Sriracha Explained

Sriracha (or ; Thai: ศรีราชา, in Thai pronounced as /sǐːrāːtɕʰāː/) is a type of hot sauce or chili sauce made from a paste of chili peppers, distilled vinegar, pickled garlic, sugar, and salt.[1]

Use

In Thailand, sriracha is frequently used as a dipping sauce, particularly for seafood and omelets. In Vietnamese cuisine, sriracha appears as a condiment for Vietnamese: [[phở]] and fried noodles, as a topping for spring rolls (Vietnamese: [[chả giò]]), and in sauces.[2]

Sriracha is also eaten in soup, on eggs and burgers. Jams, lollipops, and cocktails have all been made using the sauce,[3] and sriracha-flavored potato chips have been marketed.[4]

Origin

The sauce was first produced in the 1940s by a Thai woman named Thanom Chakkapak in the town of Si Racha (or Sriracha), Thailand.[5] The Sriracha sauce itself may be an adaptation of a Cantonese garlic and chili sauce originally from Shunde, China. In the early 1900s, Cantonese immigrants settled in Si Racha, and their garlic and chili sauce was sold in Thailand for decades before the first bottles of Sriraja Panich were produced.

Variations

Thailand

In Thailand, the sauce is most often called Thai: sot Siracha (Thai: ซอสศรีราชา) and only sometimes Thai: [[nam phrik]] Siracha (Thai: น้ำพริกศรีราชา). Traditional Thai sriracha sauce tends to be tangier in taste, and runnier in texture than non-Thai versions.[6]

In a Bon Appétit magazine interview, US Asian-foods distributor Eastland Food Corporation asserted that the Thai brand of hot sauce Sriraja Panich, which Eastland distributes, is the original "sriracha sauce" and was created in Si Racha, Thailand, in the 1930s from the recipe of a housewife named Thanom Chakkapak.

United States

In the United States, sriracha is associated with a jalapeño-based sauce produced by Huy Fong Foods[7] and is sometimes referred to as "rooster sauce" or "cock sauce"[8] from the image of a rooster on the bottle.[9] Other variations of sriracha have appeared in the U.S. market, including a sriracha that is aged in whiskey barrels.[10] [11] The Huy Fong Foods Sriracha was first produced in the early 1980s for dishes served at American phở restaurants.[12]

Various restaurants in the US, including Wendy's,[13] Applebee's, P.F. Chang's,[14] Jack in the Box, McDonald's, Subway, Taco Bell, White Castle, Gordon Biersch, Chick-fil-A, Firehouse Subs, Noodles & Company, Starbucks, and Burger King have incorporated sriracha into their dishes, sometimes mixing it with mayonnaise or into dipping sauces.[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] The word "sriracha" is considered a generic term.

In 2022, Huy Fong Foods Sriracha sauce temporarily halted production due to a shortage of chili peppers arising from a business dispute with Underwood Ranches, in which Huy Fong foods misled Underwood Ranches to invest in its expansion, and then breached its oral contract to purchase at their originally agreed upon price point. This caused the price to increase to $30 a bottle or higher.[20] [21] The halt in production lasted for over a year[22] [23], but Huy Fong has failed to acquire a consistent supply of peppers at its desired quality point since the dispute.[24]

