Sriracha Origins
Sriracha was originally associated with this Thai coastal city.
What is Si Racha?
David Tran was born in this country.
What is Vietnam?
Thai-style Sriracha is generally smoother, tangier and ______.
What is sweeter?
This ranch became Huy Fong's main chili-pepper supplier beginning in 1988.
What is Underwood Ranches?
Your homemade recipe calls for 4–5 of these.
What are garlic cloves?
Name three of the five main ingredients traditionally found in Sriracha.
What are red chiles, garlic, vinegar, sugar, and salt? (Any 3.)
David Tran was born in this year.
What is 1945?
Huy Fong Sriracha is generally thicker and more ______-forward.
What is garlic-forward?
By the mid-2000s, Underwood supplied approximately this percentage of Huy Fong's peppers.
What is 95%?
Removing some of these from the peppers can make the sauce milder.
What are the seeds?
Si Racha originally developed as this type of community, which explains why Sriracha became closely associated with seafood.
What is a fishing/port community?
Tran began making chile sauce while serving in this military.
What is the South Vietnamese military?
Which version is often considered spicier: Thai-style Sriracha or Huy Fong?
What is Huy Fong?
Huy Fong and Underwood had a falling out in this year
What is 2016?
After preparing the peppers, this is the next major step.
What is blending?
This woman is credited by Sriraja Panich with creating its recipe.
Who is Thanom Chakkapak?
The name “Huy Fong” came from this important part of Tran's immigration story.
What is the Taiwanese freighter that carried him out of Vietnam?
Thai brands often use these processes to develop acidity.
What are aging or fermentation?
What environmental problem contributed to the 2022 Sriracha shortage?
What is drought in Mexico?
During fermentation, you should periodically check for changes in these three characteristics.
What are smell, texture, and acidity?
This year marks Sriraja Panich's commercial beginning.
What is 1935?
In what year did Tran incorporate Huy Fong Foods?
What is 1980?
Sriraja Panich ages its chiles for at least this long before blending them.
What is three months?
In 2024, Huy Fong halted production again because its peppers had this problem.
What is the peppers were too green?
After fermentation and the final blending, name three things the recipe tells you to do before/while serving.
What are strain if needed, adjust salt/sugar/vinegar, refrigerate, and serve? (Any 3.)