Asda Smartprice Chilli Cooking Sauce

Advantages: Cheap hot suitable for veggies
Disadvantages: Economy brands are not always favoured

...my recent review for the ASDA Smart Price I decided to return to the theme of the ASDA Smart Price economy products. Along with the economy chopped tomatoes, baked beans, passata, long grain rice and Chicken and Vegetable Instant Soup that I now have in my store cupboard I have now tried Chilli Cooking Sauce. I love Mexican food and one of my favourites is Chilli made with minced beef, pork or turkey but most recently I had an Idea after trying the ...
...the Tram at my local ASDA I was all set to pick up a jar of Texmex Mild Chilli Cooking Sauce that I usually use, the 570g jars usually retails at 98p but low and behold…the shelf was empty: this phenomenon is quite consistent with my local branch, many times I have discovered empty shelves and no one in sight filling them. Blast it I thought no chilli! I was already to give up and look for a curry sauce when I spotted nestled in a corner at ... Read review

Advantages: Good diet food, as you will just not eat it!
Disadvantages: Tastes bad. Very bad.

Asda Smartprice Chilli Cooking Sauce I must admit that I was not expecting much before I opened this, and I was not disappointed. Think of soup. Think of soap. Think of soapy vegetable soup that somebody, for a laugh, has bunged a load of chili powder in and just given it a quick stir. You have then got this sauce. I know it is just supposed to be a base, and a cheap one at that, but it really is foul. It is one of those sauces that you just ...
...Sausage Chili. I used Asda Butchers Choice sausage, and fried them off a little before adding the sauce, and simmering for 20 mins. I poured the unusual smelling concoction onto my bed of rice and started to eat. The chilli hit me immediately. It tastes as if the powder was put in at the last minute, as it had not been given time to blend in with the other ingredients. Chilli needs to be simmered for a long time to get past the heat and to the flavour. ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap
Disadvantages: Tastes Cheap

I'm sorry Smart Price at Asda, I usually love you but your Chilli Cooking Sauce is just beyond economy. If you are trying to reduce your shopping bills I believe that Smart Price is perfect. You may often a lose a smidgen of quality in comparison to your usually "shop", and some Smart Price foods you may find are better (or maybe its just the sweet taste of those lovely saved £££'s). But this product in particular crossed the price/quality line. ...
...what flavour there is bares very little similarity to Chilli as I know it. In the recipe someone has included a minimal amount of kidney beans, and tomato chunks. Unfortunately the Smart Price Chilli Cooking Sauce just leads to a disappointing meal. Maybe if the recipe was improved, thicker sauce, more beans, fuller flavour, I wouldn’t mind a bigger price tag to go with it, but for the meantime I will stick to my regular, more popular brand. ... Read review