Working with
Sriracha for a month, you'd think I'd be sick of the stuff, but quite the contrary. With my remaining fresnos and red jalapenos, I just wanted to make more. Since I had the
"rooster-style" of this garlicky hot sauce down, I turned to the more authentic Thai version.
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You can't go wrong with the union of Sriracha and wings, especially over Super Bowl weekend, and especially when you have a batch of
homemade Sriracha sauce handy.
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Setting out to recreate Huy Fong's ubiquitous rooster sauce, I ended up with something that hit the right notes but had a brighter, fresher flavor that makes homemade Sriracha something special.
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The Sriracha Cookbook is a small and appropriately bright red volume of recipes devoted to author
Randy Clemens' love of the rooster sauce. Clemens has incorporated Sriracha into everything from condiments—think
Sriracha-spiked Pesto and Tzatziki—to breakfast dishes, cocktails, and even dessert.
Spiced Sriracha Truffles anyone? Enter to win a copy here.
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A recent comment on a past post for
homemade Sriracha captivated me as the responder admitted to drizzling the chile condiment on ice cream.
Sriracha and ice cream? Sure, I'm not one to judge, but it's not a food combination that had ever entered my mind. So I searched the web for other unusual spicy combinations and found an overwhelming amount of people proclaiming their love for peanut butter and Sriracha, whether smeared on an English muffin or eaten straight off the spoon.
I'm sharing my quirky spicy combos and want you to do the same.
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The ingredients in Sriracha chile sauce are quite straightforward—just chiles, vinegar, garlic, salt and sugar. So it was a normal aspiration for a Sriracha addict like myself to try making
homemade Sriracha, taste-testing the differences between the fresh and fermented versions.
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All of these costumes are cheap, pretty throw-it-togetherable, and will make other people around you hungry. 1. Food Mascots From left: Sun Maid Raisin girl, Morton Salt Girl, Jolly Green Giant, and the Chiquita Banana lady. [Photograph: Tressa Eaton] Sun Maid Raisin Girl: A bonnet, white blouse, head scarf, and basket full of grapes. (Bonus points for sunshine rays emanating from your body) Morton Salt Girl: Wear a yellow dress (preferably with a huge bow) and hold an umbrella. (Fun fact: that would be our own Serious Green columnist Tressa Eaton in the photo!) Jolly Green Giant: Green shirt, green leaf-bearing toga, and green headband. Act jolly. Chiquita Banana Lady: A woven hat full of fruits piled on top, big...
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