Recipes With Sriracha Sauce: You Should Know These 3

Sriracha Sauce: Healthy and Delicious Recipes

The popular Sriracha sauce is a red, viscous chili sauce. It originally comes from the Thai coastal town of Si Racha, from where the sauce got its name. Nowadays it is known all over the world and is eaten with fish, meat, pasta, rice, and vegetables as well as with pizza, spring rolls, or soup. The basic ingredients of the spicy sauce are chili, vinegar, garlic, salt, and sugar, which gives it a slightly sweet taste.

Asia pan with glass noodles and Sriracha sauce

The following recipe is quick and easy to prepare. For 4 servings you need 500 g Asian vegetables, 200 g glass noodles, 2 eggs, sesame oil (alternatively vegetable oil), soy sauce, Sriracha sauce, lime juice, and lemongrass. For meat eaters: an additional 500 g chicken breast fillet.

1. Place the glass noodles in a bowl and pour boiling water over them.
2. Heat sesame oil (alternatively vegetable oil) in a wok (or a pan).
3. For meat eaters: wash the chicken breast fillet and cut it into cubes. Then fry it in a wok (or pan).
4. Now add the vegetables and cook, stirring constantly.
5. Next, mix in the soft noodles and briefly fry everything together again.
6. Now add the eggs and mix it all together.
7. Finally, add soy sauce and sriracha sauce according to taste and stir until the liquid has evaporated.
8. If you like, you can refine the whole thing with a little lime juice and/or lemongrass.

Kung Pao with Pork, Prunes, and Sriracha Sauce

This spicy Chinese dish not only tastes delicious, but it is also quick to prepare. It can be prepared with either pork or chicken. For 4 servings you need: 600 g pork fillet, 100 g dried prunes, 4 spring onions, 1 piece of ginger (approx. 3 cm), 100 g roasted peanuts, ½ tsp chicken stock (instant), 100 ml water, 4 tbsp peanut oil, 5 tbsp rice vinegar, 3 tablespoons soy sauce, salt. As an accompaniment: rice.

1. Wash and dice the pork. Then marinate it with 1 tbsp soy sauce and 1 tbsp rice vinegar.
2. Clean the spring onions and cut them into small pieces.
3. Peel the ginger and cut it into thin strips.
4. Roughly chop the dried plums.
5. Now fry the meat in sesame oil.
6. Then add the plums, spring onions, ginger, peanuts, 4 tablespoons rice vinegar, and 2 tablespoons soy sauce.
7. Then add 100 ml of water and stir in the chicken broth. Also, add sriracha sauce if desired for spiciness.
8. Finally, season with salt and serve with rice.

Sweet Potato Falafels with Sriracha Yoghurt Sauce

The following dish is something very special and goes well with salads. For 4 servings you need 2 cans of drained 265 g chickpeas, 2 sweet potatoes (approx. 300 g), 4 tbsp breadcrumbs, 1 tbsp tahini, 1 handful of coriander, 1 handful of parsley, 2 cloves of garlic, salt, and pepper. For the sauce: 4 tbsp yogurt, 2 tbsp mayonnaise, and 2 tsp sriracha sauce.

1. Cover a baking tray with baking paper and preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
2. Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into rough chunks. Then boil them in salted water until done.
3. Place the sweet potatoes in a blender along with the chickpeas, breadcrumbs, tahini, cilantro, parsley, and garlic, and blend until smooth. Then season it all with salt and pepper.
4. Form the falafel balls with your hands. Since the mass is a bit sticky, it can be helpful to oil your hands.
5. Then spread the falafel balls on the baking tray and bake them until they are lightly golden brown (about 25 to 30 minutes).
6. For the dip, mix the yogurt, mayonnaise, and Sriracha sauce together.
7. Finally, arrange the sweet potato falafel on a plate along with the sriracha yogurt sauce. A crisp, colorful salad can be served as a side dish.

Make Sriracha sauce yourself

If you would like to prepare the popular Sriracha sauce yourself, you are welcome to do so. With the following recipe, you will easily succeed in making the spicy red sauce. For 4 servings you need 250 g chilies (fresh red ones), 300 ml rice vinegar, 5 cloves of garlic, ½ tbsp salt, and 25 g granulated sugar.

1. Put the chilies, rice vinegar, and garlic in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
2. Then turn the temperature down a bit. Now add salt and sugar and stir until both have completely dissolved.
3. Blend everything with a blender until you get the consistency you want. If the sauce is too thick, you can add a little rice vinegar. If you don’t want any bits in the sauce, you can also pass the whole thing through a fine sieve.
4. Finally, let the sauce sit for 15 minutes. Then fill the homemade Sriracha sauce in a bottle and close it tightly.