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This article is about the condiment. For the Huy Fong Foods brand, see Huy Fong sriracha. For the documentary, see Sriracha (film). For other uses, see Si Racha (disambiguation).

Sriraja Paniche
Sriracha "Rooster Sauce"
Sriraja Panich chili sauce by Thai Theparos Food Products (left) and Tương Ớt Sriracha ("Rooster Sauce") by Huy Fong Foods (right)

Sriracha (/siːˈrɑːtʃə/ see-RATCH-ə or /sɪˈrɑːtʃə/ sirr-AH-chə; Thai: ศรีราชา, pronounced [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

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In Thailand, sriracha is frequently used as a dipping sauce, particularly for seafood and omelets.

In Vietnamese cuisine, particularly in North America, sriracha appears as a condiment for phở and fried noodles, as a topping for spring rolls (chả giò), and in sauces.[2] In Vietnam however, sriracha is not found in many restaurants and private homes, with a distinct chili sauce "tương ớt" being far more ubiquitous.[3]

Sriracha is also eaten in soup, on eggs and burgers. Jams, lollipops, and cocktails have all been made using the sauce,[4] and sriracha-flavored potato chips have been marketed.[5]

Origin

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"Gold Medals Brand" the first officially Sriracha sauce since 1932

Sriracha chili sauce was officially born in 1932, the same year that marked the Siamese Revolution, transitioning the country into a constitutional monarchy. That year, La-Orr Suwanprasop, a native of Sriracha who had settled in Bangkok, began producing and selling her own chili sauce. Her product won a gold medal in a product competition during the Constitution Celebration. She attempted to register the brand under the name “Sriracha Chili Sauce” after her hometown, but the authorities denied her request, as it was the name of a district. Ultimately, she had to use the brand name “Gold Medals” instead. However, Gold Medals chili sauce remained a small-scale household industry with limited production capacity, which prevented it from gaining widespread recognition. Even today, The Gold Medals is still available on the market, retaining its original label design since 1932.

The internationally renowned Sriracha chili sauce is the “Sriracha Panich” brand, which was first sold in 1935. This recipe was created by Thanom Chakkapak, a native of Sriracha, who established a chili sauce factory in Si Racha, Chonburi Province.[6][7] Her sauce became a well-known local product. Later, in 1984, Thai Theparos Company acquired the business and its recipe, expanding distribution both domestically and internationally. The brand remains widely recognized around the world.

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 Gold Medals and Sriraja Panich were produced.[8]

Variations

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Thailand

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Sriraja Panich chili sauces

In Thailand, the sauce is most often called sot Siracha (Thai: ซอสศรีราชา) and sometimes nam phrik Siracha (Thai: น้ำพริกศรีราชา). Traditional Thai sriracha sauce tends to be tangier in taste, and runnier in texture than non-Thai versions.[9]

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.[9]

United States

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In the United States, sriracha is associated with a jalapeño-based sauce produced by Huy Fong Foods[10][11] and is sometimes referred to as "rooster sauce" or "cock sauce"[12] from the image of a rooster on the bottle.[13] Other variations of sriracha have appeared in the U.S. market, including a sriracha that is aged in whiskey barrels.[14][15] The Huy Fong Foods Sriracha was first produced in the early 1980s for dishes served at American phở restaurants.[11]

Various restaurants in the US, including Wendy's,[16] Applebee's, P.F. Chang's,[17] 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.[11][18][19][20][21][22] The word "sriracha" is considered a generic term.[citation needed]

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, which claims 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.[23][24] The halt in production lasted for over a year,[23][25] but Huy Fong has failed to acquire a consistent supply of peppers at its desired quality point since the dispute.[23]

