Huy Fong Sriracha Shortage- Substitutes

[16Adams]

Eater has an online article regarding Huy Fong Original Sriracha shortage thru labor Day. It's a good article as it lists other brands who are not reporting any production problems

Link to Eater online article

The Best Sriracha Substitutes to Survive the Huy Fong Shortage

There are plenty of alternatives to the iconic brand, which is experiencing a shortage once again.

www.eater.com

 

[snadamo]

Again? How many years has this been an issue for them?

 

[bonz50]

do not under any circumstances substitute with the Trader Joe's alternative. it is bloody awful.

 

[16Adams]

Tabasco Sriracha is quite good.

 

[Itsdone]

I have a bottle in the fridge, but i am in the minority because its way too spicy. I have to use it sparingly. Local grocery stores make pretty good raw spicy salmon sushi with siracha but its soooooo much milder then huy fong, and i prefer it.

 

[Itsdone]

I have a bottle of Huy Fong but its way too spicy for me, i rarely use it. I do order Wild sockeye salmon volcano sushi roll from Wegmans that uses a red siracha sauce that is mild and delicious. If you put Huy Fong on it, you wouldnt even taste the raw wild sockeye salmon.

 

[Maylar]

do not under any circumstances substitute with the Trader Joe's alternative. it is bloody awful.

I happen to like it.

 

[Big George's BBQ]

I have a bottle of Petes. Its OK. Prefer HF

 

[jham0077]

We use quite a few Badia spices, so hopefully theirs is good.

 

[16Adams]

Chef Rick Bayless often mentions Badia products. I'm guessing that's a dam solid Sriracha

 

[WilliamKY]

I bought a bottle of the Tabasco Sriracha once and it was pretty good. This was during the first HF shortage. My son who I didn't think paid attention told me "Dad, this Sriracha isn't as good as the other stuff". I think it's good but HF is better.

 

[CaptainQ]

Underwood Ranches supplied the peppers for Siracha until a legal dispute between the two. Siracha lost.
The Underwood Ranch sauce is supposedly identical to Siracha.

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Underwood Ranches

For more than 50 years, Underwood Ranches has grown peppers from bells to jalapeños and is known for being the largest pepper grower in the United States. Our history and knowledge of peppers has allowed us to grow more than 2000 acres of red jalapeños on our ranches in Ventura, Los Angeles, and...

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[bonz50]

I happen to like it.

i just couldn't. sat in the fridge for like 2yrs before I finally pitched it. I think I used it twice, yuck.

 

[Maylar]

i just couldn't. sat in the fridge for like 2yrs before I finally pitched it. I think I used it twice, yuck.

It's the only one I've tried so far. Not a big fan of heat and TJ's is fairly mild. Might try another once I run out.

 

[geoff7877]

Underwood Ranches supplied the peppers for Siracha until a legal dispute between the two. Siracha lost.
The Underwood Ranch sauce is supposedly identical to Siracha.

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Underwood Ranches

For more than 50 years, Underwood Ranches has grown peppers from bells to jalapeños and is known for being the largest pepper grower in the United States. Our history and knowledge of peppers has allowed us to grow more than 2000 acres of red jalapeños on our ranches in Ventura, Los Angeles, and...

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There was a mini documentary about this somewhere and I can’t remember where I saw it. Huy Fong contracted underwood to supply the peppers for their flavor and consistency. Huy Fong talked underwood into buying (or maybe leasing) a ton more land to increase production. Once the land was acquired and crops grown, Huy Fong cut the amount that they paid underwood per bottle to a level where underwood wasn’t able to break even. Big lawsuit and they sued each other. Huy Fong found several suppliers in Mexico. The color and consistency of the sauce was different and the crops have been very inconsistent ever since which is why they continue to have supply issues.

 

[PGarSD]

"Huy Fong contracted underwood to supply the peppers for their flavor and consistency. Huy Fong talked underwood into buying (or maybe leasing) a ton more land to increase production. Once the land was acquired and crops grown, Huy Fong cut the amount that they paid underwood per bottle to a level where underwood wasn’t able to break even. Big lawsuit and they sued each other. Huy Fong found several suppliers in Mexico. The color and consistency of the sauce was different and the crops have been very inconsistent ever since which is why they continue to have supply issues."

Adding to the above, Underwood won the ~$23M lawsuit against Huy Fong and then Underwood went and came out with their own siricha sauce, using the same peppers they used to sell to Huy Fong (who now gets their peppers elsewhere). The flavor appears to reviews (and to me) to be the same as the old (good) Huy Fong. Costco sells the Underwood siricha so, the Underwood version is now my go-to Siricha (the Tobasco Siricha is almost as good but, not quite).

Jalapeño farmer wins $23.3 million in heated dispute with Sriracha maker

After the collapse of a nearly 30-year partnership with the maker of the world-famous Sriracha sauce and a multimillion-dollar lawsuit with the company, Craig Underwood is still betting on his farm’s peppers.

www.latimes.com