There's sriracha and then there's sriracha salt! I started off sprinkling this over the poached eggs and toast I was having for breakfast, and now I'm adding it to just about everything: avocado toast, bowls of popcorn, sandwich fixings, grilled chicken breast. With its mellow chili flavor and salty zing, I just can't help myself.
The genius behind this salt is none other than Randy Clemens himself, author of The Sriracha Cookbook and expert on all that is saucy and hot. He starts by mixing kosher salt, Sriracha (of course), organic garlic powder, and organic cayenne pepper. A quick trip through the dehydrator, and sriracha salt is born.
I recommend using it as a finishing salt on otherwise plain foods that could use a little pick-me-up. The unique spiciness would get lost in something like a soup, but it's the perfect finishing touch for steamed and roasted vegetables, baked potatoes, grilled meats, eggs, and the like. Randy even recommends trying a sprinkle over ice cream!
Want some of your own? Here's where to find it:
→ Find It! Sriracha Salt from Randy Clemens and Viva La Sriracha
P.S. Keep an eye out for Randy's latest book of all-vegetarian sriracha recipes, out later this summer:
→ The Veggie-Lover's Sriracha Cookbook by Randy Clemens
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I wonder if it'd be much easier to spread the Sriracha on a mat in the dehydrator and let that dry, then break it up with a spice grinder or food processor, then mix it with salt? Why bother mixing the dry salt with the Sriracha to begin with, only to dry it out again?
Making this RIGHT NOW.
I made this for my boyfriend for Valentines day, didn't add any other spices, and dehydrated it slowly in the oven at about 150, HE LOVES IT. I've been waiting for movie night to make sriracha popcorn!
I grew up mixing sriracha (or the garlic chili paste that comes in a jar) with salt and dipping various fruit in it - apples, pineapples, nectarines, etc. A very common Vietnamese way to snack!
I don't even love salt, but this sounds amazing!
(Just tried the "find it!" link for Sriracha Salt above, and it seems like it's broken, though?)
Yeah, the find it link goes to nowhere...
I want to try making this, though! Don't have a dehydrator, so will try the lowest temp on the oven...
Sriracha popcorn!? What a great idea!
How long did you do it in the oven?
The link is broken, but the guy sells it on etsy. Shop is called Srirachaholic. Just placed an order!
Link should be fixed now! Sorry about that!
The asian restaurant I work at uses Sriracha powder in a lot of recipes! I know they buy it, and not make it. I might try to find out where they get it. A quick google didn't give me any results, but I did find this recipe from tasting table:
http://www.tastingtable.com/entry_detail/chefs_recipes/7211/Tasting_Table_NYC_Sriracha_Powder.htm