it? So, you get "salsa picante" which is both hot and spicy.
Oh, by the way, homemade hot sauces are always tastier and hotter than the manufactured brands. Recipes vary from country to country. Mexicans are the leaders in Latinamerica but if you really want to spit fire try Asian hot food and sauces.

Answer 3

Salsa right here in Mexico is a sauce arranged with countless aspects(tomato, green tomato, onion, etc.) yet with the primordial it is the chili (of any sort you like). And picante is the chili in a organic way, regardless of the undeniable fact that it additionally could be some condiments like pepper that doesnt make you ask for water yet its howewer extraordinarily spiced .

Answer 4

a picante sauce is typically very spicy hot while a salsa can be interpreted as being any type of sauce, mild or hot.

Answer 5

picante sauce is always a bit spicy, no matter how you buy it. It's also not as chunky. It's purees when it's bottled, so it's lacking a lot of the same ingredients that salsa contains.
It's also jampacked full of preservatives.

Salsa is more fresh, it has more veggies and less preservatives, and there's a large variation on the intensity of heat that you can buy it with.

Answer 6

Not much. Picante sauce has more tomato paste.

Answer 7

Go on this wonderful web site and find the difference yourself


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