Sriracha vs Chili Garlic Sauce (Huy Fong poll)

if chili garlic sauce = sambal then that one forever. i like sriracha but am not gaga. chile garlic sauce, to me, is the ideal hot sauce for homemade falafel so is indispensable

i mean, there's a million other uses for it, but. ..

sambal is also sold by Huy Fong but is chili-only

(I love it)

I used to pour Sriracha on my Michelina's tv dinners cos it made them more edible

puttanesca with chili garlic sauce is amazing. not sure sriracha would work as well.

i was specifically thinking about his product:

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81vq1kKMpSL._SL1500_.jpg

you made me dig through the garbage to confirm that yes, this is what i just used (the last of) in my fried rice

chili garlic sauce has a harsh flavor to me. sambal oelek made by the same company is much better I think. I love sriracha

That jar tells a story by itself.

Huy Fong Foods was founded by David Tran (born 1945), a Chinese-Vietnamese businessman of Teochew descent, and a former Major in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.[5] Tran fled the country in 1978 in a cargo boat and arrived in Hong Kong.[6] Then he arrived in Boston in the spring of 1979 as a part of the migration of the Vietnamese boat people following the Vietnam War.[7] Shortly after arriving in Boston, Tran called up his brother-in-law in Los Angeles, and decided to move there after learning that there were red peppers.[8]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huy_Fong_Foods

This confirms what I recall reading a while back:

In June 2022, Huy Fong Foods announced that they would be pausing production of its popular Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce, due to a “severe shortage” of chili peppers.

Not sure if they've resumed production, yet.

voted chili garlic bc thought it was sambal oelek

Here’s what I go through a lot of, thicker than the chili sauce pictured. Sriracha is okay, but I can kinda take or leave. https://www.posharpstore.com/content/images/outs/0008031_caravelle-pepper-sate-sauce-tia-chieu-sate-8-oz_0t02.jpeg

Chili garlic was my gateway drug into this general ecosystem of hot stuff

Chili garlic sauce 4ever.

Huy Fong's Sriracha hit revenue of $150m+ a year...with no sales team, no trademark and $0 in ad spend.

Its creator is Vietnamese-American David Tran, making the sauce's success a tale of immigrant hustle and a product that literally sells itself.

Here's the story🧵 pic.twitter.com/8zklOKRqNB

— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) September 15, 2022

$150m+ a year...with no sales team, no trademark and $0 in ad spend.

That's nuts.

There are several different brands making sriracha, ranging from pretty good to awful. You can spot the worst ones because they say "no MSG"

sambal oelek is the one i have and use. havent tried chili garlic but i assume its the same thing with garlic in?

Both are great but sriracha is essential, the shortage is a bummer. Might need to start keeping some sambal at work.

chili garlic seemed to me to be a little more liquidy than sambal as well as a little less spicy… but with the added bonus of garlic!

I used to liberally use my friend's sriracha sauce when I'd house sit, and he had the Huy Fong brand. weirdly I had just assumed that's the type of packaging most sriracha came in, without realizing it was just the most famous (well, to us) brand.

the different brands have generally similar packaging, not sure what the story is there

my brother-in-law brought a bottle from the town of Si Racha in Thailand… this stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sriracha#/media/File:Siracha_sauce.jpg

it was good, tasted more or less like the Huy Fong stuff, though I could have sworn I detected some fish sauce-esque flavors in it

xpost the green cap and rooster are trademarked

Here are the three brands I've found in UK supermarkets

https://i.imgur.com/ylUbKej.png

Thai Dragon is HORRIBLE, this is the one with the "Free From MSG" label 1/10
Uni-Eagle is just about ok, 5/10
Flying Goose is acceptable, maybe 6.5/10

it's neat to see those! i haven't seen any of the three there.

i love sriracha and i'm gonna pick up the largest garlic chili sauce asap. it's good stuff

Sambal Oelek is the one we always have on hand in our house.

if any of you ever have occasion to pick up some of this, highly recommend - it's a local farm's sriracha here in Western Mass. Kicks the shit out of Huy Fong, which I do also love

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71yBiS+v1AL._SL1500_.jpg

the largest garlic chili sauce

i tried to pick some up at my local asian grocery store last week. they only had the one-gallon size (about $33), which was too large (and expensive) for me

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oh shit

deserved imo

Sriracha shortage? Please allow me to climb on a favorite hobbyhorse: fresh chili garlic sauce is super easy to make in a blender.

Fresh chili peppers (birds eye or jalapeno)
Some bell peppers to cut the heat
Garlic
Maybe ginger
Salt
Sugar
White vinegar

Blend

if any of you ever have occasion to pick up some of this, highly recommend - it's a local farm's sriracha here in Western Mass. Kicks the shit out of Huy Fong, which I do also love

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71yBiS+v1AL._SL1500_.jpg

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 19 September 2022 18:52 (one week ago) link

oh cool, someone gifted me some of that and it's been sitting in the pantry until i deplete my current hot sauce stash.

xp yeah, not that i'm short on any, but i've lately been making small amounts just to mix it up. lately i've been going with lime, grilled onion, fresno/serrano/habanero, lime, cilantro, and salt.