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Homemade Sriracha Recipe from image:

2 cups Thai peppers

1 tbsp fresh lemon juice

1/4 cup white vinegar

3 garlic cloves

3 tbsp brown sugar

2 tsp salt

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

I was confused until I saw that tiny line at the top. Who the hell is paying 20 bucks for Sriracha. It's like $3.99 where I live lol

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (6 children)

No distributors can get me actual rooster sauce right now. I had a palette of it when the shortage started but those days are over and now all I can get is the knock off stuff. It's too vinegary. I sell sushi for context it's not a personal use issue.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

No judgements here if it is for personal use. This is a safe space.

[–] Frozengyro 4 points 11 months ago

I'm gonna pretend it is personal use, cause that's just impressive.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Who the hell eats that Witz Sushi?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

A lot of people. Spicy Tuna, Spicy Mayo, and many other things that are sushi menu staples include it as a main ingredient.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

You're in the US?

[–] Lilnino 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I was told this product is made by the farmer that supplied peppers to sriracha; I haven't tried it yet.

https://underwoodranches.com/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

same here $3.99 CDN local, but online its like $12.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Amazon really dicks you over a lot of times on the most random products lol... I think it tends towards things that are generally cheap for their weight but idk

[–] FarFarAway 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

We went looking for it in the store, apparently there's still a chili pepper shortage...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Hmmm. I think according to sellers there's an everything shortage of they can sell something cheap for much more than it's worth

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Plus with the pepper shortage, how would I be able to make it myself anyway? I can't get the peppers either!

[–] FarFarAway 3 points 11 months ago

But you can. The real recipe uses red jalapeños from Mexico!

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 2 points 11 months ago

They had distribution problems during the pandemic, then they fucked up by cutting business to farms they used to buy chili from.

I honestly don't think rooster sriracha will survive in a few years.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

I think they're selling an entire pallet of jt

[–] Lilnino 23 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Here's the farmer's website that used to supply the peppers to Sriracha; they sell their own sauce now:

https://underwoodranches.com/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Alternatively you could go to your local Asian mart and look at the brands there. Huy Fong didn't invent sriracha by a long shot, and you should be able to find both the familiar squeezy bottle stuff and the more 'traditional' stuff that's runny and in a glass bottle. It tastes a little different but it's really good for dipping stuff in.

Hell where I live (over in Scandinavia) most sriracha is flying goose brand, which is Thai. It also comes in like a billion flavours which are pretty damn good. Huy Fong is like the 'fancy' American import stuff

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do u know if these need to be refrigerated after opening? How long do they stay good for?

Said no preservatives on the website, so was just wondering...

[–] itscozydownhere 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My bottle says 3 months at room temperature after opening

Other than that it’s a fermented sauce, it’s not just the ground ingredients

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

There was long while where I was not able to find this sauce in the last year or two.

Now I can't seem to find that awesome "Chipotle" cholula, which may be equally as frustrating!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I haven't had the pleasure of trying the Chipotle Cholula, but I love the original. However I must recommend against the garlic one. They had it at my work and a few drops tasted like dumped a full clove of garlic on my egg

[–] WorldlyIntrospection 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You're saying there's such a thing as too much garlic?
Hearsay.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I get what you're saying, but you'd be surprised. My roommate when I was in college mistook cloves for heads one time. And they were very large heads of garlic. That was objectively too much. But I agree with your sentiment, doubling or tripling the dose of garlic is never a bad thing. Apparently octopuling can be

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Some might even call it heresy

[–] TheMauveAvenger 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That sounds awesome, thanks for the tip.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Always happy to accidentally give advice. If you just want liquid garlic then it's perfect. Unfortunately I expected hot sauce with some garlic flavor

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

If you love spicy garlic stuff, you should check this out. My local Walmart has some stuff from this brand.

https://melindas.com/shop/melindas-spicy-garlic-parmesan-wing-sauce-condiment/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I actually do have that one. I guess I probably love more garlic than you, but I will concede it's a lot less versatile and either really works or really doesn't.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

same i finally ran out of my final drops of the stuff a couple months ago, it's a proper tragedy out here.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

That is tragic. My deepest condolences.