The Mrs took our remaining habenero, Thai, tabasco, and serrano peppers and combined them to make a Sriracha pepper sauce. She tells me that the factory that made the original sauce was closed because of "noxious" odors wafting over the surrounding neighborhood. The flavor is good but................MAN, is it HOT! It tastes great with a chicken soup.
I heard that, too. I've never tried it, but bought three bottles at Walmart, just in case I ever did want to try it, and it was no longer available easily.
Is it hotter than gochujang?
The story on the Sriracha plant is one of Kalifornica harassing a successful business man the had a great idea and capitalized on it. Capitalized being the offending word here, I’m sure. The owner is a Vietnamese man that saw the ripe red jalapenos going to waste on the plant in the fields. He produced his Rooster sauce from them. The health dept wanted him to hold all shipments for 30 days because the sauce is uncooked. Them they ordered him to do something about the fumes coming from the plant. I haven’t read, but I am sure he has complied by now. They just cant stand a success story.
I like heat sometimes and sometimes not. With sushi, I coat it in rooster sauce. My wife just shakes her head at me! LOL