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  • In 2013, American filmmaker Griffin Hammond released Sriracha, a documentary about the origin and production of sriracha sauce.[26]
  • Rapper Tech N9ne released the song "Sriracha" in 2016, in which he compares his style of rhyme to the condiment.
  • In 2017, the Korean trio Bang Chan, Changbin and Han debuted in the group 3Racha, taking inspiration from the sauce. Now they are part of the k-pop group Stray Kids.
  • Action caper chase film Stuber (2019) ends at a Sriracha factory.[27]
  • A bottle of sriracha sauce makes a cameo in episode 5 of 2021 American television miniseries Hawkeye.[28] The scene in which it is used was apparently improvised by actress Florence Pugh.[29]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "What is sriracha?". Cookthink.com. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  2. ^ Moncel, Bethany. "The History and Uses for Sriracha Sauce". The Spruce Eats. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  3. ^ Nguyen, Andrea. "Sriracha Taste Off: Thailand vs. America vs. Vietnam". Viet World Kitchen. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
  4. ^ Magazine Monitor (21 December 2013). "Sriracha: How a sauce won over the US". BBC News. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  5. ^ Shyong, Frank (12 April 2013). "Sriracha hot sauce purveyor turns up the heat". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 29 June 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.
  6. ^ Khaleeli, Homa (2 October 2014). "Hot right now: how Sriracha has become a must-have sauce". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  7. ^ Hammond, Griffin (28 November 2013). "Sriracha - Documentary". Sriracha Movie. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  8. ^ Everything You Know About Sriracha is a Lie., retrieved 5 July 2023
  9. ^ a b Nguyen, Andrea (4 March 2013). "The Original Sriracha". Bon Appétit. Retrieved 29 June 2015. 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.
  10. ^ "Sriracha: How a sauce won over the us". BBC News. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  11. ^ a b c Edge, John T. (19 May 2009). "A Chili Sauce to Crow About". The New York Times. p. D1. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  12. ^ Usborne, Simon (20 November 2013). "Sriracha hot sauce: Heated dispute". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 24 May 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2015. 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').
  13. ^ Sytsma, Alan (2 February 2008). "A Rooster's Wake-Up Call". Gourmet. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  14. ^ Fanous, Angelina (6 March 2014). "Sriracha Aged in Whiskey Barrels Is Better than the Original Sauce". Vice. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  15. ^ Birdsall, John (6 March 2014). "A Woman in SF Is Barrel-Aging Sriracha, and It's Awesome". Chow. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  16. ^ "BACON SRIRACHA FRIES". Wendy's. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  17. ^ "Sriracha Pizza & Wings". Domino's UK. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  18. ^ "Subway's Sriracha Sauce Goes National, and It's Good". Taste. The Huffington Post. 7 November 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  19. ^ "White Castle Introduces New Full-Flavored Sriracha Chicken Sliders" (Press release). White Castle. 31 May 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  20. ^ Hannan, Caleb (21 February 2013). "Sriracha Hot Sauce Catches Fire, Yet 'There's Only One Rooster'". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  21. ^ Harris, Jenn (25 February 2015). "Taste-testing Taco Bell's new Sriracha Quesarito". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  22. ^ "Burger King brings the heat with Extra Long Sriracha Cheeseburger". Fox News. 22 October 2015. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  23. ^ a b c Castrodale, Jelisa (26 June 2023). "Bottles of Sriracha Are Selling for Over $30 as the Shortage Enters Its Second Year". Food & Wine. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  24. ^ Spiler, Samara (4 November 2023). "Where's my Sriracha? The Spicy Consequences of Breaching Oral Contracts". University of Miami Law Review. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  25. ^ Kagan, Isabelle; Brown, Kaleb A. (17 July 2023). "There's a Sriracha hot sauce shortage—here's where to buy and substitutes to try". USA TODAY. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  26. ^ Anderson, L.V. (12 December 2013), "Sriracha the Movie: Griffin Hammond's documentary about David Tran, reviewed.", Slate, retrieved 20 December 2017
  27. ^ Ruth (15 July 2019). "FlixChatter Review: STUBER (2019)". Flix Chatter. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  28. ^ Shure, Marnie (13 January 2022). "Hawkeye's Sriracha Cameo Was All Wrong, And We Can't Figure Out Why". The Takeout. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  29. ^ Russell, Shania (22 December 2021). "Florence Pugh Improvised The Hot Sauce Detail In Hawkeye Episode 5". SlashFilm. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
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