Is sriracha vegan? The short answer is yes. Sriracha does not contain any animal ingredients which makes it suitable for vegan consumption. Read on to learn how to make your own sriracha, as well as a few delicious vegan sriracha recipes.
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Dairy-free condiments are healthy and delicious alternatives to add flavor to any type of diet. Sriracha sauce is one of the most widely-available, inexpensive, and delicious vegan choices to infuse spice and flavor to soups, plant-based snacks, noodles, and even breakfast items.
This is because sriracha sauce reunites an amalgam of bold and intense flavors: the sweetness of sugar, the spice of chili peppers and garlic, the delicate sourness of vinegar, and a myriad of spices that make each batch of sauce as unique as the individuals who love it. Read on, and learn why Sriracha is one of the best vegan food options around!
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Sriracha Ingredients
Sriracha sauce is a hot sauce made with:
- vinegar
- salt
- sugar
- garlic
- red hot chili peppers
The strong flavors involved in the making of the sauce are the reason why it is so versatile. It also befits just about every cuisine, from bland to exotic, as an added condiment.
The resulting flavor is a tangy-hot finish, with a chunky texture that feels just like finely-chopped salsa. This is further complemented by its vibrant red color, sprinkled with chili pepper seeds.
Still no clue what Sriracha is? Try this: Think of a traditional salsa made exclusively with chili peppers and no other vegetables; a very, very hot salsa, indeed.
History Of Sriracha?
“Sriracha” is the name of a town in Thailand, Sri Racha, that is widely known for its hot sauces. The sauce’s name was first coined by David Tran in the 1980s. Tran, a Vietnamese immigrant, perfected a hot sauce similar to those that he enjoyed eating in his youth, back in Asia. While the sauce is Asian in origin, it is clear that it has crossed all transcultural barriers. It is now enjoyed, not just in Asian cuisine, but in dietary lifestyles such as veganism, where it is a very popular fixture for plant-based foods.
How To Make Your Own Vegan Sriracha
It is very easy to make your own Sriracha sauce. As long as you reunite the key ingredients, all you will need to decide is how much of which ingredient will best suit your palate. YouTube has great videos dedicated to the proper curing and aging of peppers for Sriracha hot sauce, offering great tips for beginners.
You may also find varied opinions about which chili peppers are best to use for Sriracha. Some people like extremely hot peppers, such as Scorpion and Ghost, while others prefer Thai peppers, jalapeño or Fresno peppers.
This said, to call a sauce "Sriracha" does not necessarily mean that a specific pepper has to be used for it to be "legit." The consensus is that, as long as it is made with red peppers, and it acquires the texture and flavor of the typical sauces from the traditional sauces from Sri Racha, it can be officially classified as a letting "Sriracha" sauce.
What Are The Best Peppers?
The final say on which is the best pepper for Sriracha may be found in the sales and popularity of the product. The highest-selling Sriracha sauce in the United States, both at the individual and restaurant-levels, is Dave Tran’s own Huy Fong's Sriracha sauce .
Known for its green squirt cap and rooster logo, this super popular sauce is made with fully-riped red jalapeños, along with sugar, garlic, and vinegar. At nearly $608 million sales in the year 2015 alone, we can safely argue that ripe, red jalapeños are America’s #1 choice for Sriracha sauce. If you prefer to choose what goes in your own salsa, you can always make it from scratch.
The Many Uses Of Sriracha
Sriracha sauce is added to foods the same way other condiments, such mustard, or ketchup, are used. Nearly every Sriracha sauce is sold in plastic bottles with squeeze-through caps for easy pouring. As a vegan condiment, Sriracha would work very well as a pairing with typically-bland vegan foods such as tofu, pastas, potatoes, and cruciferous vegetables.
How you decide to use the sauce is entirely up to you. People put Sriracha sauce in their favorite soups, while others love topping their baked potatoes with a vegan concoction of traditional salsa and Sriracha sauce mix.
The sauce is popular enough to substitute ketchup, soy sauce, and traditional hot sauces. This is because Sriracha not only adds heat, but it also accentuates flavor and texture in foods.
Vegan Sriracha Recipes
Some of the most popular Sriracha recipes include:
Coconut flour tofu nuggets with sriracha dipping sauce
Cauliflower lettuce cups with Sriracha peanut sauce
Sriracha-spicy black bean burgers
Sriracha breaded tofu with zoodles
Conclusion
Vegan and delicious, Sriracha sauce is a rainbow of flavors: sweet, sour, salty, and spicy. There is nothing the sauce cannot flavor, from soups, to grains, to potatoes, and just about any vegan food imaginable. It goes well with all cuisines, despite of its Asian origin. It is inexpensive, widely-popular, and even complementary to any meal, adding to it texture, dimension, and the world-famous heat that millions of consumers crave.
Try a recipe today, or make your very own sauce. YouTube has excellent videos that can put you well on your way of becoming the next Sriracha sauce-making sensation. Who knows? Your home-made vegan Sriracha sauce could be the next worldwide best seller! Dare to take on the heat and add Sriracha to a special meal today.
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