Once cheap Sriracha now sells for $29.99 in some Bay Area stores

Re:Once cheap Sriracha now sells for $29.99 in some Bay Area... by peatmoss on Friday June 16, 2023 @08:09PM (#36365692)

It’s ridiculously easy to make sriracha at home. Fermenting a mix of chilies and optionally other veggies and then blending them is a straight path to flavor country. HF’s sriracha is just one take—good, but you can do better at home.

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Re:Once cheap Sriracha now sells for $29.99 in some Bay Area... by yumraj on Friday June 16, 2023 @11:42PM (#36367043)

Detailed recipe please, if available.

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Re:Once cheap Sriracha now sells for $29.99 in some Bay Area... by peatmoss on Saturday June 17, 2023 @11:27AM (#36371048)

Even better, this Serious Eats article explains fermented hot sauces in detail. Sriracha is just a subclass of fermented hot sauce that sticks mainly to sweet-hot chilies and garlic. Sriracha also tends to be sweet, so sugar is usually added. I prefer the complexity that e.g. carrot imparts along with the sweetness, and a bit more of the floral bite of habaneros (mixed with bomba chilies for sweetness and color). It’s an extremely slippery slope!

https://www.seriouseats.com/fermented-hot-sauce-how-to

Once you start making sriracha at home, you may discover that you want more.

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Re:Once cheap Sriracha now sells for $29.99 in some Bay Area... by peatmoss on Saturday June 17, 2023 @11:31AM (#36371082)

Also, I don’t have a link handy right now, but HN has had a number of people’s personal recipes from github make the front page.

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