Time to bulk up on the Sriracha

[undercoverbrother]

Came in expecting as ice on how to add muscle through the use of hot sauce, left disappointed

[AMG_G]

Ah the Co*k Sauce...it was named after a place in Thailand.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Daradon

Or knew about a Sriracha plant from which the spicy goodness was extracted.

Named after a city, not a plant.

[DownhillGoat]

Originally Posted by Komskies

I love Sambal as well. This is another good one. Basically Sambal with garlic:

I love Sambal. Mix that with Thousand Island and it makes one hell of a dip.

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by kunkstyle

Named after a city, not a plant.

Well that's what I was getting at. I knew of no such plant.

[Hack&Lube]

Never got hooked on Sriracha. I always preferred Tabasco (from eating Tabasco and Oysters as a child) and my favorite spicy condiment:

[automaton 3]

This thread is making me crave hot sauce.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Sambal is insanely easy to make. Just make your own and forget about buying from the store. Its far more superior if you just follow the ingredients.

http://bakecookeat.blogspot.com/2010...ed-shrimp.html

You can substitute gula malaka with just normal sugar, and you don't need dried anchovies.

[nik-]

or you could just buy it for $4 and save hours of work and weeks of your house smelling like chili paste.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Originally Posted by nik-

or you could just buy it for $4 and save hours of work and weeks of your house smelling like chili paste.

Hours of work? It takes less than 10 mins to make. Yeah, your house will smell like sambal for awhile, but that's the price you pay for quality sambal.

[Barnes]

Originally Posted by TheyCallMeBruce

Hours of work? It takes less than 10 mins to make. Yeah, your house will smell like sambal for awhile, but that's the price you pay for quality sambal.

The first step is boil chilies for 30-45 mins.

[TheyCallMeBruce]

Originally Posted by Barnes

The first step is boil chilies for 30-45 mins.

For some reason that site wants you to boil the chilli. That isn't necessary. Just throw the dried chilli in with everything else into the food processor. Only cooking part is to throw the blended stuff into a pan and tamarind juice and let it simmer for 5 mins. Then it's done.

Also, boiling the chilis are to make it less potent (spicy). That defeats the purpose of making sambal.

[jofillips]

I found boiling the chillis brightens up the colour of your cooking/curry dramatically when you come to use the sambal in it. Isn't it a way of using loads more chilli too?
I always found malay/indonesian cooking to be a totally different spicy feeling - slow sweet build up, your mouth isnt having a fit but you're sweating so you know you've eaten lots of chillis!!

[Ozy_Flame]

Awaiting a Matt Inman rant. Sriracha is that much better if you read the Oatmeal.

[gargamel]

If it really does go away, it's easy enough to make your own.

Ingredients:
1/2 pound red fresno chiles (plus a habanero or two if you want more heat)
4 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
2 tablespoons palm sugar

1. Mix everything except the palm sugar and let sit overnight
2. The next day, add the palm sugar and simmer for 5 minutes
3. Once cool, blend the crap out of it (5 minutes or more on high speed)
4. Strain out the seeds/pulp
5. Enjoy

If you want a slightly fermented flavor, you can add some fish sauce, and I like to make a green version using green jalapenos and serrano peppers.

[Righteous1]

Originally Posted by automaton 3

This thread is making me crave hot sauce.

This thread reminds me of those painful burning sh*ts

[photon]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

Never got hooked on Sriracha. I always preferred Tabasco (from eating Tabasco and Oysters as a child) and my favorite spicy condiment:

Hooo leee crap I didn't know you could buy that stuff, can you get it at regular grocery stores?? I love that stuff.

[speede5]

They sold 20 million bottles last year. They will find a way to keep running this cash cow. I always thought this stuff came from Asia.

[DownhillGoat]

I fail to see why they're reluctant to throw in the incinerator/flare stack. Can't be that difficult.

I'd imagine they'd lose more in profits for however many months than the half a mil it would cost.

[BloodFetish]