In popular culture

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: What is sriracha? . Cookthink.com . June 29, 2013.
  2. Web site: Moncel . Bethany . The History and Uses for Sriracha Sauce. The Spruce Eats. 2019-04-29.
  3. News: Magazine Monitor . Sriracha: How a sauce won over the US . December 21, 2013 . BBC News. June 29, 2015.
  4. News: Shyong . Frank . Sriracha hot sauce purveyor turns up the heat . . April 12, 2013 . Roland Foods in New York makes its own variety, Sriracha Chili Sauce, in a similarly shaped yellow-capped bottle featuring two dragons instead of a rooster. Frito-Lay is testing a sriracha-flavored potato chip, and Subway is experimenting with a creamy sriracha sauce for sandwiches. . June 29, 2013 . October 6, 2012 . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20121006015957/http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-75382624/ . dead .
  5. News: Khaleeli . Homa . Hot right now: how Sriracha has become a must-have sauce . . London . 29 June 2015 . 2 October 2014.
  6. Nguyen . Andrea . The Original Sriracha . . June 29, 2015 . March 4, 2013 . The Thais also make many versions of [sriracha] sauce... which tend to be more liquid and pourable than Huy Fong’s. Sriraja Panich has a lovely balance of bright chili heat, delicate sweetness, vinegary tang, and garlicky backnote..
  7. News: Sriracha: How a sauce won over the us. . 25 July 2015.
  8. News: Usborne . Simon . Sriracha hot sauce: Heated dispute . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220524/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/sriracha-hot-sauce-heated-dispute-8950286.html . 2022-05-24 . subscription . live . November 20, 2013 . . London . But like most obsessives, Erskine is fiercely loyal to 'rooster sauce' as some know the brand (in the US it is sometimes also called 'cock sauce'). . June 29, 2015.
  9. A Rooster's Wake-Up Call . . Sytsma . Alan . February 2, 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234216/http://www.gourmet.com/food/2008/02/sriracha . December 2, 2013 . June 29, 2015.
  10. Web site: Fanous . Angelina . Sriracha Aged in Whiskey Barrels Is Better than the Original Sauce . March 6, 2014 . . June 29, 2015.
  11. Web site: Birdsall . John . A Woman in SF Is Barrel-Aging Sriracha, and It's Awesome . . March 6, 2014 . June 29, 2015.
  12. News: A Chili Sauce to Crow About . Edge . John T. . May 19, 2009 . . D1 . June 29, 2015.
  13. Web site: BACON SRIRACHA FRIES . Wendy's . 28 November 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161129024320/https://www.wendys.com/en-us/fries-sides/srirachabaconfries . 29 November 2016.
  14. Web site: Sriracha Pizza & Wings . Domino's UK . 2017-01-24 . 2017-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202100304/https://www.dominos.co.uk/blog/sriracha-pizza-and-wings/ . dead .
  15. News: Subway's Sriracha Sauce Goes National, and It's Good . November 7, 2013 . . Taste . June 29, 2015.
  16. White Castle Introduces New Full-Flavored Sriracha Chicken Sliders . May 31, 2014 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714143341/http://www.whitecastle.com/company/news/view/144-white-castle-introduces-new-full-flavored-sriracha-chicken-sliders . July 14, 2014 . June 29, 2015.
  17. News: Hannan . Caleb . Sriracha Hot Sauce Catches Fire, Yet 'There's Only One Rooster' . https://web.archive.org/web/20130223024436/http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-21/sriracha-hot-sauce-catches-fire-with-only-one-rooster . dead . February 23, 2013 . February 21, 2013 . . June 29, 2015.
  18. News: Harris . Jenn . Taste-testing Taco Bell's new Sriracha Quesarito . . February 25, 2015 . June 29, 2015.
  19. News: . Burger King brings the heat with Extra Long Sriracha Cheeseburger. October 22, 2015. . October 27, 2015.
  20. Web site: Bottles of Sriracha Are Selling for Over $30 as the Shortage Enters Its Second Year . 2023-11-03 . Food & Wine . en.
  21. Web site: 2023-11-04 . Where’s my Sriracha? The Spicy Consequences of Breaching Oral Contracts University of Miami Law Review . 2024-08-13 . en-US.
  22. Web site: There's a Sriracha hot sauce shortage—here's where to buy and substitutes to try . 2023-11-03 . USA TODAY . en-US.
  23. Web site: Bottles of Sriracha Are Selling for Over $30 as the Shortage Enters Its Second Year . 2023-11-03 . Food & Wine . en.
  24. Web site: Solis . Marisa Gerber and Nathan . 2024-05-14 . Why did Huy Fong, the beloved Sriracha brand, halt production again? . 2024-08-13 . The Detroit News . en-US.
  25. Web site: Shure . Marnie . 2022-01-13 . Hawkeye's Sriracha Cameo Was All Wrong, And We Can't Figure Out Why . 2024-07-15 . The Takeout . en-US.
  26. Web site: Russell . Shania . 2021-12-22 . Florence Pugh Improvised The Hot Sauce Detail In Hawkeye Episode 5 . 2024-07-15 . SlashFilm . en-US.

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