Siriracha Sauce | Imamother

amother

Thu, Jan 02 2014, 6:54 pm

A lot of people I know use this but the hechsher is not on kosher quest. I wasn't sure if it's like kellogs cereal where we just "know" it's kosher or if it's just that those people are relying on an unreliable hechsher

shlomitsmum

Thu, Jan 02 2014, 7:01 pm

We use this brand . The ingredients are VERY straight forward Kosher quest states that Sriracha Sauce has been certified Kosher by the RCC (Rabbinical Council of California)
I love the spicy sauce on everything Wink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sriracha_sauce_(Huy_Fong_Foods)

Mrs Bissli

Thu, Jan 02 2014, 7:29 pm

It's Thai chili sauce. A bit garlic-ey, very slightly sweet-and-sour.
It's great on stir-fry, fried rice.

Though personally I'm more of a harissa (aka Moroccan ketchup!) girl myself...

FranticFrummie

Thu, Jan 02 2014, 7:32 pm

You can't make a good spicy peanut sauce without it! It also works well with Indian food, when you need a little extra "kick" in there.

Tzippora

Thu, Jan 02 2014, 10:49 pm

WAIT - Mrs. Bissli, is sriracha a substitute for thai chili paste/sauce? Because I've been looking everywhere for thai red chili paste with a hechsher....

Chana Miriam S

Thu, Jan 02 2014, 11:15 pm

sriracha - a smooth sauce with garlic, hot peppers and vinegar base
chili garlic sauce- lee kum kee . some runs supervised by the OU
sambal oelek- a type of chili garlic sauce

lkk is the least hot although very tasty. it is my experience that the biggest differences are textural. when I thought huy fongs was not under an acceptable hashgacha, I learned to make sriracha. you can make chili garlic sauce from the waste of the sriracha.

now if someone could just find me kosher fish sauce....

Chana Miriam S

Thu, Jan 02 2014, 11:16 pm

shlomitsmum wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sriracha_sauce_(Huy_Fong_Foods)

this is correct.

Tzippora

Fri, Jan 03 2014, 8:29 am

ChanaMiriam - are any of those substitutes for a paste like this one? They all seem to be sauces/condiments rather than ingredients in a stir fry or curry (mmmm... Thai curry...)

http://www.soap.com/p/thai-kit.....=true

devo1982

Fri, Jan 03 2014, 11:59 am

chanamiriam wrote:

http://www.pennilessparenting.......html

from Seraph

watergirl

Fri, Jan 03 2014, 12:30 pm

If you are just now jumping on the Sriracha bandwagon, you'd better hurry, soon it will be but a distant memory (if you want it to be the authentic stuff - which you do.).

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/......html

Mrs Bissli

Sat, Jan 04 2014, 5:29 pm

Grandma1, no, siriracha sauce is completely different from sweet chili sauce (sticky sweet stuff with a few bits of chili flakes floating around).

Tziporra, I usually get my harissa from France. But you may be able to find Israeli ones that come in small plastic tubs, the same company that imports Israeli hummous etc (Yarden for European distributor). If not you should be able to find it in Israeli/Sephardi supermarkets in Brooklyn.

I have also seen a thai red curry paste that was imported from Israel (or Thai green curry paste and yellow curry paste for that matter).

FranticFrummie, if you want authentic kick in indian dishes, try Vindaloo paste from Raja (has federation hechsher here).

celestial

Sat, Jan 04 2014, 6:39 pm

Mrs Bissli wrote:

Hey, do you know where I can get thai curry paste? What the brand name is, who sells it (in/near Brooklyn), where to order online etc? Thanks!

Chana Miriam S

Sat, Jan 04 2014, 6:45 pm

whoever posted the do it yourself fish sauce thing that is so funny. I have a jar down in my work kitchen full of whole anchovies and salt. I never had the nerve to do anything past it. its probably two years old. I think I will get my nerve up to continue the process!

shlomitsmum

Sun, Jan 05 2014, 6:57 pm

2ringsnow wrote:

have a bottle sitting in my fridge for a while ... where can I use it ? any good recipes?

I just take a bunch of wings put them on a zipblock add about 2 tablespoons of the sauce coat them and broil till done . buffalo wing haven in my house guys love this specially on Purim Wink

Mrs Bissli

Sun, Jan 05 2014, 7:04 pm

celestial wrote:

Hey, do you know where I can get thai curry paste? What the brand name is, who sells it (in/near Brooklyn), where to order online etc? Thanks!

The one I have is Thai Gourmet brand. I think it must be produced in Thailand for export to Israel.
It has Chug Chatam Sofer hechsher, does not contain fish/fish sauce. I get it in my local kosher supermarket.