Sriracha
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Sriracha is a type of Thai hot sauce
named after the coastal city of Si Racha, in the Chonburi Province
of central Thailand
, where it was first produced for dishes served at local seafood restaurants. It is a paste of chili pepper
s, distilled vinegar, garlic, sugar and salt.
Traditional Thai Sriracha tends to be tangier, sweeter, and runnier in texture than non-Thai. The version produced in the U.S., where the Huy Fong brand dominates, is different in flavor, color, and texture from certain Thai versions.
In Thailand, Sriracha is frequently used as a dipping sauce, particularly for seafood
. In Vietnamese cooking, Sriracha appears as a condiment for phở
, a topping for spring rolls, and in sauces and glazes.
Hot sauce
Hot sauce, chili sauce or pepper sauce refers to any spicy sauce made from chili peppers and other ingredients.-Ingredients:There are many recipes for hot sauces - the common ingredient being any kind of peppers. A group of chemicals called capsaicinoids are responsible for the heat in chili peppers...
named after the coastal city of Si Racha, in the Chonburi Province
Chonburi Province
Chonburi is a province of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chachoengsao, Chanthaburi and Rayong. To the west is the Gulf of Thailand. The eastern seaboard is heavily industrialized and underpinned by shipping, transportation, tourism, and manufacturing industries, and second to only Bangkok...
of central Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, where it was first produced for dishes served at local seafood restaurants. It is a paste of chili pepper
Chili pepper
Chili pepper is the fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, members of the nightshade family, Solanaceae. The term in British English and in Australia, New Zealand, India, Malaysia and other Asian countries is just chilli without pepper.Chili peppers originated in the Americas...
s, distilled vinegar, garlic, sugar and salt.
Traditional Thai Sriracha tends to be tangier, sweeter, and runnier in texture than non-Thai. The version produced in the U.S., where the Huy Fong brand dominates, is different in flavor, color, and texture from certain Thai versions.
Seafood
Seafood is any form of marine life regarded as food by humans. Seafoods include fish, molluscs , crustaceans , echinoderms . Edible sea plants, such as some seaweeds and microalgae, are also seafood, and are widely eaten around the world, especially in Asia...
. In Vietnamese cooking, Sriracha appears as a condiment for phở
PHO
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, a topping for spring rolls, and in sauces and glazes.