Bottom Line: Ba Nam Cali Super Hot Chili Garlic in Oil is the best of three substitutes I tried for Huy Fong’s Chili Garlic Sauce and Sambal.
Huy Fong’s Sriracha Sauce is finally starting to show back up in the stores after a shortage of a couple of years due to a drought in the area where their chili peppers are grown and other factors. But still rather sparse are bottles of the Chili Garlic Sauce and Sambal, both of which are favorites of...
The ubiquitous green-topped sriracha sauce from Huy Fong has been hard to find over the last few of years because that company changed its chili pepper distributor and then ran into a shortage of the pods (you can read more about all that here). It is finally starting to make a return to stores (though in limited quantities), but during the time of its absence, I offered several substitutes in case you couldn't find it at your local market....
Bottom Line: Flying Goose Original Sriracha Sauce is a little more blunt in its flavors than Huy Fong and does not bring much heat, but it acts as a decent stand-in.
It appears that the Huy Fong Sriracha Sauce may be in the process of returning to shelves. I bought some at the local Asian market and I am hearing that more and more people are starting to find it again. But it is still not widely available and the Chile Garlic Sauce and Sambal...
Bottom Line: The Organic Sriracha from Sprouts brings a little more heat and sweetness than the Huy Fong sauce, but still acts as a good substitute while that one is absent from the shelves.
There’s still little to no Huy Fong Sriracha on the shelves, and it doesn’t look like the shortage will end anytime soon. I talk about what is going on with that company in more detail here, and people are looking for bottles of sauce they can substitute...
Bottom Line: Tabasco’s version of Sriracha sauce has a similar taste to Huy Fong’s but with a little extra kick of heat and garlic.
Huy Fong Sriracha sauce is still hard to find in stores due to a pepper shortage (more on that here) and bottles of the stuff are selling for upwards of fifty dollars on Amazon.com! No need to be spending that much money, though, because there are options out there to tide you over during this period of...
Bottom Line: Weak Knees Gochujang Sriracha is a gourmet version of the familiar sauce that delivers a unique taste along with some heat.
Huy Fung Sriracha is still hard to find in the stores these days due to a chili pepper shortage (more on that here), but there are options out there to hold you over until those green-topped bottles start returning to the shelves. Weak Knees Gochujang Sriracha may not be a direct replacement for the rooster...
Bottom Line: Diamondback Texafied Sriracha is bolder than its Huy Fong competition with more heat and garlic, but still acts as a good substitute.
If you have been looking for that familiar bottle of Huy Fong Sriracha Sauce with the rooster on the front and have not been able to track it down in your local market, you are not alone. The company ran into a chili pepper shortage back in 2022 (more on that here) and apparently still has not been...
Bottom Line: Pepper Palace's gourmet Red Eye Rooster and Rooster Reaper sauces offer a good alternative to Huy Fong Sriracha and they deliver plenty of heat.
As I have mentioned previously on this site, Huy Fong Sriracha sauce is missing on many store shelves these days due to a pepper shortage and that could continue into early Fall. So I have been on the hunt for substitutes (even though I stocked up) in order to suggest some options to those...
Bottom Line: Trader Joe’s Sriracha and Green Dragon Sauce have a bit of a kick and offer a nice substitute to Huy Fong products while they are in short supply.
If you haven’t already noticed, Sriracha sauce from Huy Fong’s (the one with the green top and rooster on the bottle) is getting harder to find. Due to the ongoing drought and labor shortages, the chili peppers that they use for their sauces are in short supply and the Huy Fong...