For those of you who don't know what Sriacha or Rooster Sauce is, it's essentially a chile and garlic sauce. I'm not one for super spicy foods so I usually don't add too much of the stuff, however this homemade stuff is fantastic! My friends and I followed this recipe and it was really simple and turned out great! If you're a fan of the bottled stuff or like spicy things in general I'd strongly suggest this stuff!
It all starts with fresh chiles:
Then they meld with the vinegar overnight:
Then get cooked a little:
AWESOME ACTION SHOT!!!
After it's processed it's strained really well. We processed the pulp again to make sure all the juices got into the Sriacha, here's the leftover pulp.
AND IT'S DONE!! And delicious too I might add. The color is AMAZING although you can't really tell from the pictures.
One of my friends made a thoroughly kick ass label for it... I think we may use this for future condiment making adventures as well!
(I don't know if you can read it but this Sriacha was born from the fires of hell just yesterday! :-) ).
In other not-as-exciting food news, I've been cooking up some fairly simple but still tasty food the past few days.
Tuesday was a stuffed squash kind of day.
Simply an acorn squash roasted stuffed with portabellos, onions and quinoa.
Today was an even-less exciting bowl of quinoa topped with the makings of Fat Free Vegan's Kochu Chang Substitute. This recipe is what got me addicted to miso and is amazingly tasty on a plain old bowl of quinoa. I took a picture but as it turns out a dollup of red miso on a pile of rice doesn't look too appetizing so I left it out! :-)
Anyways... Long story short - everyone should learn how to make their own condiments!! More are coming soon!
3 comments:
Awesome! What kind of chili is it? The regular red ones?
I love Sriracha! I'm going to have to give this a try. Thanks for the recipe.
Great idea! My boyfriend loves sriracha; maybe we'll have to make him some sometime!
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