Huy Fong sriracha

Tương Ớt Sriracha
Bottles of Huy Fong sriracha sauce
Heat Medium
Scoville scale2,200;[1] 2,500[2] SHU
Huy Fong sriracha
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese是拉差香甜辣椒醬
Simplified Chinese是拉差香甜辣椒酱
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShìlāchà xiāngtián làjiāo jiàng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSih làai chà hèung tìhm laaht jìu jeung
JyutpingSi6 laai1 caa1 hoeng1 tim4 laat6 ziu1 zoeng3
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabetTương Ớt Sriracha
Literal meaningSriracha chili sauce

Huy Fong's sriracha sauce (/sɪˈrɑːtʃə/ sih-RAH-chə; Thai: ศรีราชา, pronounced [sǐːrāːtɕʰāː] ⓘ;[3] Vietnamese: Tương Ớt Sriracha), also referred to as sriracha, cock sauce or rooster sauce[4] due to the rooster on its label, is a brand of sriracha, a chili sauce that originated in Thailand. The sauce is produced by Huy Fong Foods, a California manufacturer, and was created in 1980 by David Tran, a Chinese-Vietnamese immigrant to the US from Vietnam.[5][6][7]

Some cookbooks include recipes using it as their main condiment.[8] Sriracha can be recognized by its bright red color and its packaging: a clear plastic bottle with a green cap, text in Vietnamese, English, Chinese (in traditional top-to-bottom, right-to-left script), and Spanish, and the rooster logo. The logo refers to the Year of the Rooster in the Vietnamese zodiac, as David Tran was born in 1945.[7][9] The green cap and rooster logo are trademarked, but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office considers "sriracha" a generic term.[10]

  1. ^ Fieldstadt, Elisha (May 2, 2019). "Hot sauces, ranked from tepid to scorching". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  2. ^ McCarthy, John (November 12, 2019). The Modern Gentleman: The Guide to the Best Food, Drinks, and Accessories. duopress. ISBN 978-1-947458-88-8.
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  4. ^ Usborne, Simon (November 20, 2013). "Sriracha hot sauce: Heated dispute". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved June 29, 2015. But like most obsessives, Erskine is fiercely loyal to 'rooster sauce' as some know the brand (in the US it is sometimes also called 'cock sauce').
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