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NPR Article: For the Sriracha Sauce Lover!

Great Lakes Foodie — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 23:36:07 +0000

Link to article below:

http://www.npr.org/2011/09/06/140220680/confessions-of-a-sriracha-fanatic

Recipe: Shrimp Pad Thai

Great Lakes Foodie — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:11:12 +0000

I like to make meals during the week that are both flavorful and somewhat health conscious. This one is no different. I buy my rice noodles at various grocery stores. Be sure to get the wider, flat rice noodles…not the wispy rice noodles that look like angel hair pasta when cooked. Another trick for a weeknight meal like this is to buy bags of frozen shrimp. I only buy raw shrimp. I usually get the shrimp in 2 LB bags at the grocery store and then thaw out just what I need. With running water and a sieve, you can thaw out a pound of shrimp in less than ten minutes. Enjoy!

Level of Difficulty	A Cinch
Recipe Rating	Pretty Good
Comments	Don’t skimp on the quality of the ingredients. This dish is so simple…each ingredient must stand out.

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Recipe: Stir-Fried Rice Noodles with Beef and Spinach

Great Lakes Foodie — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:00:31 +0000

Everyone needs a quick pick-me-up meal for a weeknight. This is definitely one of those. The ginger, garlic, and Sriracha sauce brighten up this dish. The steak and shiitake mushrooms are a wonderful combination. I bought twice as much meat as needed. The remaining beef is sitting in my freezer, pre-sliced and waiting for a launch into another quick, mid-week meal.

Level of Difficulty

Easy

Recipe Rating

Worth It

Comments

A trick worth mentioning for slicing steak thinly…Place the steak in the freezer for a while.

By putting the steak in the freezer, it will firm up and allow you to make precise, very thin pieces which are needed in a fast stir fry.

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Sriracha-Soy Fried Chicken in Lettuce Wraps

Great Lakes Foodie — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:16:26 +0000

Recipe

Bon Appetit, January 2010 - Ingredient of the Year: Sriracha Sauce

See recipe at website above.

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Hot sauce? No way! Quintessential Condiment I say

Great Lakes Foodie — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:00:38 +0000

I know, I know, you’re getting tired of me whining about Gourmet Magazine.

No more. I‘m an instant lover of Bon Appetit. What did they name ingredient of the year? None other than myfavorite condiment, Sriracha Sauce. Long before it went to the mainstream sitting on tables at fast meal establishments like Noodles & Company, this sauce was introduced to me in a more behind the scenes, underground way. My friend Neha introduced it to me many, many years ago. I couldn’t even tell you if this was something in her home or at a restaurant. One try and I was hooked. For years I would order online through retailers like ethnicgrocer.com. Eventually, I found it in our local grocery stores in areas with more highly concentrated Asian populations. Finally, it’s in just about every grocery store I go to today. Can’t wait to read the article. However, I was so excited I had to snap a shot and put it out here first. Now back to reading.

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