Bell peppers, on the other hand, are native to South America, where they have been cultivated for thousands of years. They come in a variety of colors, including green, red, yellow, and orange, and can be eaten raw or cooked.
Chili sauce is really a generic term for any sauce that utilizes chilies, tomato sauce, vinegar (sometimes), sugar, and other spices. The key differentiator from the traditional hot sauce is its thickness. Chili sauce isn’t something you’d sprinkle from a hot sauce dasher bottle. It’s thicker, often more akin to ketchup in flow.